[Jean S]

(I remember being amused at the thought that covering over heads under our desks would somehow help us in the event of a Russian ICBM attack).

I went to school in CA from K-5 and I believed them. I thought I would be safe from a nuclear attack if I put my head under the desk and covered my ears and eyes.

Stupid, yes, but I trusted my teachers.

[Buddy B]

Cold War Memorabilia

[agere_contra]

I thought I would be safe from a nuclear attack if I put my head under the desk and covered my ears and eyes.

You would have been a lot safer from glass and 'fabric' shrapnel, no doubt about it. People always assume that they'd be in the area of the fireball with a 100% death rate - but of course the largest area affected by any explosion is around its periphery.