An curved arrow pointing right. Signs on building throughout New York City are all that's left of a widespread government effort to shelter millions of people from the fallout of a nuclear attack.

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As millions of Americans became fearful of nuclear armageddon ... a yellow and black one, for a fallout shelter sign. The walls are like 2 feet thick with solid concrete and river rock in them." ...

Current U.S. Government advice is to 'shelter in place' but you're probably better off making a run for it A mathematical model of nuclear fallout suggests that sheltering in place is not always ...

We all imagine a wasteland like the one in the ‘Fallout’ franchise ... has announced the construction of Aerie, a shelter affordable only to the very wealthy that will redefine the concept ...

There are plenty, but let’s just say they’re not ready for a nuclear apocalypse.

In any case, nuclear safety experts say 48 hours is the minimum amount of time you should shelter in place, since radioactivity from fallout would subside from dangerous levels after this time.

In a community fallout shelter pamphlet published in the Knoxville News Sentinel in 1969, Knox County was divided into 16 zones, each with bomb shelters. Stop and Think Article from Nov 30, 1969 The ...