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    Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably

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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    I think the purpose of a shelter like this was built more for protecting people against nuclear fallout, not against the preliminary blast. Of course, it would still be fairly worthless since there's no room for food or water or even the ability to stretch your legs, but I'm guessing it was contingent on the government finding a way to get rid of fallout rather quickly. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @blash: Fallout gets rid of itself. The super-radioactive stuff that'll kill you quickly has a very short half-life. After a couple of weeks the radiation level would drop enough to be short-term survivable. At that point you'd evacuate or do a cleanup. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @jepzilla: "a couple of weeks" - entirely my point. Can you see yourself living for weeks in a shelter that size with 3 other family members, no room to stretch out or store any food, let alone signal flares for evacuation? I didn't think so. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @blash: It'd be cramped, but if the options were that, or die of radiation poisoning, I'd give it a shot.

    Food wouldn't really concern me; in case of a nuclear war the only food you'd want to be eating would be canned (or otherwise sealed). You can pack a lot of canned food into a pretty small space. And it doesn't take a lot of food to survive when you're just sitting around. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    Seems like an uncomfortable way to sit for the 30 year half-life of Cs-137. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    It's greater than 8000!!!! #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    Personally, I have no interest in living though a nuclear attack, so this would be pointless for me. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Curves: So could you do us all a favor and try to catch the warhead? K thx bai! #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Curves: So since you don't want to survive, can I have your car so that I can get away faster? #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @zenfluence: Most people cant drive my car (standard transmission), but it is a 4WD so you can get away via unconventional routes that the Zombies wont have blocked yet, so sure. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @zenfluence: Protip: If you are within the nuclear fallout range, drive towards the bomb site. Faster, cleaner death. And if you happen to be near the blast radius before the nuke goes off, drive towards it. Bright flash, then nothing. Hands down the best way to die. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Curves: It would be interesting to see how many Giz readers do drive stick. Personally, I have been pretty much my whole adult life (43 now). All three cars I own are manual (and turbocharged), although we also have an automatic minivan. I always swore that my kids would learn to drive stick from the beginning. My oldest does, and the middle child just got her permit, so it's time to start teaching her.

    More on-topic... If you weren't alive in the 60s and 70s, you probably can't really comprehend the Cold War. You know how freaked out people get about H1N1? Imagine if a lot of people considered nuclear annihilation a real and imminent threat. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @CSX321: I was alive in both the 60s and 70s and thats why I have no interest in living through it.

    (I have to order my cars built since you cant even find a stick on the lot any more.) #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Curves: Man, where do you live? I drove a stick and loved it till I moved to Seattle, where the hills and lights on a hill made me hate sticks. But, everytime I wanted another car, they kept showing me sticks! Sounds like we need to trade places #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @I see the light. It burns!: Ohio and we have hills too, it just requires a little finesse with that clutch foot. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Curves: Yep, two of my cars are from the 80s, when there were more sticks around.

    I wasn't directing the Cold War comment at you, Curves. I've gathered from previous posts that we are probably of about the same generation. It was directed at the posters who don't get why anyone would consider building a shelter like that.

    Remember The Day After? I heard recently on the radio that that show was a big part of what drove Reagan to want to end the Cold War. Interesting. It certainly did scare the crap out of a lot of people I knew. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @CSX321: Yes, I did see the Day After (I had nightmares for weeks!) and its part of the reason I have no desire to live through "The Big One". That and a book by Stehen King (I cant recall the name) where a disease killed most of the people on the planet (more nightmares). I am just not a post apocolyptic kinda girl I guess. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    What are those things on the right side of the pipe? They look like blunts. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    Yeah, of course, leave it to dad to do all the cranking, while mom reads a clothing catalog. Or maybe the kid's horoscope.

    "Scorpio; you're going to die".

    Anyone who tells me where that's from gets a cookie. Hint hint, it's from an older cartoon. #falloutshelter
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/06/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: All I can think of is No Sex in the Champagne Room, but Chris Rock is only 50% cartoon.

    Gemini, you're gonna die twice
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    Image of Kirkaiya Kirkaiya
    11/06/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: Hmm.... instead of a cookie, perhaps you could take us sailing, so we can look at the moon? #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: The Simpsons, "You Only Move Twice." #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Theres no sex in the champagne room... NONE!

    Haha! #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @stevenajohnson: You got it! One of the best Simpsons episode in my book.

    I love the part where Homer ask Hank Scorpio for some sugar, and Hank reaches into his pockets and just hands it to Homer, then ask if he would like some cream with that. Homer's reaction just makes me giggle so much.

    Well about that cookie... How about I just click that heart icon under your avatar eh eh?? #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Kirkaiya: I'll take you sailing right into the abyss. Don't worry, I packed a 3 year supply of Ramen noodles. Enjoy! #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: Sorry, I got here late. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    Nothing like suffocating to death with mom and dad in the ol' fallout shelter. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Cash907Censored: No, you wouldn't suffocate: "Ventilation: A sheet metal intake vent 3 inches in diameter is provided together with a manual airblower for more than three persons. Air is vented through the sandbag closure at the entrance."

    See, everything's good!

    Oh, wait... #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    Back when I was a pup we just hid under the table during a bomb scare, back in nineteen-dickity-three. We had to call it dickity cuz the Kaiser stole our word for twenty. I chased that rascal to get it back, but I gave up after dickity-six miles.
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    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: But you're Kaiser. So you chased yourself? Or is this a story about when you stole the word dickity, which, if so, you have it. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat: I would strongly recommend not dividing by zero. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Too much pie, that's your problem! #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    The hardest part was making a dozen giant blunts to plug up the entryway... #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Most Mild Rainstorms, Probably
    I'd love to see a picture of all three of them sleeping in there. #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @spannu: They're supposed to survive nuclear fallout in there? Where do they poop and where do they get their supplies from? Crazy 60's... #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Dickeydoo: "where do they poop" + "where do they get their supplies from" = answering your own questions #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @spannu: I'm quite sure i'd rather die thank you #falloutshelter
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    11/06/09

    @Dickeydoo: I think the point was you would be dead and buried in a nice chamber that won't attract that many rodents or pollute the groundwater. #falloutshelter
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    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Great Scott!

    #RosaRocks
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    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Great Scott! #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Uh no. That is incorrect. 54 years ago, time travel was not invented by Doc Brown. It was invented by yours truly. K thx bai.

    Seriously though, I'm from the year 2021. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    I didnt really look at the pic since I was rushing over the jump to read about time travel (wtf, why hadnt I heard about this??!!).
    Oh. The movie....good movie, but I was pretty excited thinking this was the REAL DEAL. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    @Curves: You didn't know? Back to the Future was a documentary. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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    11/05/09

    In reply to 54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
    Not 'exactly' how I remember 1985 being but it all sounds vaguely familiar. #fluxcapacitorinvention
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