In sweden we had nuke safe kindergartens, concrete slides to put in the windows and all.
We remember russia and the fucking soviet union.
Comment on Desks
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s to protect from falling shit from the ceiling. How much it helps depends is debatable but it’s best they have there in school.
In Finland we have bomb shelters everywhere, it’s arguably more effective
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Jumi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That edit is expected of anyone Finnish.
Sincerely, a drunk Bavarian
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
In WW1 armies learned helmets were a good idea when artillery kicked up big chunks of debris killing unlucky soldiers when it rained down on them. Ballistic protection was an afterthought that came along later.
So yeah better than nothing I guess, same with tornado drills our schools have sometimes
cynar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They almost stopped using helmets again, too. The number of head injuries skyrocketed. Thankfully, someone pointed out to command that the helmets weren’t causing the injuries, but converting fatalities into injuries. They hadn’t been recording head injuries on corpses.
sonori@beehaw.org 1 week ago
It also helps against what tends to be modeled and seen as the largest cause of injury during a nuclear scale explosion like that seen in Beirut, namely shards of glass, though it definitely helps survive falling beams in timber framed buildings.
Remember, thanks to the wonders of the inverse square law you are statistically far more likely to be in the area that gets light to moderate blast damage from the pressure wave rather than core of the blast.
oxideseven@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It’s also to give people something to do. Something to practice and focus on getting right. Gives hope and keeps people from getting caught in a panic loop.
blackluster117@possumpat.io 2 weeks ago
Man, that is so depressing to read though.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
This too, very much