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Speaking of the Draft ....
On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:02:33 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:12:04 -0400, John H. wrote: On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:23:12 -0400, wrote: On 25 Mar 2018 14:08:30 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote: Who wants to die in a nuclear war started by Dampnuts Trump in North Korea or Iran? If someone dies in a nuclear war, it is as likely to be here as any other country. I was in another group talking and pointed out, we never did those duck and cover drills in DC. Everyone understood we might have the sensation of heat and light for a few microseconds but there would be no ducking and covering in DC. The blast radius from a 1 megaton direct hit on the capitol pretty much looked like right of way for the Beltway. We sure did. Whiteman AFB, where my dad was stationed, was only about 25 miles from Sedalia, MO. DC people may have just been more pragmatic. We got the mailings from the CD people but we never did the drills in school. Everyone pretty much assumed we were the first to go. We did the duck and cover drills. Plans were to evacuate the East Bay via US40. Which was San Pablo ave, a Main Street with shopping until the carquinez bridge. And 2 lanes each way to Sacramento. Parents said to just come home. They knew the evacuation would not succeed. Was 5 blocks to home from the school. I don't think anyone in DC took evacuation or much of anything else seriously. They just assumed in a nuke war we were toast. During the Cuban Missile ****up my dad wanted us all to go to the mountains in southern Virginia but my mom asked why bother. |
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