America’s Forgotten Fallout Shelters- If a nuclear bomb went off tomorrow, where would you go?
If a nuclear bomb went off tomorrow, where would you go? Would you rush into the nearest public building? Head downtown to that old concrete structure with a faded Fallout Shelter sign bolted to the side? Would you run to your kids’ school, your city hall, your church? You’d be wasting time. Because here’s the cold truth: the fallout shelter system in the United States is dead. The signs are still there, but the doors are locked. The supplies are gone. And nobody is coming to save you. The Great Lie of Civil Defense In the 1960s, the U.S. government built a nationwide network of fallout shelters. Millions of barrels of water, boxes of crackers, radiation meters, and first aid kits were stockpiled in basements, schools, government buildings, and parking garages. Then they let it all rot. By the 1980s, the program was defunded. The supplies were removed or expired. The shelters were repurposed into boiler rooms, storage closets, or forgotten entirely. The only thing left is the signage. ...