tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post7000879733727429543..comments2024-03-27T18:51:08.953-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: BERT THE TURTLE SAYS DUCK AND COVER (1951)Jerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-27422517932377417532021-10-16T06:04:25.308-07:002021-10-16T06:04:25.308-07:00I lived in Tampa, Florida when the Cuban Missile C...I lived in Tampa, Florida when the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. I was in 3rd grade at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary, less than 2 miles from MacDill Air Force Base, headquarters for the Strategic Air Command. We did all the drop and cover drills and had to bring in canned food, "in case." Decades later, we learned that MacDill was ground zero for the first launch from Cuba. Drop and cover wouldn't have done a thing for us. I'm guessing the canned goods stood a better chance of survival...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259855631235210486noreply@blogger.com