Fallout Shelter Research Paper
During the late 1950s, many Americans built bomb shelters. These structures, also known as fallout shelters, were constructed to protect Americans in the case of a nuclear attack and the fallout that occurs afterwards. Fallout is the radioactive debris that follows a nuclear explosion. If a nuclear attack were to occur, the fallout could reach distances miles away from the center of the explosion. At this time, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War. The Cold War did not actually involve fighting but was a race of obtaining nuclear weapons and intimidating the opponent. Both sides knew that they could destroy each other in a matter of minutes. For this reason, Americans lived in constant fear of the Soviets bombing the United States.
Fallout shelters were built into the ground and usually had one room. The shelter was meant for families to survive in them for a couple of weeks. For this reason, supplies that sustained life were present in the fallout shelters at all times. Canned food, water, and hard candies were kept on shelves in the shelters. There was also, most of the time, an area for sleeping and a toilet. Fallout shelters could …show more content…
However, when I asked my grandparents if they knew anybody, they said that they used knew someone who lived in Fayetteville who had a house with a bomb shelter in their backyard. The family that lived there has since moved away and no one lives on the property anymore. So, my granddad arranged for the owner of the property, who he knows, to show us the shelter. On Sunday, April 16th, we went to the property and saw the bomb shelter. We could not go inside because a hurricane had flooded the shelter. However, we could still look inside of the hallway that led to the shelter. While I was there, I took a few pictures of what we saw. Overall, this was a great experience of seeing a fallout shelter in person rather than just studying one
Fallout shelters were built into the ground and usually had one room. The shelter was meant for families to survive in them for a couple of weeks. For this reason, supplies that sustained life were present in the fallout shelters at all times. Canned food, water, and hard candies were kept on shelves in the shelters. There was also, most of the time, an area for sleeping and a toilet. Fallout shelters could …show more content…
However, when I asked my grandparents if they knew anybody, they said that they used knew someone who lived in Fayetteville who had a house with a bomb shelter in their backyard. The family that lived there has since moved away and no one lives on the property anymore. So, my granddad arranged for the owner of the property, who he knows, to show us the shelter. On Sunday, April 16th, we went to the property and saw the bomb shelter. We could not go inside because a hurricane had flooded the shelter. However, we could still look inside of the hallway that led to the shelter. While I was there, I took a few pictures of what we saw. Overall, this was a great experience of seeing a fallout shelter in person rather than just studying one