Just Jack Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 (I put found in quotes because I'm sure some maintenance people or custodians knew about it, but weren't saying anything) http://www.stargazette.com/article/20130801/NEWS01/308010067/Stocked-fallout-shelters-found-Watkins-Glen-Middle-School?nclick_check=1
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Pretty interesting. I am surprised that it wasn't infested with mice or anything.
Chef Jim Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 We had one in our school that had barrels of food in it. I wonder if it's still there.
boyst Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 My elementry school had a fall out shelter in it. It had been abandoned and not used for anything but storage. One of the side areas in the basement that ran the concourse of an entire hallway was adjoined by two very long and suitable fall out shelters. I would bet it could have held at least 100? The school is being torn down to make way for a new school, though. http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/lr/page57168.html just found this on the entire Toledo area for fall out shelters.
mrags Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 My old apartment building on Lineood had one as does Attica Prison.
dib Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 We never needed fallout shelters, we always had desks to hide under.
Chef Jim Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 We never needed fallout shelters, we always had desks to hide under. Dammit...you beat me to it.
The Poojer Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Pfft...wimps...when I was in elementary school we didn't need fallout shelters...we hid under desks with our hands and arms over our heads...and we survived... Kids these days have it so easy Son of a B word...I didn't read thru first We never needed fallout shelters, we always had desks to hide under.
Chef Jim Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 bwahahahahaha Hey, don't be so damn smug. Only the old farts here are going to get that. What?? Most of us here are old farts?? Never mind.............
The Poojer Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 i'm not too sure how i feel that you, Chef & I had the same exact thought bwahahahahaha
BringBackFergy Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Was Geraldo Rivera there when they opened the secret door??
Chef Jim Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 i'm not too sure how i feel that you, Chef & I had the same exact thought You know what they say about great minds. It has nothing to do with the three of us, I'm just making conversation.
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Pfft...wimps...when I was in elementary school we didn't need fallout shelters...we hid under desks with our hands and arms over our heads...and we survived... Kids these days have it so easy Son of a B word...I didn't read thru first NO TALKING!
Just Jack Posted August 2, 2013 Author Posted August 2, 2013 We never did duck and cover drills when I was in school. But when I was working for the County, our office was in the sub-basement, 2 floors underground, and it was the old fallout shelter. Still had a room labeled "bunk room" with cots set up, perfect for that afternoon nap.
DC Tom Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Pretty interesting. I am surprised that it wasn't infested with mice or anything. That would be typical American construction: a room intended to keep out subatomic particles, that won't keep out mice.
boyst Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Do they or have they ever practiced chemical weapons drills or such? With all the terrorists recently celebrated over the last 15 yrs?
DC Tom Posted August 3, 2013 Posted August 3, 2013 Do they or have they ever practiced chemical weapons drills or such? With all the terrorists recently celebrated over the last 15 yrs? They should. In fact, I think they should tear gas every high school in the country once every couple of years.
mead107 Posted August 4, 2013 Posted August 4, 2013 House across the street has one. I think there are 3 in the Neighborhood.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 4, 2013 Posted August 4, 2013 My work was built in the early 1960's. The had the signs on the control houses saying: Fallout/air raid shelter... A Bilco door would lead you down a ladder and there you could go all the way to the sump pit and under the river... That is where the power/electrical lines are... They just removed those signs a few years and sold them for scrap along with a bunch of other stuff... I wish I would have kept one! Back in the 1970's... We'd camp and one of the fathers got a hold of an old Civil Defense cache of food and what not... We were eating peanut butter from 15 years earlier... The stuff in cans had shelf life! LoL... Probably explains a lot! ;-)
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