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rurallib

(62,342 posts)
68. remember them well. Quite ironic too
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 06:16 PM
Sep 2013

since the school we were in was so old and dilapidated that a spark would probably have us in roaring flames in seconds.

Duck and cover! upaloopa Sep 2013 #1
I think we all said it that way, if we were old enough. MineralMan Sep 2013 #3
Black people could not get a decent job. Domestic workers got no benefits upaloopa Sep 2013 #17
The list of 50s sucky stuff is very long, indeed. MineralMan Sep 2013 #24
Yup, those were the bad old days. I'm old enough to remember them. Raksha Sep 2013 #131
Yup--I remember exactly that from a 1-room country school near Hayward, WI. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #163
Kinda. I'm 48. Wait Wut Sep 2013 #2
I'm 50, but we never had duck and cover. Thor_MN Sep 2013 #98
I've always been jealous of Lake Superior. Wait Wut Sep 2013 #100
I was there Tuesday and Wednesday, last fishing trips of the year. Thor_MN Sep 2013 #110
Growing up near a military base, we were definitely going to kiss our tails good bye bluemarkers Sep 2013 #107
Ours was a BOMARC base. We knew it was just down the road, but it never was a big deal. Thor_MN Sep 2013 #113
They built a Nike Ajax launch site right behind the tennis courts at my High School. leveymg Sep 2013 #141
They had morphed into tornado drills at my school Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #152
Interesting observation about making you an opponent of nuclear energy Kber Sep 2013 #4
I don't know. We still have nuclear weapons, and MineralMan Sep 2013 #9
We were neighbors growing, we first lived in Canoga Park, Hardlyaround Sep 2013 #20
Yes, I remember that, too. MineralMan Sep 2013 #25
Is this part of what you are talking about? JDPriestly Sep 2013 #95
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #162
We were on a beach clean up near Diablo Canyon nuclear plant last upaloopa Sep 2013 #34
Same here, something I think most older Boomers Warpy Sep 2013 #5
I went to school in the '50s. RebelOne Sep 2013 #49
Damn You! joeybee12 Sep 2013 #6
Being old is better than the alternative, I think. MineralMan Sep 2013 #16
Eternally youthful? joeybee12 Sep 2013 #30
That is what my daughter told me RebelOne Sep 2013 #51
Me too! Auntie Bush Sep 2013 #22
Makes me wish I was a teabagger... joeybee12 Sep 2013 #32
True that! Auntie Bush Sep 2013 #79
Good Times! Blue Idaho Sep 2013 #116
Remember also, the Red Cross fredamae Sep 2013 #7
Raises Hand. Hardlyaround Sep 2013 #8
Me. enlightenment Sep 2013 #10
I remember THAT part too 2naSalit Sep 2013 #130
It's funny, but I was never enlightenment Sep 2013 #135
Yo! Not to mention Junior High for the October Missile Crisis. Fun times. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #11
I am. GentryDixon Sep 2013 #12
2nd grade.. sitting in the hallways Peacetrain Sep 2013 #13
I remember it the way you did...... llmart Sep 2013 #124
I know exactly what you mean Peacetrain Sep 2013 #128
We did them in 1985 Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #14
I don't remember them from that late. MineralMan Sep 2013 #19
My folks thought it was pretty archaic too Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #27
Me either. I am forty, and we never did them. anneboleyn Sep 2013 #146
I remember them in the 80s too. n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #132
Had to go down to the basement and sit against the wall. Downwinder Sep 2013 #15
In 1962 we lived yesphan Sep 2013 #18
And all of the AM radios had the Conelrad triangles on MineralMan Sep 2013 #21
Conelrad! I remember that! IIRC it was a feature of our tsunami alerts on O'ahu. Hekate Sep 2013 #159
Definitely the stuff of nightmares csziggy Sep 2013 #23
I remember watching News Reels at the Movies about the progress of the Korean War. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #26
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified called them "Drop Drills". cherokeeprogressive Sep 2013 #28
Norwalk-La Mirada, woot woot!!! Iggo Sep 2013 #36
