Fallout/bomb shelter
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kwselke
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I'm investing in a man portable single person unit.
Tyrod
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When the kill radius of modern nukes reached about 200 miles, planners realized the futility of trying to survive just about anywhere. They're not even gonna tell you they're coming. Sure, there might be some isolated areas where folks might survive a year or more. The real question is, would you want to try to or just submit to the inevitable. The whole idea of MAD is to kill 'em all and let god sort 'em out.
I don't worry about nukes, it's futile. I worry more about biological terrorism or warfare, global climate conditions, the poles reversing, super volcanoes and asteroids hitting. Ya know, things that possibly are actually survivable.
I don't worry about nukes, it's futile. I worry more about biological terrorism or warfare, global climate conditions, the poles reversing, super volcanoes and asteroids hitting. Ya know, things that possibly are actually survivable.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Ya know.....if it happens I'll deal with it-otherwise worrying ain't gonna do anything but make ya worry.
As I tell my clients so often, worrying about what might happen is waste of time since most of the time what you are worrying about either doesn't happen or it isn't as bad as what you worried about. Live life and just do the best you can as things have a wonderful way of sorting themselves out in spite of our attempts otherwise.
I also tell them that drinking has always worked for me but what works for me usually doesn't work with weak minded individuals
As I tell my clients so often, worrying about what might happen is waste of time since most of the time what you are worrying about either doesn't happen or it isn't as bad as what you worried about. Live life and just do the best you can as things have a wonderful way of sorting themselves out in spite of our attempts otherwise.
I also tell them that drinking has always worked for me but what works for me usually doesn't work with weak minded individuals
oneounceload
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It won't be worth worrying whether I needed to have an extra speed strip with me.
HOUSTON RICK
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The top nukes of today can not only destroy, but radiate our environment to such a degree that I would pity the short term survivors. Even if the nukes were blown off in their silos the radiation would still get pretty much everyone. Do they still have all those canned biscuits in the government shelters, that were put up in the Eisenhower years?
Big Cholla
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What could become the very best and the biggest nuclear blast and fallout shelter already exists in the Nevada desert about 100 miles North of Las Vegas. It is called the "Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository". It has never been used as a nuclear waste dump because of politics. With minor modifications on the air filtration systems and the addition of reliable clean water this system of tunnels could house perhaps 100,000 humans.
The other one that is not as big as Yucca Mountain but is already in existence and built for the exact purpose of surviving a direct nuclear blast is Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, CO.
Then there are the abandoned mines sprinkled all over the West. The salt mines under Texas and New Mexico come into mind. Also, the natural caverns that are tourist attractions today could become tomorrow's shelters with extensive modifications. With a little effort in stocking supplies, building air filtration systems, adding blast doors, many people can and will survive.
The other one that is not as big as Yucca Mountain but is already in existence and built for the exact purpose of surviving a direct nuclear blast is Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, CO.
Then there are the abandoned mines sprinkled all over the West. The salt mines under Texas and New Mexico come into mind. Also, the natural caverns that are tourist attractions today could become tomorrow's shelters with extensive modifications. With a little effort in stocking supplies, building air filtration systems, adding blast doors, many people can and will survive.
kwselke
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The Last Standing Knight
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Bomb/Fallout Shelters MIGHT protect you...
...if nuclear weapons involved are of the power of those used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
They are little more than tombs for the much more powerful modern ones.
While I like underground bunkers for the privacy and security they offer, they are hardly anything that will ensure survival in a modern nuclear war scenario. Even large complexes like Cheyenne Mountain will be pointless in the long term. They are also expensive to maintain over long periods of no use.
That is one of the reasons you really don't see them too much anymore.
...if nuclear weapons involved are of the power of those used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
They are little more than tombs for the much more powerful modern ones.
While I like underground bunkers for the privacy and security they offer, they are hardly anything that will ensure survival in a modern nuclear war scenario. Even large complexes like Cheyenne Mountain will be pointless in the long term. They are also expensive to maintain over long periods of no use.
That is one of the reasons you really don't see them too much anymore.
ancient-one
US Veteran
My BIL in New Mexico built one. I never went down in it but I looked down the the entrance it looked like it was six feet before before you actually started seeing the top of the chamber.
He had a filtered air system and the place was fully stocked with every thing that he thought was be needed to survive. I guess it gave him piece of mind. Glad he didn't need it.
He had a filtered air system and the place was fully stocked with every thing that he thought was be needed to survive. I guess it gave him piece of mind. Glad he didn't need it.
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Chief Wiggums
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don't forget quality toilet paper!
