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[–] [email protected] 115 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

It's to protect from falling debris from the ceiling. How much it helps is debatable but it's best they have there in school. More effective on traditional bombing than nukes

In Finland we have bomb shelters everywhere, it's arguably more effective

Edit: I'm too drunk to write coherent sentences

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In WW1 armies learned helmets were a good idea when artillery kicked up big chunks of debris killing unlucky soldiers when it rained down on them. Ballistic protection was an afterthought that came along later.

So yeah better than nothing I guess, same with tornado drills our schools have sometimes

[–] cynar 3 points 1 month ago

They almost stopped using helmets again, too. The number of head injuries skyrocketed. Thankfully, someone pointed out to command that the helmets weren't causing the injuries, but converting fatalities into injuries. They hadn't been recording head injuries on corpses.

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