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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
I went to 11 different schools from 1st to 12th grade. They all had fire drills. We had a LOT of "duck and cover" drills for a nuclear bomb attack especially in the 1960s during the Cuban missile attack. Even as a kid we knew that hiding under a cheap school desk was not going to help in with a nuclear explosion.
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It actually can make a big difference to put anything you can reasonably do between you and it.
The sun is a nuclear reaction, think of just how thin of sun screen it takes to keep from getting burnt over hours of exposure. Or just a hat.
While a nuclear explosion is going to be closer than the sun, and thus more intense, the same principle still applies to significant parts of the potential damage.
Although today's multi war head that lay out lots of smaller nuclear hits will have a far greater kill zone for their power. But back in your day with large singles it could make a difference.