When kids were scared but didn't know why

To those of you say 35 or younger this is nightmarish fear not understood until years later when you could comprehend what was happening.

I was 8 years old and with the rest of the class hearing sirens and told to get under our desks. One of those days this was happening.

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We were that close and didn't know it.
Nightmares were common for many of us just a few years later.
But this isn't what we knew then. We just knew the missles were there.
A couple years later we knew how close Kennedy was to the button but that sub? Not until this.

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

We were liuving quite near Homestead AFB, we sure knew what was going on, trainloads of military personnel and equipment heading south, fighters and bombers overhead constantly, exciting times for a 13 year old

Gibbon · 70-79, M

@sunsporter1649 so you had 5 years on me and a little better understanding. We have Andrews Airforce Base, Fort Meade, neighbor to NSA, the Naval Academy, and the biological nightmare Fort Meade a short drive from me. I have been aware of these since I was 9.

PhoenixPhail · M

@sunsporter1649 For me, the word was, "terrifying."
I'll never forget those times.

Gibbon · 70-79, M

@PhoenixPhail me also it was years before I got the everyday possiblity of nukes out of my head. And neighbors building shelters. For what? The theoretical nuclear winter could last longer than you could live in there.