El Rancho Unified !!! libdem4life Sep 2013 #73
New River, Corvallis, Norwalk High... Do you remember the Lakewood Sheriff's Air Raid Siren? cherokeeprogressive Sep 2013 #83
St. Paul ES, Foster Road ES, Benton JHS, and I woulda went to John Glenn, but we moved. Iggo Sep 2013 #102
By the mid to late 1970s, Berlin Expat Sep 2013 #71
In L.A. too. trackfan Sep 2013 #148
That, and air raid sirens in one town I lived in. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #29
I never had drills. I was 14 when The Day After aired on TV. phantom power Sep 2013 #31
I Will Be 70 Soon And Remember The Drills Well. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2013 #33
Got that down in college chemistry. A sense of 'we're not quite here,' but damn, it's still great. freshwest Sep 2013 #142
We called it "Butts up, squealing." Iggo Sep 2013 #35
We had on on the corner of my street in Chatsworth, CA. Hardlyaround Sep 2013 #37
'Duck and Cover' the Civil Defense film... PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #38
Creepy Civil Defense marionettes hunkering down K.O. Stradivarius Sep 2013 #55
welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #144
Yes I remember those days. redstatebluegirl Sep 2013 #39
Yup! Such good times! What ever happened to that wonderful world in which we all worried struggle4progress Sep 2013 #40
We were out in the hallway..(some schools have indoor hallways)..down on the floor, against the wall Tikki Sep 2013 #41
We had an earthquake drill at work once, and...... lastlib Sep 2013 #42
Sometime in the mid-fifties in Connecticut .... Vox Moi Sep 2013 #43
Oh, yeah. Scary stuff. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #44
Me too and I had recurring nightmares for decades livetohike Sep 2013 #45
I had a recurring nightmare about those days too. I was 6/7 at the time. redwitch Sep 2013 #76
Me. lamp_shade Sep 2013 #46
There was a Nike missile site not far from my elementary school. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #47
We had one in my town. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2013 #89
one near my elementary school also G_j Sep 2013 #150
Yes, and I have had recurring nightmares RebelOne Sep 2013 #48
I remember them well. Lugnut Sep 2013 #50
Don't lean on the horses, children... malthaussen Sep 2013 #52
Third grade during the Cuban missile crisis... prairierose Sep 2013 #53
We had them in Panama (where I was a school child)...although SoCalDem Sep 2013 #54
You would have been among the first to know there was a war going on. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #59
and the rest of our stateside family lived in Kansas..(Minutemen silos) SoCalDem Sep 2013 #70
Not a warm and fuzzy feeling for sure. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #75
Yeah, I remember. JEB Sep 2013 #56
Got one better packman Sep 2013 #57
I can do one better. RebelOne Sep 2013 #112
Yes. Had more than a few when I was Still Sensible Sep 2013 #58
I remember them quite well. K.O. Stradivarius Sep 2013 #60
me tk2kewl Sep 2013 #61
Good grief, I remember those drills well. Paper Roses Sep 2013 #62
I remember. Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #63
You bet! - and did you know KT2000 Sep 2013 #64
We ducked under our desks for the Atomic bomb QuestForSense Sep 2013 #65
I am, but it didn't happen very often fadedrose Sep 2013 #66
Don't Eat the Snow ! joesdaughter Sep 2013 #67
remember them well. Quite ironic too rurallib Sep 2013 #68
"Duck and Cover" and the unsaid part, 'and kiss your kitty-ass goodby' 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #69
checking in! LittleGirl Sep 2013 #72
Orange County, 1956-1961..yep, me too n/t 2banon Sep 2013 #74
Yes. We had "civil defense" drills in the late 60s treestar Sep 2013 #77
This is me Generic Other Sep 2013 #78
Yup. Second and third grade, (1958-60) LiberalEsto Sep 2013 #80
Yes, and living in NYC, HockeyMom Sep 2013 #81
I was at the tail end of that during the Reagan Era Hydra Sep 2013 #82
And the Reagan Administration had their own "duck and cover" mentality. Rozlee Sep 2013 #105
