“We never did those nuclear drills. We had tornado drills, and the procedure was basically the same.”
Not for us. We went to a pretty good enclosure for tornado drills, but just hid under our desks for nuclear drills. It was probably the equivelant of saying “bend over and kiss your a$$ good bye..”
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Well that would be true if you lived in a likely target area. However, once you get out beyond a 25 mile radius, there’s a shot at survival if you can get sheltered from the radiation, take the iodine tablets, and stay sheltered for at least 2 weeks.
Can’t remember now, the number of feet of concrete you need, but IIRC 3 inches of steel does the trick. Your shelter has to have venting, but radiation can’t turn corners, so you just have to design stuff with that in mind.
I don’t think the tornado shelter would have been very effective for the tornado or the bomb, so It kinda was a waste of time.