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My parents saw that movie when I was a 8 y/o kid, it was in 1985, just before Chernobyl. They were terrified.
Now, living in Serbia (than Yugoslavia) we were not part of any blcok, but were allways scared by authorites that US or USSR may push the button.

For the first time I watched Day After three years ago. And I was scared.

just to explain about what radiation does... Chernobyl is 3,000 km away from Serbia. On may 1st we were on pickink as most of people in Yugoslavia and eastern europe.
I was a kid, and I remember reading an article about "Mir" space station. We were all on the ground, and grass was so nice, soft and green. It started to rain, but not much... so we didnt wanted to go away, and stayed on pickinck.
Several days later they told us that Chernobyl exploded... ten days ago... and to stay away from rain next few weeks.

My father worked in agriculural corporatind, and he said that when workers came back from plantations, their boots (wet from grass) made Geyger-Muller counter squeek..)

And we were 3,000 km away..

I grew up near the most targeted place on Earth, SAC command in Omaha. As a kid I loved seeing all the bombers fly by.

On 911, when my father looked out the window and saw the Air Force One landing in Omaha, he called me right away. He thought the next thing he would see in the air was missile contrails.

We always knew if the bombing started, there was no place to hide.

My father worked in agriculural corporatind, and he said that when workers came back from plantations, their boots (wet from grass) made Geyger-Muller counter squeek..)

And we were 3,000 km away..

Chernobyl was a CATASTROPHIC first generation reactor failure of the worst possible kind. Nuclear weapons are quite clean by comparison.