[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Duck and cover, storing food in the basement ect. gave way to “just nuke me already” fatalism around ‘85. Maybe that is because the ice was melting I don’t know. Anybody else feel that was the case? (born in ‘72)***

I believe it can be traced to the socialist influence in America in the 1950’s and the “Better Red than Dead” philosiphy.

[bannie]

My daddy built us a fall-out shelter. It felt good knowing that he loved us that much.

I remember asking him—while he was cementing in bricks—what would happen if the bad guys broke in through the entrance. He looked at me and said, “I would shoot them.” I was so surprised. I was also proud and secure.

The people who later (much later) purchased the land filled it in. I’ve never been able to understand that.