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To: 4yearlurker

LOL! I grew up in NYC during the 1950s and when we had drills they would first show us a film of what would happen if Manhattan was nuked - first, of course, the entire island up to about 42nd St. would be vaporized, giant firestorms would sweep everything above that up to the Bronx, and heat and shock waves would blast everything up to Westchester - then they would tell us to practice getting under our desks for protection! Since my school was on 109th St., I really couldn't see the point of getting under my desk...


339 posted on 09/12/2006 5:43:09 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius
Yep, I grew up on the North Shore of LI, in Bayville right on the LI Sound. The drills were practiced on a monthly basis, however I don't remember viewing the film.
341 posted on 09/12/2006 5:48:43 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (NY Slimes the paper of record for OBL!)
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