We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:49:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Don't forget today is the 27th of Rajab! I bought a surplus elementary school desk like the ones I was taught to "duck and cover" under... just in case. Train as you'll fight - fight as you train, is my motto! Some people's mileage differed, apparently... Air raid drills were part of everyday life, especially for us Milbrats in the 50's and 60's. We were taught to "duck and cover" under our desks and were herded into school basements and hallway for periodic air raid drills. Of course, this kept right on going into the 70's - except they were... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:00:08 -0600 It was fashionable among some to sneer at the "duck and cover" propaganda, presuming that the whole surface of the planet would be entirely involved in the fireballs. If yer far enough away, d&c would get you off unscathed vs. scorched, and sliced up by window glass, as some schoolkids in Hiroshima didn't know until too late. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49509 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49509 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:34:35 -0600 Now I know what the tunnels at skool were for. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49501 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49501 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:27:43 -0600 Nuh-uh! My desk! Get yer own! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49499 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49499 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:40:39 -0600 I remember those desks!! Awesome protection from nuclear events!! Are you going to share? :) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49498 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49498 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:35:52 -0600 Yah, I know. But we kept at it longer than anyone else...! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49497 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49497 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:30:07 -0600 It wasn't just milbrats, dear. Even exclusive Catholic Girls schools had us ducking under our desks and filing down to the 'tunnel' so we would be prepared. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49496 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/armageddon_meggido_apocalypse_now_whatever.html#comment-49496 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:06:57 -0600