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62. As a veteran you should remember some of your own training in duck and cover. We were trained in

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:46 PM

Dec 2016

nuclear survival during the Vietnam war when you and I were in, I also had a nuclear weapons clearance at the time, and if I see a blast, I won't be merely standing there watching it, I will be diving for cover.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/policy/army/fm/3-4/Ch4.htm

" In either case, the dose to a prone soldier would be about one-half the dose to a standing soldier. The lesson here is to seek shelter in an underground structure and lie in a corner. If an underground shelter is not available, lie in the center of a shelter under a sturdy table (see Figure 4-9). Other options include lying inside a fireplace, under a stairway, or in a bathroom where the plumbing and relatively close spacing of walls might provide increased structural strength."

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Remember these? (if you're an old fart that is) [View all] nini Dec 2016 OP

Yep. First grade maveric Dec 2016 #1

About 1968 for me Liberal_in_LA Dec 2016 #48

Kindergarten in Baltimore, also in 1962 JoeOtterbein Dec 2016 #64

Yep, like it was going to do any good. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #2

Duck and cover is still what you need to do if you see a blast, or tornado, or explosion, etc. braddy Dec 2016 #9

Unless of course, if you are within the total destruction radius of a modern nuclear weapon. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2016 #15

I think we all know that, but it doesn't change the fact that duck and cover is a huge life saver braddy Dec 2016 #24

Yeah. Sure. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2016 #28

No it isn't, a bomb in a city is not a matter of only being vaporized, or unscathed. Countless braddy Dec 2016 #38

I'm sorry but you really ought not kid people into thinking that if they are in range of a nuclear Augiedog Dec 2016 #52

As a veteran you should remember some of your own training in duck and cover. We were trained in braddy Dec 2016 #62

I was in Nam in 65 & 66 Plucketeer Dec 2016 #72

Army basic training should have covered much more than shooting an M-16, mine did at braddy Dec 2016 #75

If you see a "blast" it literally will be the last thing you ever see. Yes, I am a Vietnam vet and I Augiedog Dec 2016 #74

Do as you please, but please don't push it onto the general public, let people try to braddy Dec 2016 #77

Ever heard of Tsutomu Yamaguchi? canetoad Dec 2016 #88

In the two Japanese bombings, odds are 1:1000 on living. Today's are thousands of times powerful. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #89

I grew up by a munitions plant, the department of defense, a major aircraft company RKP5637 Dec 2016 #27

Nor was being told daily that the world could end in a flash of unbearable Warpy Dec 2016 #25

See #27, that was my life as a little kid. Also, we used to hear explosions from the munitions RKP5637 Dec 2016 #32

Yes. mercuryblues Dec 2016 #3

They need to read some history books and even current events for that matter nini Dec 2016 #6

I sure do. I had a teacher who would drop a book on your head if it stuck out rzemanfl Dec 2016 #4

I went to Catholic school nini Dec 2016 #5

I have a one question test I use to tell if a woman went to Catholic school. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #7

You got me.. nini Dec 2016 #14

No grade school science classes. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #19

We had some science though nini Dec 2016 #29

I remember we learned stuff like how refrigerators work, the ways houses rzemanfl Dec 2016 #39

Yep, October 1973 (Yom Kippur War) Best_man23 Dec 2016 #8

In 1973, many of us in the military were packed and ready to go, during that global alert. braddy Dec 2016 #11

1989 USSR 286,730,819 inhabitants; 2013 Russia 143.5 million inhabitants FarCenter Dec 2016 #10

"Russia is hardly an adequate boogeyman anymore." nini Dec 2016 #18

Pretty damn good boogeyman to me sarisataka Dec 2016 #23

Agreed pintobean Dec 2016 #26

Do you really think the OP was supporting the desk thing? nini Dec 2016 #45

"hysteria" pintobean Dec 2016 #47

Are those some kind of school desks? HockeyMom Dec 2016 #12

I remember that type of desk in my early years. nini Dec 2016 #16

LOL llmart Dec 2016 #70

Yep, all that praying in Catholic school HockeyMom Dec 2016 #92

Funny but true..... llmart Dec 2016 #94

They had us go into the hallway and stand facing the wall. tenderfoot Dec 2016 #13

It is really idiotic when you think about it nini Dec 2016 #17

Us too...stand pipi_k Dec 2016 #85

This shit's getting silly. pintobean Dec 2016 #20

feel free to move along nini Dec 2016 #31

I'll comment as I please pintobean Dec 2016 #36

LOLOL nini Dec 2016 #41

We never did this in our school. Norbert Dec 2016 #21

Yes ananda Dec 2016 #22

Oh I forgot about that nini Dec 2016 #33

Yup. All through grammar school in CA for me. MineralMan Dec 2016 #30

Many people living in the US today probably have no idea what we're talking about. RKP5637 Dec 2016 #34

I sure do remember those... tosh Dec 2016 #35

Yep, we used to also have these at designated spots in our schools. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #43

This is still done... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #37

That's so sad nini Dec 2016 #42

Thank heavens for those bomb-proof desks! Cooley Hurd Dec 2016 #40

... RKP5637 Dec 2016 #44

And the underpasses under the streets nini Dec 2016 #46

Drop drills. I recall those from the the 60's. Teacher would yell "Drop" & you assumed the position iluvtennis Dec 2016 #49

Yep. I was in grade school so would be 1950's. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2016 #50

Duck! Iggo Dec 2016 #51

Yes, late 50's Useless in FL Dec 2016 #53

Oh, yeah. Duck and Cover. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #54

yup...I remember! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #55

I remember being shown this video in grade school in the 1970s: Duck and Cover Cartoon Turtle malchickiwick Dec 2016 #56

Wow.. I remember that! nini Dec 2016 #63

Ill probably get a hide for this, but here goes: in the 50s/60s, those guys were a different country jack_krass Dec 2016 #57

I agree they are a different type of enemy these days. nini Dec 2016 #61

Yeah, you probably oughta. Iggo Dec 2016 #90

During those years, every night I would check WhiteTara Dec 2016 #58

I remember October 1962. Dad drove us to the Philly airport and showed us the B-47s lined up, Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #59

I missed it by a few years, thank goodness. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #65

A few people who ducked and covered spike jones Dec 2016 #60

Once upon a time progressives questioned the country's paranoia about Communisms onenote Dec 2016 #66

I've been under my desk ever since Trump got elected. tclambert Dec 2016 #67

Ok. i couldn't help myself. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #68

This is why I feel scorn for US billionaires whining about uncertainty. raging moderate Dec 2016 #69

I remember doing those drills. dmr Dec 2016 #71

I remember that they also told us if we we riding a bike to montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #78

When I was a child, I learned to hide under my desk at school, TNNurse Dec 2016 #73

Yeah, I know, I NEVER dreamed the person I would have to fear most would be the RKP5637 Dec 2016 #76

We didn't bother, but we had 24 nuclear tipped Bomarc missles a mile down the road. Thor_MN Dec 2016 #79

What about all Texasgal Dec 2016 #80

Oh I remember. Even in first grade, I remember saying to myself "How is this going to save us"? napi21 Dec 2016 #81

We did those up until about second grade(1968-69) Ken Burch Dec 2016 #82

I have heard about that but we never actually did it where I went doc03 Dec 2016 #83

I sure do. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #84

For years I had recurring nightmares over these drills! livetohike Dec 2016 #86

in california i remember doing it in the 80s,90s, because of Earthquakes JI7 Dec 2016 #87

Yes, i remember. I was born in 1960. CentralMass Dec 2016 #91

I had such hopes following the breakup of the Soviet Union alarimer Dec 2016 #93