Gothamist: Open Only in the Event of Enemy Attack

Jen

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:25:17 -0500

Toby, good link - the guy who runs that is suspicious of this finding in a really hilarious way. ("I guess the original story was in the Times.")

Toby

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:06:07 -0500

I stumbled onto the "Civil Defense Museum" where they explain all the fallout shelter goodies and all sorts of other related stuff.

Tim N.

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:17:06 -0500

It's funny, there was some stuff like that in our basement in BH. An elder resident of our building, great guy, lived there since the early 50s, said that our basement was a fallout shelter (the sign is still there) and there are still a couple of drums around that they use for storage. As far as the crackers go, I guess they had to be high calorie to keep up with the flesh falling off your bones...

Chuck

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:08:27 -0500

I remember those cracker tins well. When I was a Boy Scout (on Long Island, in the 70s), we had a troop project that involved having us lads mash thousands of them into crumbs (with our bare hands), which we then scattered on iced-up local canals and ponds to give the little birdies something to eat during a particularly cold winter. I presume the crackers were donated to the Scouts after the Civil Defense realized that if the Russkies did in fact drop the Big One, the whole bomb-shelter thing would be basically useless.

JESUS CHRIST

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:50:22 -0500

I kind of take solace in the fact that in the event of a nuclear war, only the leaders of New York would probably be allowed in that shelter. So imagine the Mayor and Governer eating government crackers for ten years. That shit is funny!

Jen

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:38:40 -0500

Apparently communist nuclear devices would make people really skinny!

evamn

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:34:36 -0500

Remember the skate board ramp, theater piece in the Brooklyn Anchorage? Sadly this space will no longer used for sake of art. Curious as to why and what the extent of these 'inspections' are ultimately will lead too. Keep your eyes peeled, especially when the Bush Admisinistration becomes a figmant of the nation's imagination and notions of 'fear' dwindle.