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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:19 pm
by Aaron
Mikey wrote:
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:57 pm
by 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?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:18 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Rochey there goes one of your complaining points about how fakey Trek is
Damn.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:54 pm
by Aaron
Mikey wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:36 pm
by Mikey
Cpl Kendall wrote:Mikey wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:39 pm
by Aaron
Mikey wrote:
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:15 pm
by Blackstar the Chakat
Mikey wrote:Cpl Kendall wrote:Mikey wrote: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)
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:50 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:31 am
by 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.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:38 pm
by Aaron
Well shelters cost money and there's better things to spend it on. Like McCarthyism.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:40 pm
by Tsukiyumi
He's a Commie! Git 'im!
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:11 pm
by Captain Seafort
Mikey wrote: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.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:42 pm
by Teaos
It would do bugger all against radiation. But then most anything is.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:46 pm
by Captain Seafort
Cancer and radiation sickness are marginally more treatable than an I-beam through the skull.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:53 pm
by 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.