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To: Nikas777

Here is an interesting link.

http://www.undergroundbombshelter.com/

I grew up on a SAC base in the UP of Michigan in the 50s and 60s.

The school rooms in the schools on base had access doors to the utility tunnels running under the school. During the Cuban Missle Crisis each student brought in a pillow and a blanket. We had drills where the teacher pulled up the trap door in the floor, set a chair in the tunnel and all the students filed in followed by the teacher who closed the door.

Also, in the homes, the area under the basement stairs was used as the shelter.


17 posted on 08/21/2009 8:58:40 AM PDT by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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To: PeteB570

Thank you for the link!


19 posted on 08/21/2009 9:02:32 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: PeteB570
I grew up on a SAC base in the UP of Michigan in the 50s and 60s.

K.I. Sawyer? My family moved to Marinette County Wisconsin in the mid fifties. My brothers and I used to work in the woods cutting pulp wood (poplar) for the paper mills and "chemical" wood (scrub oak) for the Kingsford Chemical Company which made charcoal. Every once in a while we would find aluminum "chaff" where we we working as there were practicing penetration runs trying to evade the radar pickets (one was in Norway MI) protecting the base.

One day we were out cleaning up slash piles when a B-52 flew over at treetop level. It reached from horizon to horizon and flew so low I'd swear you could count the rivets. The noise was like the end of the world and it was gone in a heartbeat. I will never forget the experience.

Did you know that K.I. Sawyer did not appear on any UP maps? I drove right past the main entrance and the map only showed open country.

Regards,
GtG

61 posted on 08/21/2009 4:46:03 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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