Posts Tagged ‘underground shelter’
Civil Defense Abroad
From the “Journal Archives” …..Journal of Civil Defense, Jan-Feb 1978 Reports and repercussions of the 1977 American “Civil Defense Debate” are appearing in foreign publications. In Great Britain, The Journal of the Institute of Civil Defense digs into Congressional hearings and says: One Republican, Congressman William Whitehurst, also argued that it would be criminal to…
Read MorePresent Danger?
(The following was originally printed in the Journal of Civil Defense: June 1978) Excerpts of a statement given by Eugene V. Rostow of the Committee on the Present Danger to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget (March 1, 1978) Nothing could be more useful to the nation now than a serious public discussion about…
Read MorePragmatic Civil Defense
By W. E. Manry, Jr., M.D . Published in the Journal of Civil Defense; October 1987 (Dr. W. E. “Bill” Manry looks at American civil defense without the soporific “benefits” of apathy, wishful thinking and procrastination. This leads him to some shocking conclusions about the fate of his fellowman when the nuclear chips are down.…
Read MoreA safe-room tip!
Hi. James here. I have a question for you: I am in the beginning process of building a barn with a small 16 x 12 safe room in the basement. The walls will be poured concrete, 12″ thick and I faced with 9″ of stone. The ceiling is an 8″ slab. I was hoping that…
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