There's nothing to worry about. The Government will do what they did during the ` Cold` war (1950+), a government video was released on TV with instructions on how to tape-up your windows , remove the interior doors , lean them against a wall & then place a mattress over the doors & get behind it.. and `Hy Presto` they claimed you would be as safe as houses (?) .
There's nothing to worry about. The Government will do what they did during the ` Cold` war (1950+), a government video was released on TV with instructions on how to tape-up your windows , remove the interior doors , lean them against a wall & then place a mattress over the doors & get behind it.. and `Hy Presto` they claimed you would be as safe as houses (?) .
There are only two certainties in a mass nuclear destructive event.
1. Cockroaches will survive
2. Ecckles posts will still be centred.
ISIS reportedly have obtained nuclear material they could use in a dirty bomb, and that worries me a little bit (a dirty bomb is not a nuke). As for actual nukes? Nobody wants to use them, not even Vladimir Putler. Doesn't worry me at all.
Not immediately worried about it. But the concept of a full scale nuclear war is a terrible thought. If it happens, I want me and all my loved ones right at the centre of the strike. Surviving it would be a million times worse.
If you haven't seen it, I recommend Threads. Most depressing, scary and important film you could watch about the reality of a nuclear war.
Please don't mention that film. It is the single most disturbing film I've ever seen. Had nightmares for weeks following that. You're right about not wanting to survive it. It would be like living hell.
Even now hearing them test the local air raid it gives me the shivers and that protect and survive music is positively haunting.
I'm not worried at at all now, or maybe 1/10. I was genuinely worried in the 80s though; the week the Berlin wall came down I was convinced we were 5 minutes away from a full blown nuclear war.
Worrying about it ruined my teenage years. What should have been a happy and carefree time was spent in a state of perpetual terror wondering if each day would be the last, with Protect and Survive as bedtime reading. I thought every thunderstorm was nuclear war.
Now I try not to worry about it, I worried about it enough thirty years ago!
If I could give you a hug across the internet, I wouldn't because I'm quite non touchy feely but still, your post echoes how I felt at the time also. I used to peer up at every con-trail to see if it was an airliner or a Russian bomber.
If I could give you a hug across the internet, I wouldn't because I'm quite non touchy feely but still, your post echoes how I felt at the time also. I used to peer up at every con-trail to see if it was an airliner or a Russian bomber.
Horrible times.
There was an earthquake once when I was about 14 - a very short but very loud one. I was asleep at the time and raced outside in my pants in a mad panic that THEY had dropped THE BOMB. (Just to clarify, we lived in the middle of nowhere, I didn't run out into the street with nothing on!)
Includes such useless information as 'how to build your own fallout room' using a few old doors and wood tables. Not to mention reminding you to 'pack a tin opener'.
And yes folks this is not a spoof video....:D...it was put out by the UK Government in the 70's and very 'British'. Almost Monty Pythonesque!
We were shown it in school. I was completely traumatised for ages afterwards.
We also watched it at school and I wouldn't recommend it if you don't want to be depressed and disturbed for weeks. I wish I'd never seen it and I can't quite understand why the school felt it was useful to show it to us.
Includes such useless information as 'how to build your own fallout room' using a few old doors and wood tables. Not to mention reminding you to 'pack a tin opener'.
And yes folks this is not a spoof video....:D...it was put out by the UK Government in the 70's and very 'British'. Almost Monty Pythonesque!
I remember that as a very young child.
You have to laugh at it's sheer comedy value or you would cry.
The background of nuclear annihilation haunted the childhood of many even into the 80's
As for the thread why worry?
If it ever happens you will simply cease to exist in a microsecond without feeling anything whatsoever.
The voice of the Protect and Survive man - I never believed what he said because I thought it the same guy who used to land in the helicopter in the Barratt Homes adverts.
I went to Hiroshima in the late 80's and was very moved by the Peace Park and the memorial. They had a very graphic part of the museum which showed the effects of the nuke from 20 miles out, 50 miles out etc. I can still remember an old couple who insisted on showing me their Red Cross cards, which meant they still got free medical treatment as they had been affected by the blast all those years ago.
I have DVDs oh Threads, The Day After, Protect and Survive etc. must have been really frightening to live at the height of the Cold War. I remember bits from my childhood in the 1980's and had quite a fear of it all. I'm interested in the history of the Cold War to this day.
First thing my parents said when the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down was about the Cold War. I can't say I thought about this really; I was more shocked by the total devastation and loss of innocent lives. I found the media coverage on personal belongings of passengers and Facebook posts very upsetting.
The world has changed I think from full scale nuclear war possibility but it's still possible. I'm buggered where I live if there is one as the whole place is surrounded by RAF bases.
These days, any country that launched a nuclear attack would automatically get nuked back.
No half-intelligent leader would ever so it. It would be suicide for them and their country and could possibly lead to the end of civilisation - and they know it..
Now, if nukes didn't exist, that would be worrying. I think Russia, Europe and the US would have gone to war over Crimea. I think the nukes were a big deterrent there.
