Radiation innoculations: no longer science fiction?

[Aaron]

Very good. But smaller things work better. Shrimp are good. In fact, man people who show allergies to shellfish, resulting in anaphylaxis, are actually reacting to the iodine rather than the seafood itself. And the real question is: if there is an imminent problem with radioactive fallout, why is the gov'mint's response to hand out pills that will prtect from eating possibly contaminated food when they're not actually protecting you form tthe more immediate threat of actual exposure?

Because exposure to hard rads is less than exposure to fallout.

[Mikey]

So, it's still "hide under your desk" when the bomb hits, but when it's all over, you can eat if you can find any food?

[Sionnach Glic]

Rochey there goes one of your complaining points about how fakey Trek is

Damn.

[Aaron]

So, it's still "hide under your desk" when the bomb hits, but when it's all over, you can eat if you can find any food?

Well I'd recoomend a basement or even a ditch over under your desk. A standing structure that's within the blast zone isn't going to be in good shape.

[Mikey]

So, it's still "hide under your desk" when the bomb hits, but when it's all over, you can eat if you can find any food?

Well I'd recoomend a basement or even a ditch over under your desk. A standing structure that's within the blast zone isn't going to be in good shape.

Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at the old in-school air raid drills.

[Aaron]

Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at the old in-school air raid drills.

A couple minutes a day not doing work? Hey I had no problem with that.

[Blackstar the Chakat]

So, it's still "hide under your desk" when the bomb hits, but when it's all over, you can eat if you can find any food?

Well I'd recoomend a basement or even a ditch over under your desk. A standing structure that's within the blast zone isn't going to be in good shape.

Yeah, I know. I was poking fun at the old in-school air raid drills.

Sounds similar to tornado drills I had in Elementry and Middle School. We went to the basement, duck and covered. In High School we had designated tornado shelters in the school(it was built more recently then the other two)

[Tsukiyumi]

We had similar earthquake drills in LA.
Tornado, or earthquake: hiding under the desk is smart.
Nuclear warhead detonates: hiding under your desk makes it easier for cleanup teams to count the ash-piles.

[Mikey]

Yeah, in the '50's folks thought it was a good idea to teach kids that dried, cured wood is a good defense against a giant fireball. Kinda like saying to breathe in some water to prevent drowning.

You know what they say: crouch down and put your head between your kneed - it makes it that much easier to kiss your a** goodbye.

[Aaron]

Well shelters cost money and there's better things to spend it on. Like McCarthyism.

[Tsukiyumi]

He's a Commie! Git 'im!

[Captain Seafort]

Yeah, in the '50's folks thought it was a good idea to teach kids that dried, cured wood is a good defense against a giant fireball. Kinda like saying to breathe in some water to prevent drowning.

I suppose it would do some good if you were right on the edge of the blast - if all it does is knock the building down being under a desk would be useful, as with tornadoes or earthquakes.

[Teaos]

It would do bugger all against radiation. But then most anything is.

[Captain Seafort]

Cancer and radiation sickness are marginally more treatable than an I-beam through the skull.

[Mikey]

The whole point was that at the time, nobody could find their own ass with both hands and a hunting dog when it came to knowing squat about what the "a-bomb" would do.