Reply #41: Small world [View All]

[The Croquist]

I live outside Atlanta now (Stone Mountain) still without a basement. Atlanta might have been a target. I think the accuracy of those missiles sucked so they probably would have gone after cities as opposed to military bases. From memory I think NY was on the edge of what the US thought was the range of the missiles. I'm pretty sure that DC was in range and then it's just a question of picking big targets.
I remember having an "air-raid" drill in school as a kid (born in 1956) where we lined up in the hall, bent over and put your hands over your head. Kissing your ass goodbye was something I learned later. I think we only did it once so I'm pretty sure it was during the Cuban Missile Crises. The folks managed to shelter me from that despite watching the Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC every night.