SUBURBAN SHELTERS
"GO TO THE GROUND AND GO DEEP..TIME ,DISTANCE AND SHIELDING"
ANOTHER AMERICAN HOME FALLOUT SHELTER PLAN
SEAL OF APPROVAL
THE APOCALYPSE OF ATOMIC WAR LOOMED LARGE ON THE HORIZON - THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BELIEVED AN ATOMIC WAR WAS IMMINENT ENOUGH TOO START A SHELTER SURVEY AND STOCK SHELTERS NATIONWIDE , SOME AMERICANS COULD READ THIS WARNING AND BUILT THOUSANDS OF HOME SHELTERS FOR A NUCLEAR WAR, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE CREATING AND STOCKING SHELTERS WITH WATER AND RATIONS WOULD OF BEEN A SIGN AS TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ATOMIC THREAT FACED BY MILLIONS OF CITIZENS IN EVERY TOWN ACROSS AMERICA AND SHOULD OF SCARED THE HELL OUT OF PEOPLE, THE SMART BET WAS BUILDING YOUR OWN AND AVOIDING PUBLIC SHELTERS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES DID WELL BUILDING SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE COLD WAR, THE BIG RUSH AFTER PRESIDENT KENNEDY WENT PUBLIC WARNING CITIZENS TO PREPARE SHELTERS TO SURVIVE AND ANNOUNCED DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD RESPOND TO ANY ACT OF AGGRESSION FROM CUBA TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE AN ATTACK FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND WOULD BE MET WITH A FULL RETALIATORY RESPONSE (USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS) SO AMERICANS WENT DOWN INTO THE GROUND PREPARING SHELTERS IN BASEMENTS OR ON THEIR PROPERTY UNDER GROUND CRITICS OF THE NATIONAL FALLOUT SHELTER SURVEY AND COMMUNITY SHELTER PLAN WARNED THAT PUBLIC SHELTERS WOULD BE FILLED WITH THE INJURED .BURNED,CUT BY DEBRIS IN CATATONIC STATE'S FROM LOSING LOVED ONES AND HOW FAST AND WITHOUT WARNING A NUCLEAR ATTACK WOULD BE ,RADIATION SICKNESS FROM THOSE CAUGHT IN THE FALLOUT WOULD BE KILLING ITS VICTIMS SLOWLY AND IN AGONY AND THE SHELTER WOULD BE A MAD HOUSE OF WEEPING ,SCREAMING, INJURED SURVIVORS MOST LIKELY THE SHELTER WOULD BE WAY OVER INTENDED CAPACITY AND RATIONS WOULD BE VERY LITTLE SO MOST LIKELY THE STRONGER SHELTER RESIDENTS WOULD STEAL FOOD FROM THE WEAK &,SICK ETC..AND THE OTHER BIG PUBLIC SHELTER ISSUE WOULD BE "SANITATION" THOSE WHO MAY BE IN A POORLY RADIATION PROTECTED PUBLIC SHELTER WOULD HAVE ITS INHABITANTS SICK WEAK AND SUFFERING FROM DIARRHEA AND THE BATHROOM FACILITY'S WOULD QUICKLY BE OVERUN AND BREDING DISEASE AS THOSE IN THE SHELTER WOULD BEGIN DEFECATING IN THE BATHROOM AREA WHEREVER THEY COULD FIND A PLACE TO GO...THIS SCENARIO IS AN HONEST ACCOUNT OF WHAT PUBLIC SHELTER LIFE WOULD BE LIKE AND SIMILAR SITUATIONS HAVE SHOWN THE BREAKDOWN IN ORDER AND SANITARY CONDITIONS IN JUST DAYS! SO HOME SHELTERS WERE THE BEST BET AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE MADE BLUEPRINTS OF EASY TO BUILD FAMILY SIZE SHELTERS, AND HAD A CHECKLIST OF ITEMS NEEDED AND HOW MUCH RATIONS,WATER ETC,LONG AFTER CIVIL DEFENSE BECAME "FEMA", FEMA CIRCULATED EASY TO BUILD SHELTERS UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND WELL IN TO THE 1990's ,MANY OF THE COLD WAR HOME SHELTERS DOUBLE AS WINE CELLARS,STORAGE ROOMS,TORNADO SHELTERS AND WORKSHOPS WAITING AND STANDING GUARD FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK.
