Doomsday warnings for 2023: Risk of nuclear war is at its 'highest ever'

We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis' in 1962, Joe Biden said in October.

And who said Joe hasn't done anything as president?

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Some of my earliest memories are of the neighbors gathering together every week to say the rosary for world peace ... to stop WW3 before it happened.

Public Service announcements were about what to do if we witnessed the white flash or heard the sirens warning us of an imminent nuclear explosion. Readily available were plans for bomb shelters and advice on how long we had to remain there after we survived the initial blast ... assuming that we would.

Prayers work!! See! We did prevent WW3 and a nuclear war. So far. But we have since stopped praying, and stopped talking about what to do if, and what to to about being prepared.

4meAndyou · F

@Heartlander New York City, recently, posted a what to do in case of nuclear attack on a city government website.

https://nyc.gov/site/em/about/press-releases/20220711_pr-nycem-releases-nuclear-preparedness-psa.page

Really, really clueless...but they figure they are reducing panic.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@4meAndyou I remember the conversations about whether the living would envy the dead, and whether those who had bomb shelters would have room to accommodate their neighbors who didn't have bomb shelters. The conclusion was always "Let's just not have a nuclear war. Ever!"