I don’t
know if this tale from Dangerous Minds is true but it’s a great story that I’ve
heard in one form or another since I was a pre-teen waiting for the final
warning. (And if Iran or Israel get stuck in we may be going through it all again.)
"Here’s a little quiz for you: What’s the less obvious message
this fallout shelter sign communicated to early-to-mid-60s Jazz musicians and
Beatniks? Psst, it has very little to do
with the Cold War…That’s right, to more bohemian types, these once
familiar signs were a loud and clear dog whistle that there were very likely government-issued
narcotics, free for the taking, inside that building. I come from a family that
includes professional musicians, and so I had heard of this “legend.” Is it
true?
Back in the 60s and even into the 70s, we all wondered not
if we’d die in a nuclear holocaust, but when. With both Soviet as well as
American nuclear arsenals pointed at each other, a loud sneeze by Dr Strangelove could
set everything off and then, before you know it, those of us unlucky
enough to survive would all be plunged into the middle of nuclear winter a la
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road." (Click here for the whole story.)
Click here for The Who of mass destruction
The secret word is Megaton
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