| Tango01  | 22 Dec 2017 12:47 p.m. PST | 
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  Waist of time…? (smile) Amicalement
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    | Mardaddy | 22 Dec 2017 2:29 p.m. PST | 
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  We were not the only ones doing that, you know… | 
    | Dn Jackson | 22 Dec 2017 3:43 p.m. PST | 
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  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 | 
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  Not to mention flash burns and possibly in initial radiation blast. | 
    | cosmicbank | 22 Dec 2017 8:17 p.m. PST | 
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  hiding under desk made it easy to count and ID bodies.  Tax dollars at work. | 
    | cosmicbank | 22 Dec 2017 8:17 p.m. PST | 
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  My favorite was the PSA showing the guy putting a newspaper over his face, | 
    | Mardaddy | 22 Dec 2017 9:58 p.m. PST | 
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  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 | 
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  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 | 
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  Lets hope the bad guys use the cheap bombs with the paper stoping bombs. | 
    |  Legion 4  | 23 Dec 2017 7:20 a.m. PST | 
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  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 | 
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  "My favorite was the PSA showing the guy putting a newspaper over his face,"Flash and heat-pulse protection, saves some burning and vision.
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