This atomic bomb stuff was a bit before my time, but we definitely did the desk hiding for emergencies of other kinds. The desks are just too small.
The “what to do” poster depiction of a man lying next to a curb with a newspaper spread over him is just baffling to me…as if that would protect him from anything!
Today, I noticed–for the first time–a red-orange tinge on the leaves of my neighbor’s Snowball Hydrangea tree, its branches spilling over the back fence, just within reach of my garden shears. I often notice, and have sometimes cut, the round, greenish “snowballs”, slowly whitening, delicate, but thick in flower, weighing down the ends of the […]
A Clean Surface. 
Oh, do I remember getting under my desk for drills. What a time.
This atomic bomb stuff was a bit before my time, but we definitely did the desk hiding for emergencies of other kinds. The desks are just too small.
The “what to do” poster depiction of a man lying next to a curb with a newspaper spread over him is just baffling to me…as if that would protect him from anything!