14-07-2012, 08:14 AM (This post was last modified: 14-07-2012, 09:48 AM by LR Trotter.)
No argument here, and I certainly appreciate the comments as well. A little tidbit, in the small East Texas town of Rusk, on McVicker St near Goff, there is a house with an underground bomb/fallout shelter under the add-on carport beside the house. In the '50s and '60s, Rusk probably had a population of about 5000, and probably not much different now. But, a music connection as well, as Country Music singer/songwriter Johnny Horton's Mom and would be Step Father lived across the street on McVicker in the early/mid '60s.
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That bomb/fallout shelter could come in handy during hurricanes, other very strong storms, and tornados.
And speaking of fallout, before underground testing of bombs was done, such tests were done above ground. This caused radioactive clouds to be borne by winds so that cattle, sheep, and people were exposed to radiation and were sickened and some died. During the 1950s and early 1960s the Mississippi Valley region collected much of the radioactivity from bomb testing done in Nevada which fell to earth and was absorbed by dairy cows grazing on the polluted grass. Their contaminated milk would be consumed by infants and adults alike. Of course the radiation clouds would disperse elsewhere in the east and south as well, but the Mississippi Valley seemed to have a higher density than other places, except the regions closest to the site of bomb testing.
The best Twilight Zone episodes bear a 1960 (MCMLX) copyright, the year Tom and Chuck and Mike and I dug in Chuck's parents' back yard to build the fallout shelter we were dead-serious we'd need.
Along with Fisher Body Craftsman Guild and Soap Box Derby literature, I had acquired pamphlets from Civil Defense with diagrams.
A right angle entrance corridor will reduce fallout, as will steel wool stuffed in an air pipe.
Later, in Santa Fe, working for scientists on the Hill, one told us about ground surfing the underground tests, along with playing adult pranks in the various test bunkers--BOO
The alternative to the gymnasium trip was under the desks, same head-down arms-clasped on neck position.
My father's ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) was sunk in a second test at Bikini I believe.
Probably the Beatles dispelled the gloom--along with the growing news of Vietnam.
Perhaps the preoccupation with nuclear exchange seems as dated as Eisenhower whose solemn warning has come true in spades.
Gates: DCI to SecDef. Panetta: DCI to SecDef. Petraeus: Theater Commander to DCI.
A military-intelligence shadow government.
With Hellfire-firing drones one presidential finding away from you, Citizen.
Those big warheads are so Twentieth Century.
At every hour the telescreen exhorts us to smash the brutal oppressor Assad.
Because the War-O-Meter is beginning to enter the dangerous red zone Withdrawal
15-07-2012, 07:05 AM (This post was last modified: 15-07-2012, 08:46 AM by Greg Burnham.)
"Witness Mr. Henry Bemis: A charter member in the fraternity of dreamers; a bookish little man whose passion is the printed page, but
it was conspired against by a bank president and a wife and a world full of tongue cluckers…and the unrelenting hands of a clock.
"But, in just a moment, Mr. Bemis will enter a world without bank presidents or wives or clocks or anything else. He'll have a world all
to himself. Without anyone."
Part One:
Part Two:
Part Three:
The best laid plans of mice and men...and Henry Bemis. The small man in the glasses who wanted nothing but time. Henry Bemis, now just a part of a smashed landscape; just a piece of the rubble; just a fragment of what Man has
deeded to himself...
Mr. Henry Bemis: In the Twilight Zone.
Unfortunately, it reminds me of my friend, Jim Fetzer. I am NOT trying to be funny. Perhaps he experienced an "event" from which
there is no recovery?
...
GO_SECURE
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
Quote:And of course there is the ever observant Tom Lehrer:
My personal all-time favorite! We used to listen to his records over and over, and memorized his lyrics. These were 78 rpm records and they finally wore out.
Quote:And of course there is the ever observant Tom Lehrer:
My personal all-time favorite! We used to listen to his records over and over, and memorized his lyrics. These were 78 rpm records and they finally wore out.
Thank you, Magda, for that treat.
Adele
You're most welcome Adele! Because of the high levels of absurdity in our world there is a Tom Lehrer song for almost every insane and bizarre occasion :angeldevil: :lol:
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
Ir is my belief that if truth is the destination, for the direction to remain constant, the expressed thoughts of others on the journey should be allowed and considered. I absolutely appreciate the discussion on this thread, and do believe it is relative to the events of the '60s and beyond. Being a student, I would like to thank the DPF teachers for now and the future lessons.
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