Oh yeah. I remember those drills. I went to an elementary school next to the Wilson Bridge in VA.

I remember I had to try and sit so all the boys in my class wouldn't try and look up my dress when I went down on the floor

There was NO way we would have survived any atomic bombing of DC since our school bordered the Potomac River.

Back then it was scary for little kids who were old enough to understand it. I was younger than 12 so I didn't particularly understand the entire situation.

But there was an announcement on TV about the Cuban Missile Crisis and my sister who was a year and a half older told me to shut up and just screamed that we were all gonna die. That actually did get my attention!