Title: THIS IS NOT A DRILL

No. of Words: 31

Inspiration: By the early 1950s, schools across the United States were training students to dive under their desks and cover their heads. The now-infamous duck-and-cover drills simulated what should be done in case of an atomic attack—and channeled a growing panic over an escalating arms race.

Miss Pritchard noticed from her classroom window a bright mushroom cloud expanding in the distance.

Suddenly realizing what it was, she immediately ordered her class to take cover under their desks.