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re: Duck and Cover
azstrummer — (archived)

Sorry, wasn't ducking this issue (grin). Was out of town over the weekend. We definitely had duck and cover drills when I was in the 3rd grade I believe (the hiding under the desks kind). What was absurd about it in our case though was that I live just a few miles from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, one of the major targets of the Soviets should war have broken out. It would've been targeted by multiple thermonuclear devices and my side of town would've been toast. There would've been almost no survivability or, if you did, you probably would've regretted it.

I remember my Dad stocking up the camper with lots of canned goods and planning an escape route up into the mountains should the war drums beat too loudly. My guess is that my parents would've been like everyone else though had WWIII actually occurred. They would've waited until the sirens sounded with the missiles on the way and not had enough time to escape. I remember being quite scared when I figured that out.

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