He asked congress to allocate $100 Million in order to fund and construct fallout shelters and nuclear alarm systems (USH). They were built all over the country in every major city like New York, the signs for the shelters can even be seen if they’ve not yet been stolen. Many shelters have been around for a long time but have only recently been discovered, one being the famous Brooklyn Bridge. Finally found in 2006 during a routine inspection (Chan). During the Cold War, the shelters were actually encouraged, despite the fact that most of the shelters available for installation would not be able to withstand a nuclear blast, let alone keep anyone alive long enough till it is safe to leave. Many of the shelters are buried at least three feet under ground, and depending on the amount of people packed into the canister, the earth itself already acts as an insulator for heat. There’s a reason many old industrial buildings, such as the Crown Point Hotel/Train Station in downtown Indianapolis, have vents going underground for geothermal heat. The temperature inside of the shelter would gradually rise from body heat and would not be able to cool down without proper ventilation. This would most likely cause heat exhaustion within any shelters that survived. Though a neat concept condoned by the Kennedy Administration, they are not very plausible unless able to support many people for several months without a problem. The reason that these shelters are significant is because the widespread fear of nuclear warfare was so widespread that people were actually spending hundreds of dollars to install these systems into their homes and backyards, with no real proof of
He asked congress to allocate $100 Million in order to fund and construct fallout shelters and nuclear alarm systems (USH). They were built all over the country in every major city like New York, the signs for the shelters can even be seen if they’ve not yet been stolen. Many shelters have been around for a long time but have only recently been discovered, one being the famous Brooklyn Bridge. Finally found in 2006 during a routine inspection (Chan). During the Cold War, the shelters were actually encouraged, despite the fact that most of the shelters available for installation would not be able to withstand a nuclear blast, let alone keep anyone alive long enough till it is safe to leave. Many of the shelters are buried at least three feet under ground, and depending on the amount of people packed into the canister, the earth itself already acts as an insulator for heat. There’s a reason many old industrial buildings, such as the Crown Point Hotel/Train Station in downtown Indianapolis, have vents going underground for geothermal heat. The temperature inside of the shelter would gradually rise from body heat and would not be able to cool down without proper ventilation. This would most likely cause heat exhaustion within any shelters that survived. Though a neat concept condoned by the Kennedy Administration, they are not very plausible unless able to support many people for several months without a problem. The reason that these shelters are significant is because the widespread fear of nuclear warfare was so widespread that people were actually spending hundreds of dollars to install these systems into their homes and backyards, with no real proof of