![]() ![]() Distance - the more distance between you and the fallout particles, the better. The three factors for protecting oneself from radiation and fallout are distance, shielding and time. However, terrorism, by nature, is unpredictable. For some of my seasoned followers/readers, what do you remember about fallout shelters? Did you know someone who built a private shelter in the yard? Or maybe you remember seeing public fallout shelters stocked and ready to hold people? Comment with your experience. The danger of a massive strategic nuclear attack on the United States is predicted by experts to be less likely today. I hope you will take some time to check out my Facebook page and get involved with the project. I am working on something big related to fallout shelters…more on that later. This is one of the many projects I am up to right now. These shelters were marked all over the United States. The Federal Government stocked them with two weeks worth of supplies (Water, food, medical supplies, radiation monitors, etc) to support the designated capacity of people. These shelters could be in banks, libraries, schools, office buildings, churches, etc, and were marked with a black and yellow sign , which designated that the building had a fallout shelter. Public shelters were in buildings where anyone could go in if the situation called for it. Some people built private shelters to hold their family. Fallout shelters were intended to protect people from the deadly fallout radiation dispersed from a nuclear blast, not the blast itself. Fallout shelters are not the same as bomb shelters. ![]()
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