Thu
Sep 27 2007
02:40 pm
Fallout Shelters back in vogue
By: bizgrrl

In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville [AL] is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.

Okay, what do they know that we should know? Should we start digging those trenches in our back yards again?
R. Neal's picture

featuring an abandoned mine

Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2007/09/27 - 5:03pm.

featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.

Glad to see someone is FINALLY addressing the mine shaft gap.

Carole Borges's picture

Tell people by TV and radio?

Submitted by Carole Borges on Thu, 2007/09/27 - 10:43pm.

If a bomb went off tomorrow, Paradise said, officials would tell people where to find shelter through emergency alerts on TV and radio stations. "We're pretty much ready to go because we have a list of shelters," he said.

Oh, sure. I know my TV would survive the blast. I'm not sure about my radio.

wwwordsmith's picture

Knoxville fallout shelters

Submitted by wwwordsmith on Sun, 2010/02/28 - 12:13pm.

Does anyhone know of any old fallout shelters still accessible in Knoxville (not Oak Ridge)?

adanovi's picture

fallout shelters

Submitted by adanovi on Sun, 2010/02/28 - 12:58pm.

There used to be one under Glocker on campus but I doubt Haslam had one put in for his business building.

Anonymous98's picture

There's one under the old

Submitted by Anonymous98 (not verified) on Thu, 2016/03/03 - 12:07pm.
(in reply to wwwordsmith)

There's one under the old Tennessee supreme court building downtown. It's about to be torn down though.

reform4's picture

I'm considering...

Submitted by reform4 on Thu, 2016/03/03 - 5:59pm.

.. with Trump being the nominee.

2015- "No way Trump can win the nomination."

2016- "No way Trump can win the general election."

2017- "No way President Trump would fire all those nukes."

2018- "No way we're doing what those apes say"

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