I'm not so sure about that. It's possible that if a country launched one or two nuclear strikes on the UK, that we'd take one for the team because nuking them back would just result in them launching even more nukes at us, which obviously we don't want.
It also depends on which cities have been targeted. There are some cities we can afford to lose and others we can't.
I'm not so sure about that. It's possible that if a country launched one or two nuclear strikes on the UK, that we'd take one for the team because nuking them back would just result in them launching even more nukes at us, which obviously we don't want.
It also depends on which cities have been targeted. There are some cities we can afford to lose and others we can't.
Going to watch the movie threads tomorrow now as it sounds interesting if anything judging by your opinions of it.
Being a Prepper nuclear war plays a part in the subject. I am not afraid of nuclear war though, purely because if a nuclear missile hit our little island I doubt we would know much about it.
My Great nan used to tell me stories about WW2 I always tried to imagine what it was like sitting in an air raid shelter not knowing when you would next see daylight or not knowing what you would see when you did see daylight.
Herself and My Great Grandfather (who thought in WW2) both had a coldness behind the eyes... I don't mean it to sound disrespectful because they where lovely people but you could tell, what ever they had witnessed had changed both of them forever, Nothing ever effected them again emotionally it was almost as if they where haunted by WW2 their whole lives.
At least with nuclear war hopefully we would not be effected like that hopefully we would know nothing about it, Because if I am honest I don't think I want to survive such an event.
I will let you all know how I get along with the movie.
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Haha, me too!
It still unnerves me walking down The Moor in Sheffield to this day.
I've seen something like that as well. The escort guys really don't like it if some idiot tries to squeeze in between the trucks
There are only two certainties in a mass nuclear destructive event.
1. Cockroaches will survive
2. Ecckles posts will still be centred.
Please don't mention that film. It is the single most disturbing film I've ever seen. Had nightmares for weeks following that. You're right about not wanting to survive it. It would be like living hell.
Even now hearing them test the local air raid it gives me the shivers and that protect and survive music is positively haunting.
If I could give you a hug across the internet, I wouldn't because I'm quite non touchy feely but still, your post echoes how I felt at the time also. I used to peer up at every con-trail to see if it was an airliner or a Russian bomber.
Horrible times.
Your young self was cleverer than the separatists in eastern Ukraine.
There was an earthquake once when I was about 14 - a very short but very loud one. I was asleep at the time and raced outside in my pants in a mad panic that THEY had dropped THE BOMB. (Just to clarify, we lived in the middle of nowhere, I didn't run out into the street with nothing on!)
Protect and Survive is here to save you.
Includes such useless information as 'how to build your own fallout room' using a few old doors and wood tables. Not to mention reminding you to 'pack a tin opener'.
And yes folks this is not a spoof video....:D...it was put out by the UK Government in the 70's and very 'British'. Almost Monty Pythonesque!
We also watched it at school and I wouldn't recommend it if you don't want to be depressed and disturbed for weeks. I wish I'd never seen it and I can't quite understand why the school felt it was useful to show it to us.
I remember that as a very young child.
You have to laugh at it's sheer comedy value or you would cry.
The background of nuclear annihilation haunted the childhood of many even into the 80's
As for the thread why worry?
If it ever happens you will simply cease to exist in a microsecond without feeling anything whatsoever.
It's actually surviving that's more frightening. It would be a living hell.
I went to Hiroshima in the late 80's and was very moved by the Peace Park and the memorial. They had a very graphic part of the museum which showed the effects of the nuke from 20 miles out, 50 miles out etc. I can still remember an old couple who insisted on showing me their Red Cross cards, which meant they still got free medical treatment as they had been affected by the blast all those years ago.
First thing my parents said when the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down was about the Cold War. I can't say I thought about this really; I was more shocked by the total devastation and loss of innocent lives. I found the media coverage on personal belongings of passengers and Facebook posts very upsetting.
The world has changed I think from full scale nuclear war possibility but it's still possible. I'm buggered where I live if there is one as the whole place is surrounded by RAF bases.
I'm not so sure about that. It's possible that if a country launched one or two nuclear strikes on the UK, that we'd take one for the team because nuking them back would just result in them launching even more nukes at us, which obviously we don't want.
It also depends on which cities have been targeted. There are some cities we can afford to lose and others we can't.
Yeah f**k you London and keep Hull!
Being a Prepper nuclear war plays a part in the subject. I am not afraid of nuclear war though, purely because if a nuclear missile hit our little island I doubt we would know much about it.
My Great nan used to tell me stories about WW2 I always tried to imagine what it was like sitting in an air raid shelter not knowing when you would next see daylight or not knowing what you would see when you did see daylight.
Herself and My Great Grandfather (who thought in WW2) both had a coldness behind the eyes... I don't mean it to sound disrespectful because they where lovely people but you could tell, what ever they had witnessed had changed both of them forever, Nothing ever effected them again emotionally it was almost as if they where haunted by WW2 their whole lives.
At least with nuclear war hopefully we would not be effected like that hopefully we would know nothing about it, Because if I am honest I don't think I want to survive such an event.
I will let you all know how I get along with the movie.