In class the past week we watched Atomic Café. One component of the documentary that I noticed was a mass paranoia that reached the citizens. Nuclear warfare is one of the scariest destructions that can happen to our world considering it can bring us to our end. This level of fright reminded me of how it was on September 1st, 2001. There was a tidal wave of emotion: fear, confusion, loss, pain, frustration, panic, etc. Children couldn’t fully understand the implication of what nuclear bombs would do, just like they didn’t understand why planes would purposefully crash into our buildings. Those who could understand were scared witless. Could it happen again? How many did we lose? Do we fight back? There was so much to take in that we were clueless as to how to respond.
On a lighter topic, one thing I found interesting was the “Duck and Cover” PSA that was played during that time. It is basically the same slogan we have now for tornado in school. If a tornado warning goes off during school, you would hide under your desk with your hands clasped around your neck –same as the “Duck and Cover” video. It is pretty ridiculous that thinking hands protecting your neck while in fetal position would save you from a nuclear attack. You’d be blown to smithereens in a second. Anyways, it is pretty ironic that nuclear bombs and tornadoes use the same defense mechanism.
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