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To: stayathomemom

I have seen some old fashioned storm cellars with a L door way. A sharp turn from the front. Was supposed to help.

Don’t know though.


263 posted on 05/20/2013 6:33:35 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

The L doorway had the dual benefit of keeping debris from being blasted through the outer door into the shelter directly and, if Cold War vintage, of serving as a way to avoid ionizing radiation in the event of nuclear attack without a large (heavy) blast door.


396 posted on 05/21/2013 12:46:02 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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