rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (11/29/84)
For all those debating whether 50 MILLION or 150 MILLION will be killed in the US when the bombs come: Just saw "Testament" on PBS. The survivors of "the Big One" speant their time disposing of the dead, until it was their time to die. Just re-affirms my desire to drive over to Kodak Park when the sirens start! Before the "I need FACTS from experts!" crowd starts, don't tell me this is just someone's imaginary account of what could happen. If you're SURE it is, tell me how many first hand experiences you have had with nuclear war. Unless you were a crew member on one of two B-29's, a citizen of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, or involved in the military above ground testing in the 1940s and 50s, I find no more relevance in your arguments than anyone else's. Think about that the next time you must go on about knowing someone in this or that organization that is "sure" we will only lose the East Coast and part of Montana! *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) (12/02/84)
Robert Zarcone mentioned that he had seen _T_e_s_t_a_m_e_n_t (which deals with the aftereffects of nuclear bombing on a small community which did not get directly hit) and that he hopes, if it should happen, that he'd be at ground zero. He's absolutely right. I would hate to be one of the "survivors" also. I'm lucky in that I live in the high-tech research corridor in Northern Illinois (as well as not being so far from Chicago), and so would probably be +/- 30 miles from ground zero. It's amazing that we can even visualize such a happening. And I'm scared. -- aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features "Don't let the name fool you. What else can you come up with out of initials MAZ?"