Have a nuclear plan? Contra Costa County did in the 1960s. This “Community Emergency Plan” was sent out to all Contra Costa County residents in the mid-1960s, it shows what you should do in case of a nuclear attack, and where to go for proper shelter. You can click on any one of the five pictures to see a larger view.
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The declassified reports from peak Cold War-era put our “full nuclear strike” scenario at nine figure casualties INITIALLY. Most of Europe, and about two-third of populated Asia were expected to become uninhabitable.
Now imagine the damage potentially to be incurred here.
I love the “sunset mausoleum in Kensington” … makes me all warm and fuzzy.
We did these drills in the 70″s and then they turned int earthquake drills now “active shooter?????” we might be past saving, hope not.
I actually do rememberthose insane boy in the Concord in the late sixties. Who knows maybe we’ll need them again if Harris/ Walz win.. and the international scene continues to crumble as it has in the last three and a half years.
I remember running the curtains shut & diving under my desk…. fun drill for a kid.
I liked the occasional “sonic booms” from the old fighter jets too.
I felt guarded from above.
When I was a kid in school, we had air raid drills. They would have us line up single file, and walk out into the hallway where we’d sit on the floor with our knees up to our chin and tuck our heads in between our legs. I also remembered seeing pictures on TV of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the aftermath, and thought to myself, “this ain’t gonna work.”
Nothing has changed, when the government told the public to keep a six-foot distance, and wear a mask, without question, almost everybody followed orders like the good little sheep they are. Once again, I thought to myself, “this ain’t gonna work.”
The plan is the same from then until now:
Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass good by.
94521 was just some dusty hills and an old Portland cement factory at that time. 🙂
If the balloon had gone up, the Concord Naval Weapon Stations would have been one of the first targets.
Sadly, survival plans were meaningless, except for reassuring the population beforehand.