How many shelters remain tucked away in private homes is anyone’s guess. The Cathedral (Fallout: New California) The Hole (Fallout: New California) The Hub (Fallout: New California) The Palisades. Poseidon Oil Rig (Fallout: New California) T. Only a handful of such bunkers are still maintained in the state, including those in its emergency operations centers and another, reportedly, in the leaky tunnels beneath the State House in Annapolis. New California Republic (Fallout: New California) P. Most public shelters were dismantled, their medical supplies donated to local fire departments for training aids and their stale foodstuffs - more than 2,600 tons of high-protein biscuits in Maryland alone - were buried in landfills or fed to pigs. The cramped sanctuaries built to provide refuge for two weeks (while radiation abated) morphed into playrooms, pantries and man caves.

Over time, tensions with the Soviet Union eased and, by the end of the decade, talks had begun to limit the number of long-range missiles on both sides. Any building located above ground is not safe, period.

There are no equivalents to a hurricane shelter for nuclear attacks. Unfortunately, there are no city or government-sponsored mass nuclear shelters. A nuclear safe haven should the sirens sound as the bombs start dropping. “I’d prefer to die like a man on the face of the earth, with a last look at the sun, rather than like a rat in an underground box made of reinforced concrete,” wrote Ivor Kraft of Baltimore. You’re looking for a safe fallout shelter near your home.

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