![]() The shelter signs have either fallen off or been removed from many former shelters, so the whole fallout shelter idea seems to be-wait for it-a blast from the past. You might not even be able to get in if you did go to one. Today the federal website advises on protection from numerous hazards, including nuclear fallout, but it doesn't specifically say those marked fallout shelters are the place to go. However, it doesn't seem outdated supplies were replaced (CQ recalls seeing a shelter with rusted water cans and moldy biscuits), and the likelihood of nuclear war diminished under the Mutual Assured Destruction doctrine. They were stocked with food, water and medicine and marked with a distinctive black-and-yellow sign of inverted triangles. In 1961, the feds launched the National Fallout Shelter Survey and Marking Program to designate federally approved buildings as shelters. The morality of private shelters was a big deal (explored in the "Shelter" episode of The Twilight Zone). The CONELRAD defense system (CONtrol of ELectromagnetic RADiation) told us to "turn to 640 or 1240 on your radio dial" we "ducked and covered" under our fourth grade desks. Civil Defense agencies worked overtime figuring how to stop commie bombers, survive a blast and hide from deadly fallout. Is this just a relic from the '50s, or is the building still a designated shelter?ĭuring the 1950s, nuclear war was expected every other Wednesday. ![]() ![]() I spotted a fallout shelter sign on the exterior of the Worthington Post Office. ![]()
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