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fallout shelter [′fȯl‚au̇t ‚shel·tər] (civil engineering) A structure that affords some protection against fallout radiation and other effects of nuclear explosion; maximum protection is in reinforced concrete shelters below the ground. Also known as radiation shelter. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Already holding a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota, he worked assisting the Corps of Engineers in designing fallout shelters on a since-shuttered army base on Governors Island, a small bump in New York Harbor 1/2 mile off the Battery that offers some of the best views of downtown's chiseled skyline. Such speculation has led to what the press has called "hysteria" in private stockpiling of antiviral drugs; this panic has even been compared to the widespread fear of an atomic bomb attack that gripped the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when many citizens built and stocked underground fallout shelters. ``I was raised in the 1950s here in Los Angeles, so I was definitely very aware of the Cold War and I remember going to grammar school with someone who had one of those fallout shelters in their backyard,'' Rhoads said. |
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