In Major Problems in the same chapter as I mentioned before, there is an article called Life Magazine Reassures Americans "We Won't All Be Dead" After Nuclear War, 1959.
It talks about the necessary precautions american's would need to take in order to protect themselves from a nuclear explosion. They said that most people would die, but that not all would surely if they were willing to protect themselves correctly.
No offense, but reading that would not have kept me hopeful! Its rather depressing and all it really does is continue to allude to the fact that everyone was terrified out of their minds.
In October Sky, what everyone was terrified of was a mine collapse, and then it happened and it threw everyone out of whack and left people scrambling about unsure of how to get back on their feet. Homer had to go work in the mine to provide for his family while his father couldn't, and this was a portrayal of both how our world would have been had we been hit with a bomb, on a much smaller scale of course but the confusion and terror was certainly a good reflection of what would have happened. Also, the fear of another mine collapse after the first one was a perfect showing of how the world was acting while living in fear of a bomb being detonated on them every minute of their lives.
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