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...lives. In the old days, for instance, outhouses sat in the backyard; now the bathroom has moved inside. Garages used to sit on the edge of the lot; now many garages have been built into the home. The next room to follow this pattern is the family fallout shelter...
...Critical Questions. Despite the new sweep of concern about civil defense, despite all the talk and even the action toward shelter building, the U.S. remains dangerously ignorant and misinformed about that most critical of all human questions; survival. Just what would be the effects of an all-out atomic attack on the U.S.? What protective measures can be taken, and how much good will they do? What would underground life be like...
...been estimated that a great majority of the deaths suffered in an atomic attack would come from fallout radiation-and it is against radiation that shelters can be most effective. Given between 30 minutes' and an hour's warning of a 150-city thermonuclear attack, an adequate national system of fallout shelters might well cut the death rate from 160 million to 85 million; add an effective blast-shelter system, and the number of deaths could drop to 25 million...
Under Pittman, who has been on the job for less than two months, civil defense leaders last week were readying a program of surveying, marking and stocking every existing public building in the nation that could serve as a shelter. Merely marking and identifying these sites, said Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, "could, without additional effort, save at least 10 to 15 million lives." Next month the first teams of trained experts will begin the eight-month survey...
...Shelter dwellers should provision themselves with at least a two-week supply of both water and food. For drinking, one quart of water per shelter occupant per day is considered necessary; in addition, another daily half-gallon per person is recommended for washing and other sanitation purposes. Although water should be stored in plastic or metal containers-blast might break glass bottles-anything would do in an emergency. The food should be imperishable or long-lasting, and neither salty nor sweet, to inhibit thirst. Says Margaret Moore, nutritionist for the Louisiana Board of Health: "Keep a few canned vegetables...