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2022-10-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Will NYC reopen its Cold War fallout shelters? As Putin sparks fears of nuclear war - DailyMail.com reveals the locations of thousands of bunkers across the Big Apple

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 00:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ...I have no doubt that - once the opportunities become clear - NYC will appropriate large sums of money to refit and rehab the shelters, and not one of them will be ready to protect a single citizen.

After all - if nothing happens, nobody's going to know. And if anything does happen, nobody's going to know.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-20 09:22|| 2022-10-20 09:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Note the drywall and sprinklers on the new drop ceiling.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 10:17|| 2022-10-20 10:17|| Front Page Top

#3 That's quite the long article! I do love the historic pictures.

The Brits are certainly hitting the nuke war theme hard. I gotta say, it makes me a bit suspicious.

Posted by SteveS 2022-10-20 10:29|| 2022-10-20 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Akkh! They nuked Santa Claus....into The Moon!

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Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-20 10:36|| 2022-10-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 They will need to clear out the C.H.U.D.S. first.

Posted by Lowspark 2022-10-20 12:11|| 2022-10-20 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Who's going to be around to dig you out?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-20 12:30|| 2022-10-20 12:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Who...

I understand [former]British Prime Minister Liz Truss has some time on her hands.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 13:22|| 2022-10-20 13:22|| Front Page Top

#8 I do love the historic pictures.
Who's going to be around to dig you out?

Kulaks, Comrades, are to be despised even for digging.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-20 13:23|| 2022-10-20 13:23|| Front Page Top

#9 They can double as orgy rooms:

15,000 Ukrainians decide to have a mass orgy if Russia deploys nuclear weapons
By WALLA!
Jerusalem Post
OCTOBER 10, 2022

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Fillmore8500 2022-10-20 14:17|| 2022-10-20 14:17|| Front Page Top

#10 IF your fallout shelter is in the basement of a taller brick building - you will need someone to dig you out from several tons of piled bricks.

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-10-20 14:47|| 2022-10-20 14:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Buried with RATS!

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 15:08|| 2022-10-20 15:08|| Front Page Top

#12 "Look at that pack of wild dogs!"

"....those aren't dogs."

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-20 15:55|| 2022-10-20 15:55|| Front Page Top

#13 I love the idea of New Yawkers drinking water in storage since the 1950s.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-20 17:54|| 2022-10-20 17:54|| Front Page Top

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