I remember when they were doing the tests and watching them from the schoolyard. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #84
I also lived in the LA area....Long Beach truegrit44 Sep 2013 #85
You mean it's OK to come out now? TheCowsCameHome Sep 2013 #86
My parents actually built a fall-out shelter in our back yard! deurbano Sep 2013 #87
I remember the fall-out shelter craze! One of the items of discussion was.... LongTomH Sep 2013 #96
Yep. Then I perfected the technique in Vietnam, Republic of .. DemoTex Sep 2013 #88
I remember having this poster during my high school days. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2013 #90
I confess. Scarred my psyche forever. Thanks for reminiscing. JDPriestly Sep 2013 #91
First they showed us films sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #92
Yep, I hear ya.... paleotn Sep 2013 #93
My mom would PatrynXX Sep 2013 #94
I remember. even at a young age, I thought it was incredibly stupid, and asked what we were niyad Sep 2013 #97
I do vividly .... tweeternik Sep 2013 #99
Yeah, early to mid 1960s. But we were never told why, so no bad dreams. Auggie Sep 2013 #101
Yep, I remember those well! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2013 #103
Bend over and kiss it goodbye. liberal N proud Sep 2013 #104
These were all over Manhattan. rug Sep 2013 #106
Yep. And the air raid siren tests... n/t PasadenaTrudy Sep 2013 #108
Thanks for all the posts! MineralMan Sep 2013 #109
Not only that! I'm old enough to remember the first time they started doing drills AAO Sep 2013 #111
I am... WCGreen Sep 2013 #114
Present. nt bemildred Sep 2013 #115
Here's The Lyrics to the Song 'Duck and Cover' Wolf Frankula Sep 2013 #117
We still do them. LWolf Sep 2013 #118
me! Army brat - raised on army bases, we were always having those things. "cover your neck"! Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #119
Oh, yes. Especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2013 #120
56, I remember IDemo Sep 2013 #121
BWAH! good one! kath Sep 2013 #154
Oh yeah. And lived near the Davis-Besse nuke plant for a time as well. riqster Sep 2013 #122
In my school in the mid to late 1950's, the air raid drill was LiberalElite Sep 2013 #123
They called them "air raid drills" ... surrealAmerican Sep 2013 #125
We had tornado drills, but also worried about air raids. xfundy Sep 2013 #126
1951 - 1955: Atom bomb tests seen from Los Angeles octoberlib Sep 2013 #127
I remember them Grateful for Hope Sep 2013 #129
We still do them... Mike Nelson Sep 2013 #133
third grade, D.C. elementary bigtree Sep 2013 #134
I am. Even in grammar school my friend Bill and class Cleita Sep 2013 #136
I do. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #137
I remember that, the dog tags we were given and the assignments as to who'd die at school or home. freshwest Sep 2013 #138
I remember the T-V propaganda scaring everyone about Commies. Coyotl Sep 2013 #139
No, what I remember most is Adam-Bomb Sep 2013 #140
We never had drills Silver Swan Sep 2013 #143
Remember them well. Grew up in Southern NV and for science kiranon Sep 2013 #145
Fascinating I never heard this before with school children. gordianot Sep 2013 #155
yup.. started school in the early 50`s madrchsod Sep 2013 #147
me, and kiss your ass goodbye spanone Sep 2013 #149
Yes, I do remember them well loveandlight Sep 2013 #151
Duck & Cover, Sputnik, Cuban missiles, assassinations, moon landing, U-2, VN War, Watergate... pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #153
My first thought was this when I saw the OP HarveyDarkey Sep 2013 #156
Oh Gods yes. We lived in Pacoima in the San Fernando Valley. The day a jet crashed on our school.... Hekate Sep 2013 #157
When I saw the thread title, my first thought was "Monika Lewinsky?" redgreenandblue Sep 2013 #158
Back in grade school I actually thought those drills would save my life. B Calm Sep 2013 #160
I think it went quaker bill Sep 2013 #161
I remember the drills and the movies. ladyVet Sep 2013 #164
Heck,I spent a couple of days Lifelong Protester Sep 2013 #165
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