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A Heart in Your Throat Moment
p3skyking
Member Posts: 25,750 ✭
I had not been on the net or watched TV this morning.
I got in the car to go get some tea for the shop.
I had left the radio in the car on from yesterday so as soon as the engine caught, the speaker blared out.
It was the old CONELRAD tone that the EBS uses now. For three seconds this was all I heard and the worst scenario flashed through my mind.
For the kids that don't know what this is, it's the activation of the Emergency Broadcasting System that we had in case of nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Normal radio and TV tells you to tune a specific frequency or channel for emergency information.
KIM JONG had either hit or his birds were in the air. I did not exhale until one second after the tone stopped and the voice said it was just a test. Then I could laugh at myself.
Next time I go to the drugstore, maybe I'll pick up some iodine. Just in case.[B)]
https://youtu.be/7iaQMbfazQk
I got in the car to go get some tea for the shop.
I had left the radio in the car on from yesterday so as soon as the engine caught, the speaker blared out.
It was the old CONELRAD tone that the EBS uses now. For three seconds this was all I heard and the worst scenario flashed through my mind.
For the kids that don't know what this is, it's the activation of the Emergency Broadcasting System that we had in case of nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Normal radio and TV tells you to tune a specific frequency or channel for emergency information.
KIM JONG had either hit or his birds were in the air. I did not exhale until one second after the tone stopped and the voice said it was just a test. Then I could laugh at myself.
Next time I go to the drugstore, maybe I'll pick up some iodine. Just in case.[B)]
https://youtu.be/7iaQMbfazQk
Comments
But...but...you're a WARRIOR. I would have thought you would have been all smiles and rarin' to go!
What you think doesn't matter, you're a RE MF.
Funny what the censor does ain't it/
Now go and change your underwear, little boy.
At least I'm still fighting, blue shirt.
Now go and change your underwear, little boy.
Go get your civilian boss a latte.
[:I]
Reagan absolutely scared the Hell out of them. They just knew Reagan and Thatcher were going to launch a first strike.
The Damned Pinkos say Reagan was not the reason the Soviets imploded, but it surely was. Star Wars sank them. Operation Ivy Bells showed them just how far ahead the West was. We would still be listening if a spy hadn't ratted us out.
Lots of country people will survive an attack. City folks, not so much.
most now would not have a clue what that noise was
I'm 35. I can't tell you the last time I heard that alarm. It's been a while
I do remember when the Russian ships were being intercepted on their way to Cuba....Kennedy came on the air and told us we could be in WW3...now that was scary...I wonder if the NFL would have taken a knee?
My butt puckered a few times during that evolution too, but the one that sent tingles up my spine was when every Dental Technician at Norfolk Naval Shipyard got orders from BuPers changing their rating to Corpsman and telling them which ship or air station to report to.