[SoftballMominVA]

I remember having duck and cover, fire, and tornado drills in elementary school. I went to school in Atlanta and we were convinced that Castro was going to nuke Atlanta at any time. Each drill had a different type of ring that indicated what type of drill we were to do and where we were to go. Different places for each type. I used to go to sleep every night afraid I wouldn't’t wake up because of the Russians, the Cubans, and their nuclear weapons.

[exit82]

Yes, we did a lot on our minds as children.

Mine are grown up now, but I was thankful that they didn’t have to live their whole childhood under the cloud we did.

Having different drill “rings” and destinations could have been scary for children—second guessing what you heard;confusion over where the right place was, etc.