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In reply to the discussion: State TV says Russia could turn US to 'radioactive ash' [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)They taught all of us to get under our desks and kiss our ass good bye. Issued us dog tags at the school and told us in so much words we were all gonna die since we'd be one of the first targets.
Those were the days of people putting bomb shelters in their backyards, weekly air raid drills and sirens. One week a plane from the nearby air force base fly low over the school while we were under our desks for the full effect.
The only thing worried me was not seeing my family again, as they figured out distances and said that only the kids in our elementary school within a close range would be allowed to run home to say goodbye. I was on the list to die at school.
Other than that, I really couldn't have cared less. I realized by then the world was being run by idiots.