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Skybird · 09-02-13, 03:59 PM

http://einestages.spiegel.de/externa...8/l0/l0/F.html

A picture series about the bunkers US citizens used to build from the 60s to early 90s in expectation of a nuclear war with Russia.

By today's knowledge the level of naivety was surprising. Who would have liked to survive just to face a contaminated environment and nuclear winter afterwards? No air exchangers with adequate filters? Food reserves for 2 weeks? The truth probably is that almost nobody really knew what nuclear war would have been about. And that would have been a bit more grim than just cleaning up the Ponderosa ranch.

I wonder if the German concepts of mass bunkers in the cities could be seen as a better solution. I think I would not have liked to "survive" in them.

I think some disasters are such that you really are better off not to survive them, yes. Life sometimes can be worse than death.

09-02-13, 03:59 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,612 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Fallout 0.9 http://einestages.spiegel.de/externa...8/l0/l0/F.html A picture series about the bunkers US citizens used to build from the 60s to early 90s in expectation of a nuclear war with Russia. By today's knowledge the level of naivety was surprising. Who would have liked to survive just to face a contaminated environment and nuclear winter afterwards? No air exchangers with adequate filters? Food reserves for 2 weeks? The truth probably is that almost nobody really knew what nuclear war would have been about. And that would have been a bit more grim than just cleaning up the Ponderosa ranch. I wonder if the German concepts of mass bunkers in the cities could be seen as a better solution. I think I would not have liked to "survive" in them. I think some disasters are such that you really are better off not to survive them, yes. Life sometimes can be worse than death. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.