Bomb Shelter Opened After 50 Years

[icyfroth]

WHEN Craig Denham purchased his Texas home, the previous owners shared some intriguing information: "There's a basement in the back, a shelter".

Curious, he headed down the steep stairs set in limestone at the back of his new home. Venturing into the darkness, he discovered an astounding time capsule which had been sealed from the outside world for 50 years - aside from one quick opening by the previous owners.

With a single light bulb, a shabby looking toilet behind a shower curtain, an escape map pinned to the wall and a periscope "perfect for the zombie apocalypse", the fallout shelter is from the height of the Atomic Age

In the midst of the Cold War, fallout shelters were built to protect occupants from radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion.

This enclosure was built originally by a retired air force colonel, E.V. Robnett Jr., who was also an inventor and died in 1984.

Mr Denham believed the colonel had access to information the public didn't.

The fact he built a shelter in his backyard shows "there must have been real concern with people's safety" during the time, Mr Denham said.

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[lakeland27]

that will come in useful when the outside air becomes unbreathable, a few large oxygen tanks would make a good addition.

[icyfroth]

I wouldn't mind having one in my backyard lol

[lakeland27]

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@icyfroth wrote:

I wouldn't mind having one in my backyard lol

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 me either. its probably a cool spot on a hot day.

[**meep**]

"there must have been real concern with people's safety"

Duck and Cover drills?

[j*oono]

If you built a bunker like that, I wonder whether you would be disappointed that you didn't have to use it.

[**meep**]

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@j*oono wrote:

If you built a bunker like that, I wonder whether you would be disappointed that you didn't have to use it.

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my grandparents used it to store coal during winter....

[lakeland27]

i hope they moved the bakelite radio first, that would buy a bit of coal now.

[***super_nova***]

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@icyfroth wrote:

In the midst of the Cold War, fallout shelters were built to protect occupants from radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion.

This enclosure was built originally by a retired air force colonel, E.V. Robnett Jr., who was also an inventor and died in 1984.

Mr Denham believed the colonel had access to information the public didn't.

The fact he built a shelter in his backyard shows "there must have been real concern with people's safety" during the time, Mr Denham said.

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It just shows that Americans are paranoid, misinformed and and the whole unable to think for themselves.  USSR was a little threat  after WW2; the country was totally devastated (think Philippines 2013 without all the rescue packages), every family lost members in the war and population was in no way in mood for more.  Wherever Germans went they burned down every village, killed children, women and old people, destroyed as much as they could of every city, there was no industry left east of Moscow.  The Russians were in no position to attack  or occupy USA; they were so weakened that they were terrified of America, which certainly was in much better shape to  do something like that, had nuclear weapons and shown they are happy to use them.  Not to mention that US have busily been positioning missiles in Germany aimed at the Eastern Block, so the Russians and their allies had certainly good reason to worry.  Is that any surprised they rushed to develop some atomic weapons?  But when they tried to position them on Cuba, which would just about equalise the mutual threat we all know what happened.

[**meep**]

Geez Nova, I know the Soviets wanted to keep the atomic bomb project a secret but c'mon!