tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post7462611008472271131..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Fire and IceJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-74853097186783797132017-08-13T19:00:02.611-04:002017-08-13T19:00:02.611-04:00Fire and Ice is one of my favorite Robert Frost po...Fire and Ice is one of my favorite Robert Frost poems.<br /><br />I'm older than you so we didn't go through those getting under the desks, etc. but my children did and later when I was teaching third grade, our students had to go into the hall<br />and curl up against the walls with their hands over their heads because of tornados which fortunately never hit our school.<br /><br />As for me, I'm not worried about a nuclear war. In spite of North Korea's nuclear arsenal, it doesn't compare with ours and even more so when combined with our allies. They aren't stupid and would not want to have a war that would wipe them out. I'm more concerned about global warming, to tell you the truth, but even there except for a few people claiming it's not real, there are enough people who believe in it so I think it will eventually be solved,<br />although maybe that's the Pollyanna in me.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-76254058713308582372017-08-13T16:49:38.435-04:002017-08-13T16:49:38.435-04:00Kait -- repurposing a bomb shelter for music pract...Kait -- repurposing a bomb shelter for music practice is a great idea, whether it be for tuba, drums, or (say) bagpipes!<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-27519212241147691022017-08-13T14:45:32.929-04:002017-08-13T14:45:32.929-04:00Oh, I remember duck and cover, and instructions th...Oh, I remember duck and cover, and instructions that if we were caught outside to cover ourselves with newspaper. I could never make that jibe with the stories that clothing patterns from clothes worn by the victims in Japan were permanently etched into their skin (I don't know if that was true, or if it was simply one of those stories they told kids). <br /><br />I also remember the Cuban missile crisis. My brother was old enough for the draft that year, and we had family in Miami we visited frequently. I recall what looked like barbed wire rolls on Smathers Beach in Key West and entire areas of the Everglades off limits. Later found out there were missile bases of our own in the Glades, the adults might have known it then. Lots of people in South Florida bought bomb shelters. In 1993 when I was house hunting, one of the houses I looked at had one buried in the back yard. The current owners had it set up for a musician's studio for their son who was learning the tuba. Seemed like a good use of space to me!Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-26123489194951785592017-08-13T10:06:13.045-04:002017-08-13T10:06:13.045-04:00Margaret & Grace -- One of the things I've...Margaret & Grace -- One of the things I've always found so interesting is how just a few years difference in age lead to such different experiences. I was subject to the first draft lottery and had friends who protested the war and friends who served in it. It was a central event and shaped much of my cohort's thinking about foreign engagements. My younger sister studied the war in high school--not central at all.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-40530959194677967812017-08-13T09:37:27.080-04:002017-08-13T09:37:27.080-04:00I'm with you, Jim. I'd prefer not to be on...I'm with you, Jim. I'd prefer not to be one of the survivors. I'm old enough to remember those school drills and seeing a sample bomb shelter that was erected on one of the main streets in our town. I also remember vividly going to high school the day of the Cuban Missile crisis stand off and wondering whether I would be going home that day. Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-18589774800089021932017-08-13T09:36:41.406-04:002017-08-13T09:36:41.406-04:00I remember school air raid drills, though was too ...I remember school air raid drills, though was too young to understand the Cuban missile crisis. <br /><br />And here we are, contemplating scenarios we thought we'd left behind fifty plus years ago.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.com