...Suddenly a nuclear bomb goea iff o i in Melbourne, Austra- lia! I race to the window in the front room of my parents' home: I can see the mushroom cloud rising in the distance in the eastern sky, lightening with dawn. I am struck with horror. I run to a cornwe e er of the room, huddling into it as the deafening roar fills my ears, and sizzling heat flashes