Our A bomb drills included going to the bomb shelter. Those stopped in '77, not sure if because of policy or if it was me transitioning to a different school that never had them.
Anyway here in WI we had this strange white stuff flying through the air today, completely horizontal. Not hail, not snow, not a "wintry mix." Haven't had any snow on the ground for a bit though. Not sure about the northern part of the State.
Ahh Yes, the bomb shelters!. I remember those as well. And 'they' never told the citizens of the 'chimney effect' of the A bomb blast, even miles away. It would suck the air right out of the 'shelter' and everyones lungs! They were still having 'bomb drills' when I went off to war in '68, and I am surprised to note they lasted to '77, I cannot/do not recall them that late.
And the 'evil white stuff', yes, Maine had about 02 days of Spring and back to Fall. The robins were all wearing little knitted sweaters made for them by old ladies in the nursing homes and PETA folks, to keep warm. I even road my Suzuki for a few cold days, 'dodging KGB road blocks'. Now there is some 04 inches of WET, cement like snow on the ground. HARK! I hear my motor bike crying softly in the garage over the fell weather!
This is the first I've heard of any chimney effect. And here they made us feel so prepared, lol. Get this: back on reddit I had people arguing that younger generations were affected by the cold war more. Even after the USSR fell. Public education just turns their minds to mush, apparently.
I imagine where bomb drills did and did not take place was very much a local decision. I was born in 64 and never experienced one outside of elementary school.
YEs, the chimney effect was a very recent discovery for me as well, but it makes perfect sense with the laws of physics. The "BIG BOOM' is going to draw ALL the air from ground level, up and into the famous mushroom cloud. You can see the wind effect in the OLD b&w movies of the fake towns they 'tested the effects of The Bomb on"
and I think the choices are also based on the historical time line. You came to the world in '64, add 05 years, and its '66, right at the historical end time of the Cold War. This writer was born in 1950, right at the Start of the Cold War
Your right the younger generation is full of 'horse hockey' the Cold War had near zero effect on them, unless they were living in a Communist Nation
Our A bomb drills included going to the bomb shelter. Those stopped in '77, not sure if because of policy or if it was me transitioning to a different school that never had them.
Anyway here in WI we had this strange white stuff flying through the air today, completely horizontal. Not hail, not snow, not a "wintry mix." Haven't had any snow on the ground for a bit though. Not sure about the northern part of the State.
Ahh Yes, the bomb shelters!. I remember those as well. And 'they' never told the citizens of the 'chimney effect' of the A bomb blast, even miles away. It would suck the air right out of the 'shelter' and everyones lungs! They were still having 'bomb drills' when I went off to war in '68, and I am surprised to note they lasted to '77, I cannot/do not recall them that late.
And the 'evil white stuff', yes, Maine had about 02 days of Spring and back to Fall. The robins were all wearing little knitted sweaters made for them by old ladies in the nursing homes and PETA folks, to keep warm. I even road my Suzuki for a few cold days, 'dodging KGB road blocks'. Now there is some 04 inches of WET, cement like snow on the ground. HARK! I hear my motor bike crying softly in the garage over the fell weather!
This is the first I've heard of any chimney effect. And here they made us feel so prepared, lol. Get this: back on reddit I had people arguing that younger generations were affected by the cold war more. Even after the USSR fell. Public education just turns their minds to mush, apparently.
I imagine where bomb drills did and did not take place was very much a local decision. I was born in 64 and never experienced one outside of elementary school.
YEs, the chimney effect was a very recent discovery for me as well, but it makes perfect sense with the laws of physics. The "BIG BOOM' is going to draw ALL the air from ground level, up and into the famous mushroom cloud. You can see the wind effect in the OLD b&w movies of the fake towns they 'tested the effects of The Bomb on"
and I think the choices are also based on the historical time line. You came to the world in '64, add 05 years, and its '66, right at the historical end time of the Cold War. This writer was born in 1950, right at the Start of the Cold War
Your right the younger generation is full of 'horse hockey' the Cold War had near zero effect on them, unless they were living in a Communist Nation