We did Duck'n Cover in 1st grade, and the other memory of note came in 2nd grade, when we got sent home early when President Kennedy was assassinated.
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Does anyone remember "Duck and Cover"?
- Thread starter Shadetree Mechanic
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N. Hemisphere - SW Corner, preferably basement, and KYAG.
I was in Madrid at a Cub Scout meeting, in The Astoria Hotel.
Dos Cervasas, pour somemore.
Elementary school on a military base...so yes, we practiced the drills many times.
Yes , all thru grade school. Guess that makes us old.lol
Growing up California duck and cover did double duty for nukes and earthquakes. Of course when an earthquake actually hit everyone would just freeze instead of diving for cover.
No we did earthquake drills in the 60s. Now the government scares us into paying for the MIC via social media so they don't need to have the kids involved in the day to day drama as much.
Duck and cover was just slightly before my time or at least before my childhood memories started to kick in. But growing up very close to tornado alley we did tornado drills where we sat in the school hallway with a book over our head. Nowadays they've built tornado shelters at most schools around this area.
My mom would wake me up from a nice sound sleep with the clock reading somewhere around 3AM and take me out to the living room where our radio was (this was in the early 1950s and no TV in Las Vegas). There was a man's voice counting backwards, and when he reached zero, the sky - even the air! - changed color; usually purple but green sometimes, depending on cloud cover. This was a great demonstration of the "speed of light". After the AEC started moving the tests underground (and this new contraption called "television" had overwhelmed Vegas), the picture showed the area above the device and you could see it shaking, but no bright flash. Mom had timed most of the above-ground tests to see how much time it took for the little earthquake to arrive, usually 4.5 to 5 minutes.
Something I'll never forget.
Something I'll never forget.
It sure seemed that way. Only for half a second or so: blink and you'd miss it.
