Posted on 03/31/2022 1:56:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Many have been used as storage rooms, and are packed with old furniture and other cast-offs. Most lack water and working sanitation facilities. State regulations still demand, though, that bomb shelters (called tilfluktsrom in Norwegian) be ready for service within 72 hours, prompting lots of cleaning and quick refurbishment around the country right now.
Norway’s state directorate for security and preparedness (DSB) confirms that all the shelters combined can only accommodate 2.5 million people, less than half Norway’s current population. Norwegian Broadcating (NRK) reported how state authorities, believing the Cold War was over, decided in 1998 to remove long-standing demands that all public buildings be built with new bomb shelters. Not a single new bomb shelter for the public has been built in Norway for more than 20 years.
For the first time in decades, local officials and civil defense authorities are thus evaluating their own regions’ bomb shelter availability and access. Erik Furevik, leader of the Midtre Hålogaland Civil Defense District in Northern Norway, also reports a sharp rise in inquiries from the public. He told NRK that he’s been referring many people to DSB’s website that has maps (external links) showing where all the shelters are located.
“Shelters are there, and available for the population,” Johansen said. He added that older shelters can be cleaned out and renovated, while many other options can be made available, like an underground garage in Tromsø and similar facilities in Oslo. DSB director Aarsæter, meanwhile, told NRK that her agency is also looking at “creative solutions” that can provide emergency shelter, including train tunnels and the capital’s metro system.
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A cool reality show would be one that traveled around the US or the world checking out old bomb shelters.
Building defenses because the Red Army is about to sweep into Norway. Meanwhile, rapefugees from Africa and the Middle east pour in.
Scandinavians are like Germans. Either brilliant, or complete idiots...often within the same person. You either get a BMW CSL, or an Isetta three wheel Coupe.
That would be cool.
Putting a pillow over your head is a creative solution.
I asked him if he had found the fallout shelter yet...no.
I told him where to find the floor entrance to go down.
If Oslo is about to get nuked, stay out of those metro tunnels and stations...
Nothing says “sizzle” like a firestorm traveling through tunnels with hundreds of openings throughout the bomb’s target area...
Buttered toast with warmed/melted Nokkelost is nom-nom.
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