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ananda

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13. We were also glued to the TV during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:45 PM

Yesterday

That was truly scary, but Kennedy was the right man
in the right place at the right time.

Now everybody is in the wrong place, doing the wrong
thing.

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My House as a Teenager Had a Fallout Shelter [View all] MineralMan Yesterday OP

What was the address? GusBob Yesterday #1

No idea who owns it now. MineralMan Yesterday #2

I have made my prediction too GusBob Yesterday #4

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

When I was in grade school, there were ... ananda Yesterday #5

I remember those drills, too. MineralMan Yesterday #8

We were also glued to the TV during the Cuban Missile Crisis ananda Yesterday #13

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

Our town had a fallout shelter on the front lawn Jersey Devil Yesterday #6

Fallout shelters for the most part are useless. Johnny2X2X Yesterday #7

Yes, of course they are. MineralMan Yesterday #9

Yeah, and what about power for air filtration Johnny2X2X Yesterday #10

Ours had a hand-cranked ventilation system. MineralMan Yesterday #11

I am 61 get the red out Yesterday #12

A hand cranked ventilation system? jfz9580m Yesterday #14

Yup. It used the hand-cranked blower MineralMan Yesterday #15

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

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

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

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

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

Yes. Such structures were more a security blanket than real protection. MineralMan Yesterday #21

Not Just One Threat 2na fisherman Yesterday #22

Indeed. We Live in Precarious Times. MineralMan Yesterday #23

Me Too 2na fisherman Yesterday #28

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

That's Brilliant! First Time I've Seen It. MineralMan Yesterday #26

Despite the "old" Steely Dan style... keep_left Yesterday #31

I had one in the neighborhood. kairos12 Yesterday #25

My uncle built one in the 60s in Delaware Walleye Yesterday #27

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