Replies to post #478924 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[janice shell]

lol, we just got under our desks. It was then that many of us learned that grownups may believe some really dumb stuff.

[blackhawks]

In the 50's my smart ass parochial grade school friends and I made light of...'kneel down, face the wall, place your head between your knees and.......kiss your ass goodbye.'

We had Nike anti-aircraft missile bases along the Chicago lakefront and in the suburbs. Even a grade school kid knew the defensive measures wouldn't be 'leak proof', so cynicism abounded.

https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/01/ask-geoffrey-old-nike-missile-sites-chicago


A battery of Nike missiles was installed at Belmont Harbor in the early 1950s. (WTTW Archive)

The VERY best take on the matter: