Nuclear War and BUGS? OT

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Hi All

Life is funny, do you not agree?

My teenage years were preoccupied with " The Nuclear Threat " , Russia could

hit the button and America could hit the button and I resided in the middle.

At work I recall the Government issuing a Publication, " What You Need To Do

In Event Of The THREE MINUTE Warning! " I lived not far from the number one

hot spot in England, we were expected to have the first strike! The

Government book was worth paying the money for as it was a real Joke. It had

useful things in it like, " Upon hearing the three minute warning, certain

people will be sent out on bicycles, banging dustbin lids together to warn

you of the impending explosion! " I refused to volunteer for this assignment.

Then as you read on, " If you are at home, remove a door from its hinges,

prop it long ways against a wall, and weight it down with sand bags. Crawl

inside, cover your eyes and do not come out until you hear the all clear! "

Remember you have THREE MINUTES to achieve this exercise! How many people

had sand bags lying around in there home, well I did not! " Once you hear the

all clear, if you locate any bodies, remove them from your home, mark and

identify them for collection " I assume they mean if anyone actually survives

to give the all clear? Perhaps the original people on bicycles came around

again banging the dutbin lids?

At work we had many discussion among us Gals over who we would like to share

the three minutes with and what we would be doing. I will leave that up to

your imagination.

Some thirty years on and the threat from Russia has I believe subsided. Now

it comes from the Gulf, so perhaps we might just get four minutes?

The major threat of the next generation, " I LOVE YOU! " or computer viruses!

I wonder if the creators of these BUGS, realise they could start a Nuclear

War by accident? It would only take a simple virus to penetrate the Nuclear

Computers in Russia, and we would all be history!

Seems to me that the red button or buttons are now obsolete, and the

Computer Virus will be the force to be reckoned with next?

Love and God Bless

Gillian