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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Holy cow! I am sure I was writing about how it *seemed*, how it felt to a teenager (i.e. me). I am also quite sure that I agreed with you about the Cuban Missile Crisis being hotter... but that's OK. You just carry on ignoring what I've written...
Cheers
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I grew up during the Cuban missle crisis. In fact, my father worked on B-52 bombers. We had drills every other day at school, hiding under our desks. As if that would do anything. Half the people we knew had bomb shelters, mainlky to protect them from fallout. Every building that was substantial had a nuclear sign on it, indicating a fallout shelter.
The early 60s was a pretty critical time with all the posturing, etc. Anything could have happened at that point because this stuff was all so new. Sure, they had seen the damage in Japan but really had no idea what might happen with all the new stuff.