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MineralMan

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

Reply to hay rick (Reply #19)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:47 PM

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At the age of 80, my concern isn't about survival in such a situation. I deliberately avoided having offspring, though, based on my worries about what the future might hold. That has helped to some degree to keep anxiety at bay.

What Trump might do, I can't say.

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

What was the address? GusBob Monday #1

No idea who owns it now. MineralMan Monday #2

I have made my prediction too GusBob Monday #4

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

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

I remember those drills, too. MineralMan Monday #8

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

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

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

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

Yes, of course they are. MineralMan Monday #9

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

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

I am 61 get the red out Monday #12

A hand cranked ventilation system? jfz9580m Monday #14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not Just One Threat 2na fisherman Monday #22

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

Me Too 2na fisherman Monday #28

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

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

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

I had one in the neighborhood. kairos12 Monday #25

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

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