7 OF THE CREEPIEST COLD WAR FALLOUT SHELTERS
STEUART PITTMAN, HEAD OF THE U.S. FALLOUT SHELTER PROGRAM, DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH AT AGE 93. AS A REMINDER OF JUST HOW FRIGHTENING THE COLD WAR WAS, CHECK OUT THESE OLD FAMILY-STYLE BUNKERS FROM THE PAGES OF POPULAR SCIENCE.
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An example of how paranoid people can get down here in the provinces, found in the letters page of the Lancing Herald, cover dated July 31, 2003:
"I know you would not normally publish letters sent to you anonymously, but I have long held suspicions that a new Regional Seat of Government (RSG)...
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Remember in the early 1980s when nuclear war seemed inevitable and the govt sent out a helpful leaflet all about how to survive a nuclear blast by blocking up the chimney and hiding under a table. Well here it is.
Embedded link is dead. The MIA webpage (the booklet's text and illustrations)...
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