The prone position isn't required, but generally speaking, your shelter is hard to knock down if it is already "down", as in under the blast wave. That's what I was referring to.
229 posted on 07/06/2006 7:56:22 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion
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236 posted on 07/06/2006 8:04:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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