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“We’re beyond the generation now of remembering what Hiroshima and Nagasaki looked like,“ says Seattle emergency management director Barb Graff in 2017. “We need to keep in mind that it’s more than just warning people and saying ’run!’“ During the Cold War, the federal Civil Defense Administration produced films with specific advice on how to survive nuclear attack. Although they’re often mocked today, the films did contain useful information that could save lives... Now that we revisit a few old enemies of the past, such as an emboldened Russia Federation abroad, flanked by the perpetual blood and treasure obsessed Neoliberalism here at the domestic front; thusly, we must reimagine old fundamental drills and practices to analyze whether these tools might assist in the current crisis climate...
