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> Funny to see that the "duck and cover" exercises they do in schools are actually useful for (extremely rare) events like this. I thought we knew that despite
by opello 3y ago
> Funny to see that the "duck and cover" exercises they do in schools are actually useful for (extremely rare) events like this.
I thought we knew that despite modern criticism that duck and cover was effective for those outside of some range given a nuclear explosion?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_and_cover#Efficacy_during_a_nuclear_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_and_cover#Efficacy_during...
I also think that those exercises haven't been done in schools for quite some time. I never did them despite plenty of fire and severe weather drills.
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]