# Incoming missiles! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599 "2023-04-12T23:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/21 "2023-04-14T01:54:56Z")
I think we’re down to praying to Mothra or hoping your children look good in short-shorts and ballcaps, increasing their chances of befriending Gamera. No, seriously though, I respect you and yours for the strength of character to endure this. I know none of us are feeling particularly safe, whether from internal or external threats, and raising kids in this (and even more so when going it alone even for a week!) is a triumph of mental strength. So I salute you, and suggest 🍺 the cause of, and solution to so many of mankind’s problems! ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/22 "2023-04-14T02:02:58Z")
It happened twice in fairly close succession while I was living in Japan in the not so distant past so I imagine a lot of the kids have already experienced it. The air-raid alarm followed by the speaker system announcement was not the way I had been planning to be woken that particular morning. There was no mention of Godzilla, so maybe I was living in the wrong region though… `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/23 "2023-04-14T02:03:38Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even better news, I’ve seen newsreels of Godzilla stomping a lot of Japanese cities. He seems to avoid small towns. That seems to be a characteristic of not only kaiju but all agents of general destruction: Go after the tall landmarks. Japan? The Tokyo Tower. Paris? The Eiffel Tower. Great Britain? The Tower of Big Ben. US? Something on Manhattan. They’re still looking for something to replace the twin towers. I think the konbinis on Hokkaido are safe. I had assumed, without evidence now that I look back at it, **TP** lived on the Kantō Plain somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/24 "2023-04-14T06:00:54Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > . . . and raising kids in this (and even more so when going it alone even for a week!) is a triumph of mental strength. Less mental strength than simple denial, the secret to long life and obliviousness! > [@icon](#): > > It happened twice in fairly close succession while I was living in Japan in the not so distant past so I imagine a lot of the kids have already experienced it. It appears so. That had not been the case before when I lived here 10 years ago. Also the price of racy magazines has also gone up in the last decade so there must be some sort of causation. > [@DesertDog](#): > > I think the konbinis on Hokkaido are safe. Thank god! I need another run for my Coke Zero. > [@DesertDog](#): > > I had assumed, without evidence now that I look back at it, **TP** lived on the Kantō Plain somewhere. That’s **TB** for the new kids. I did indeed live in Tokyo before! But the dangers from kaiju was too much so after a 10-year layover in Taiwan, we are back to the living in the shadow of nuke magnets. The problem with everyone’s reasoning that kaiju only attack the tourist icons is that they have to get from the sea to said attraction somehow. If anyone needs me, I’m on the roof of my _danchi_ painting a huge arrow south. “Tokyo that way”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/25 "2023-04-14T17:46:27Z")
I live a few miles from Jacksonville LRAFB. I may never know it happened. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/26 "2023-04-15T05:35:17Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > That’s **TB** for the new kids. I shoulda scrolled up. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/27 "2023-04-15T07:03:08Z")
I donna. Are there any convenience stores nearby? You may be in danger from Russia, but maybe not from North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599/28 "2023-04-16T03:14:34Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > And that makes me feel better, how? Well, it will be a miss if it hits you. So, don’t take it personally, I guess? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoming-missiles/982599.md?page=1)