Tango01  | 22 Dec 2017 12:47 p.m. PST |
Waist of time…? (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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Mardaddy  | 22 Dec 2017 2:29 p.m. PST |
We were not the only ones doing that, you know… |
| Dn Jackson | 22 Dec 2017 3:43 p.m. PST |
Not a waste of time at all. It depends on how far you are from the blast. If you're 5 feet from ground zero, complete waste. If you're five miles from ground zero it could protect you from flying glass and other debris. |
| jdginaz | 22 Dec 2017 8:14 p.m. PST |
Not to mention flash burns and possibly in initial radiation blast. |
| cosmicbank | 22 Dec 2017 8:17 p.m. PST |
hiding under desk made it easy to count and ID bodies. Tax dollars at work. |
| cosmicbank | 22 Dec 2017 8:17 p.m. PST |
My favorite was the PSA showing the guy putting a newspaper over his face, |
| Mardaddy | 22 Dec 2017 9:58 p.m. PST |
cosmic, radiation is a funny thing. Some forms would be stopped by that newspaper, believe it or not. Others need lead shielding… |
| Eumerin | 22 Dec 2017 10:56 p.m. PST |
A guy in Japan was in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki when they were bombed. IIRC, his wife survived the Nagasaki bomb because he'd warned her to duck in the event of a bright flash of light. If you're out in the open, then ducking probably won't do much good. But if you're next to a low wall and duck down behind it (and the blast is at least some distance away), then it just might save your life. |
| cosmicbank | 23 Dec 2017 2:46 a.m. PST |
Lets hope the bad guys use the cheap bombs with the paper stoping bombs. |
| Legion 4 | 23 Dec 2017 7:20 a.m. PST |
I still remember the "Duck & Cover" Drills in 1st Grade or Kindergarten …  My home town was on the USSR's target list as it was one of the largest steel producers in the US and probably in the world. |
| Tango01 | 23 Dec 2017 10:43 a.m. PST |
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 capncarp | 31 Dec 2017 4:48 p.m. PST |
"My favorite was the PSA showing the guy putting a newspaper over his face,"
Flash and heat-pulse protection, saves some burning and vision. |
