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ananda

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5. When I was in grade school, there were ...

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:03 AM

21 hrs ago

a couple of people in the area who built shelters.

We considered them crazy loons.

I also remember the school drills where we had
to do a drill and hide under a desk. Truly insane,
but everybody did it.

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My House as a Teenager Had a Fallout Shelter [View all] MineralMan 22 hrs ago OP

What was the address? GusBob 22 hrs ago #1

No idea who owns it now. MineralMan 22 hrs ago #2

I have made my prediction too GusBob 22 hrs ago #4

When I was in Junior High, my duty was to go to the fallout shelter and inventory the supplies. Midnight Writer 22 hrs ago #3

When I was in grade school, there were ... ananda 21 hrs ago #5

I remember those drills, too. MineralMan 21 hrs ago #8

We were also glued to the TV during the Cuban Missile Crisis ananda 20 hrs ago #13

As 5th and 6th graders, we girls were often more worried about... 3catwoman3 18 hrs ago #30

Our town had a fallout shelter on the front lawn Jersey Devil 21 hrs ago #6

Fallout shelters for the most part are useless. Johnny2X2X 21 hrs ago #7

Yes, of course they are. MineralMan 21 hrs ago #9

Yeah, and what about power for air filtration Johnny2X2X 21 hrs ago #10

Ours had a hand-cranked ventilation system. MineralMan 21 hrs ago #11

I am 61 get the red out 20 hrs ago #12

A hand cranked ventilation system? jfz9580m 20 hrs ago #14

Yup. It used the hand-cranked blower MineralMan 20 hrs ago #15

During the Cuban missile crisis my parents discussed converting our cellar to a shelter during conversation at the Martin68 19 hrs ago #16

We had a neighbor who built one about that time. Everything old is new again. Vinca 19 hrs ago #17

When I was a little girl, I begged my father to build a "fallout" shelter. Sogo 19 hrs ago #18

For My Father, It Was a Way for Him to Feel Like He Was Doing Something. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #20

We moved into a house that had a basement fallout shelter area. hay rick 19 hrs ago #19

Yes. Such structures were more a security blanket than real protection. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #21

Not Just One Threat 2na fisherman 19 hrs ago #22

Indeed. We Live in Precarious Times. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #23

Me Too 2na fisherman 18 hrs ago #28

For a bit of levity, here's the obligatory Donald Fagen song... keep_left 18 hrs ago #24

That's Brilliant! First Time I've Seen It. MineralMan 18 hrs ago #26

Despite the "old" Steely Dan style... keep_left 18 hrs ago #31

I had one in the neighborhood. kairos12 18 hrs ago #25

My uncle built one in the 60s in Delaware Walleye 18 hrs ago #27

We had one too. I was 5 when my parents got the new Laurelin 18 hrs ago #29