1/28/2024 0 Comments Basement fallout shelter plans![]() I would look at my father’s scarred arms from when he served, and not really comprehend. Those things only happened in Europe and Russia, not in Canada. The radio, from time to time, would blast out warnings to take shelter and we all learned about the yellow triangular signs and when to hide.Īs a kid, I was really interested in the comic book exploits of Superman and Doc Strange (Master of the Mystic Arts), not from being incinerated or dying of radiation sickness. My smalltown was really ceasing to feel like a haven from the tumultuous events happening around the globe. ![]() What was happening to our peaceful Valley? Beyond, to the west, was Vietnam, to the east, the Berlin Wall, and, above, the Space Race. ![]() My Dad, who had endured WWII and a firebombed Wuerzburg, commenced building one in our backyard.Īs a ten year old, there was a certain ominous threat over our heads during these days and it has probably affected our generation in ways we are still coping with. The shelter described in the pamphlet, although not affording protection against the blast and the subsequent fires, it was stated, provided good protection against the more widespread radiation danger. This legacy of the Cold War arrived as a pamphlet stating that should a nuclear war occur, the risk of radioactive fallout was very widespread and would endanger many of us, even though a long way from the explosion. However, as it only had logs supporting the top, my Dad suggested we play elsewhere. It was a huge rectangular hole that we wanted to use as a fort. My Dad constructed a bomb shelter in the back of our yard around 1962.
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