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Sogo

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

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:18 PM

8 hrs ago

He was a big strong man, and in a big, booming voice said, "Hell no, we're not building a fallout shelter. If it comes to that, we'll die right along with the rest of them!"

My reaction was like the little boy in Home Alone, hands slapping cheeks as he screams....Or like the avatar image I just saved.

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My House as a Teenager Had a Fallout Shelter [View all] MineralMan 10 hrs ago OP

What was the address? GusBob 10 hrs ago #1

No idea who owns it now. MineralMan 10 hrs ago #2

I have made my prediction too GusBob 10 hrs ago #4

When I was in Junior High, my duty was to go to the fallout shelter and inventory the supplies. Midnight Writer 10 hrs ago #3

When I was in grade school, there were ... ananda 10 hrs ago #5

I remember those drills, too. MineralMan 9 hrs ago #8

We were also glued to the TV during the Cuban Missile Crisis ananda 8 hrs ago #13

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

Our town had a fallout shelter on the front lawn Jersey Devil 10 hrs ago #6

Fallout shelters for the most part are useless. Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #7

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

Yeah, and what about power for air filtration Johnny2X2X 9 hrs ago #10

Ours had a hand-cranked ventilation system. MineralMan 9 hrs ago #11

I am 61 get the red out 8 hrs ago #12

A hand cranked ventilation system? jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #14

Yup. It used the hand-cranked blower MineralMan 8 hrs ago #15

During the Cuban missile crisis my parents discussed converting our cellar to a shelter during conversation at the Martin68 8 hrs ago #16

We had a neighbor who built one about that time. Everything old is new again. Vinca 8 hrs ago #17

When I was a little girl, I begged my father to build a "fallout" shelter. Sogo 8 hrs ago #18

For My Father, It Was a Way for Him to Feel Like He Was Doing Something. MineralMan 7 hrs ago #20

We moved into a house that had a basement fallout shelter area. hay rick 7 hrs ago #19

Yes. Such structures were more a security blanket than real protection. MineralMan 7 hrs ago #21

Not Just One Threat 2na fisherman 7 hrs ago #22

Indeed. We Live in Precarious Times. MineralMan 7 hrs ago #23

Me Too 2na fisherman 6 hrs ago #28

For a bit of levity, here's the obligatory Donald Fagen song... keep_left 7 hrs ago #24

That's Brilliant! First Time I've Seen It. MineralMan 7 hrs ago #26

Despite the "old" Steely Dan style... keep_left 6 hrs ago #31

I had one in the neighborhood. kairos12 7 hrs ago #25

My uncle built one in the 60s in Delaware Walleye 6 hrs ago #27

We had one too. I was 5 when my parents got the new Laurelin 6 hrs ago #29