Post #130548 by Tiki Rider on Sun, Dec 12, 2004 12:59 AM

I remember wanting the lionel train set with the mobil Nike missil launcher car for christmas...The sudden start of the low growl of the air raid siren increasing in loudness. Then the class being told by the teacher to get under your desk with your arms covering your head. I'm not sure how long this drill lasted. But then finally the siren would slowly lower and groan to a stop. Not sure what the teacher was doing during the air raid drill though. If you moved around and uncovered to peek out she yelled at you...We were shown those atomic bomb survival movies in class. If you see a sudden bright flash you were supposed to find a curb a lay next to it to save yourself...I remember a neighbor on the block who was supposedly building a bomb shelter in his back yard...Sitting around the dinner table one night with the family listening to a radio broadcast of the president talking about cuba and some missils. The threat of nuclear war and a side of tuna cassarol for dinner.