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...if a nuke is coming you're going to be dead regardless of you hiding under your desk. Ridiculous as it may seem, I remember some information in the late 197
by dazc 9y ago
...if a nuke is coming you're going to be dead regardless of you hiding under your desk.
Ridiculous as it may seem, I remember some information in the late 1970's about 'what to do in the event of a nuclear attack' and 'underneath a table' was one of the places they advised as a good place to hide.
- azernik 9y agoThis is actually quite good advice. If you're close enough, you're dead regardless, but even miles away from an impact you still need to protect yourself against things like flying glass and falling debris. Kind of like the Israeli standard warning to get into a concrete stairwell if you hear a missile alarm and don't have a real bomb shelter available. In a direct hit you're dead anyway, but mild defensive measures can vastly reduce the lethal radius of an attack. EDIT: Here's a vintage poster on the subject. Fairly factually correct, but awful for morale: https://i.redd.it/fw2xx579qw401.jpg https://i.redd.it/fw2xx579qw401.jpg