Err, missing is the air intake and how to stop the incoming radiactive air? This was drawn in the 50's and looks it. We were so naive then (I know. I was there). Our neighbor built a much better and stronger shelter just a few doors away. I know where I'm heading when Kimmo sends the big one. Trouble is, the new owners of the shelter and house above it are gays. What then?
Develop a taste for Zinfindel and Liza!
Air isn't radioactive. The intake would be the house you built the shelter in. Basement shelters take more more than they are showing in the pic, you're right there. They are much preferable to being on the surface though!
It's not the air that's radioactive, it's the dust in it. You just filter it out. That can be done with toilet paper rolls, large juice cans, a cardboard box and some plastic sheeting... and of course duct tape. See "Pulling Through" by Dean Ing.
You can beat them, or join them.....literally.
;-)
1. Don't tell them you used to have an account on FR.
2. Do tell them their shoes are fabulous, and you wished you were gay, too, but sadly.....(sigh).... you're het-impaired.
3. Make favorable references to David Lee Roth and Ellen DeGeneres.
4. And like our friend suggested, bring some zin and Liza tapes. Accidentally forget the (now radioactively contaminated) salad oil at home.