Keep safe everybody

[Tango589]

I, for one, am now wearing my tin foil hat, lead lined underpants and asbestos socks, whilst hiding under the bed with a weeks' supply of vodka until the whole thing goes away. Damn, must dash -another toilet break, and these lead undies are hard to get off.

[Jimbuna]

LOL

[Armistead]

Many of us here grew up having nuclear attack drills in school. The bell would go off, we would get under our desk and told not to look at the blast.... Lot of fear in the 60's and 70's.

I wouldn't worry so much now, we have leaders with much more sense...don't we?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Many of us here grew up having nuclear attack drills in school. The bell would go off, we would get under our desk and told not to look at the blast.... Lot of fear in the 60's and 70's.

I wouldn't worry so much now, we have leaders with much more sense...don't we?

The old Cuban missile crisis. Russia was a player in that one too.
Fond memories.

I guess we do have leaders with more sense these days. They've been digging the White House bunker a little deeper.

[Dread Knot]

What's ironic is that two decades after the end of the Cold War, all the old 1950s and 60s atomic civil defense infrastructure in the US has pretty much gone to seed. The air raid sirens where I live are either rusting in place or have been removed, and the air raid shelters in most local buildings are either sealed off or are used for storage. Most of the fallout shelters signs have been yanked too.

So, if the ICBMs come, I'll be standing in the middle of the street to get it over with as quickly as possible. But, that's what I probably would have done thirty years ago too. Maybe as a nod the modern era, I'll quickly tweet #deadnow.

Don't Panic.

[Ducimus]

I would imagine that for people who weren't around during the cold war, things must look awfully scary.

@Cybermat47,
While its great to keep up with world events, and I would encourage you to continue to do so; I would also temper that with this:

Don't worry about things you can do nothing about.

Seriously, just don't. Things like this, are what they are, and will be what they will be. There's nothing you or I can do about it outside of visiting a political voting booth (for whatever good that does ) or giving your politicians an earful.

The way i see it, all the news reports? It's just "blah blah blah blah". Give me the bottom line, and we'll go from there, because until we know how it will pan it, there really is nothing for us common folk to do. It's ALL in the hands of our talking heads and elected windbags. Until then, I ain't gonna worry until it's time to worry, and not before. It's just wasted energy.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Many of us here grew up having nuclear attack drills in school. The bell would go off, we would get under our desk and told not to look at the blast.... Lot of fear in the 60's and 70's.

I wouldn't worry so much now, we have leaders with much more sense...don't we?

Actually, I've sent a message to the Kremlin inviting Putin to land at the old Russian trading post at Ft Ross (formerly Ft. Rossiia or the Russian Trade Company) on the Mendecino Coast as the State of California doesn't function much better than Ukraine's; Mendocino is the finest Sinsimilla-Cannabis growing region on earth ($$$) and there are quite a few Russian speakers who also need protection! They want to divide CA into six states anyway so ol' Putin might as well get in on the action and reclaim some of his Pre-Seward's folly (the purchase of Alaska) patrimony! All hail the 'autonomous' Republic of Crimea!

[Jimbuna]

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

What's ironic is that two decades after the end of the Cold War, all the old 1950s and 60s atomic civil defense infrastructure in the US has pretty much gone to seed. The air raid sirens where I live are either rusting in place or have been removed, and the air raid shelters in most local buildings are either sealed off or are used for storage. Most of the fallout shelters signs have been yanked too.

So, if the ICBMs come, I'll be standing in the middle of the street to get it over with as quickly as possible. But, that's what I probably would have done thirty years ago too. Maybe as a nod the modern era, I'll quickly tweet #deadnow.

I would not want me or my loved ones surviving a major nuclear exchange anyway, tbh. Living close to a primary target, is quite attractive, since the fallout from a major exchange would wander around the whole globe and go into the food chain anyway. I am not eager to live through that misery of radiation disease and all that mess, just to die a miserable death at the end.

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I would not want me or my loved ones surviving a major nuclear exchange anyway, tbh. Living close to a primary target, is quite attractive, since the fallout from a major exchange would wander around the whole globe and go into the food chain anyway. I am not eager to live through that misery of radiation disease and all that mess, just to die a miserable death at the end.

I do sometimes wonder if that's a big part of what has kept the nukes sitting in their silos all these decades. The elites and the powerful might get a nicer hole in the ground (with ample warning) But it's still just a hole in the ground. That's a common dominator they're not used to living with.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not going to happen!

But I may watch Threads tonight and buy a one way ticket to Sheffield.

[Aktungbby]

Just to be on the safe side in my '60's shelter under the reinforced patio, I'm stocking up on this ...along with my Spam and Hamm'shttp://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303942404579361111375345976?mg=ren o64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB 10001424052702303942404579361111375345976.html A party animal to the bitter end!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Not going to happen!

But I may watch Threads tonight and buy a one way ticket to Sheffield.

A great show for such a low budget

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

I do sometimes wonder if that's a big part of what has kept the nukes sitting in their silos all these decades. The elites and the powerful might get a nicer hole in the ground (with ample warning) But it's still just a hole in the ground. That's a common dominator they're not used to living with.

The Russians drive their arsenal around on trucks, do they not?
We sail ours around on Nuclear Subs.