There is nothing like a faded, old Fallout Shelter sign to bring back memories of the optimistic days in the 1950s when the government encouraged people to think they could survive thermo nuclear war by hiding in a basement on Bergen Street near Fifth Avenue, eating food without expiration dates and drinking from barrels of stored water as fallout wafted harmlessly outside.
Blast from the Past: Fallout Shelter
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
There is nothing like a faded, old Fallout Shelter sign to bring back memories of the optimistic days in the 1950s when the government encouraged people to think they could survive thermo nuclear war by hiding in a basement on Bergen Street near Fifth Avenue, eating food without expiration dates and drinking from barrels of stored water as fallout wafted harmlessly outside.
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