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To: The Philosopher who wrote (4433)	2/15/2003 12:35:39 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

My dad was an aerospace guy. We always lived within 5 miles of Ground Zero. I figured we were vapor phase if there was a nuclear exchange. Hughes. Boeing. Lockheed. Rockwell. Grumman. McDonnell-Douglas. You name it - he worked there. I REALLY believed all that about how safe we'd be if only we got under our desks. Not! Maybe I wasn't only the kid who knew all the missiles, their designation, their payloads, and blast radii, but a lot of people I knew didn't talk about it. They had books in my library that told you just about everything you'd want to know about military weapons systems - tactical field nukes and interceptors. My favorite was the Bomarc missle. Twin ramjet nuclear-tipped interceptor missile. astronautix.com I guess it was a morbid fascination of mine that just amazes me now. It is so mixed up with my love of the mission to the moon. Maybe that's what age and having kids of your own does for you. It was surreal and awe inspiring when a kid. That whole cold war period kind of made me fatalistic, I suppose. But still, I was hopeful as man walked on the moon. After all, nothing really, really bad had happened. I'd known about Missile Crisis and remember my Mom and Dad having a very serious talk. It's different when you think about your own house being akin to that one in the declassified military footage we used to watch. That isn't something any kid should have to live with.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (4433)	2/16/2003 10:37:54 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7720

Dan and I were talking about this last night when one of the news programs talked to a man who collects that type of memorabilia. (Fall out shelter signs, instructions on where to hide). I can remember ducking and covering in the 50s but not later than that. I don't remember having any reaction to it though. It was just one of the things you did in school. In our little town in the Blue Ridge, someone "official" (Health Dept? Engineering?) went house to house during the Cuban missile crisis, and examined each building for the safest place to hide in the event of attack. Our "safe" place was the old coal room in the basement. Uh-huh. My parents just laughed; I don't remember them storing anything for emergencies. A couple of the richer people in town built fallout shelters. I wonder if they are restocking them now. I have to admit I haven't bought anything yet. I always keep water on hand because we are in tornado country, but no duct tape and plastic for us.