Monday, October 2, 2006

Duck and Cover

How to be safe in a nuclear attack, by the U.S. Civil Defense.
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6 comments:

  1. SukieOctober 2, 2006 at 2:38 PM

    Are you trying to tell us something??

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  2. BerserkOctober 3, 2006 at 10:03 AM

    Wow. Either the bombs of yesteryear were nothing compared to today, or the optimism of today isn't as insane as it was back then.

    I vote both.

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  3. CarolynOctober 4, 2006 at 4:51 PM

    yeah, it's funny that they are telling them that "even a newspaper or a thin cloth will protect you". We went to the atomic bomb testing site and watched a lot of experimental videos... things like trying different clothing on manequins to see if one fabric would fade less than another in a nuclear bomb... and then, of course, not only did the clothing all burn up, but the manequins were not protected either way. So, yeah I stumbled across this video and thought it would be fun to share. :) It's not some kind of premonition, Sukie.

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  4. ChaelomenOctober 6, 2006 at 6:45 AM

    Depends on the proximity really. Up close nothing will be saved, and nothing will save you, but I was looking up some pictures and information on the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and there was some interesting information. One woman had burns that matched the pattern of her dress, anything dark allowed the burn through. Another woman had bad blistering radiation burns, except where the strap of her bag ran across her back.

    Of course you'll still probably lose all of your hair, start bleeding from your gums, and develop strange sores, only to die a few weeks later.

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  5. BerserkOctober 6, 2006 at 1:28 PM

    SweeT! Where do I sign?

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  6. CarolynOctober 6, 2006 at 7:29 PM

    right, and that's the ridiculous part about duck and cover, because even if you protect yourself from being very badly burned, it's not gonna help a darn thing.

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