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In the 50's and much of the 60's, people were convinced that the Soviet Union was about to send bombs and that we could survive if we all built "bomb shelters". These were almost always underground, made of concrete and stocked with varying amounts of supplies. Of course, back then, nobody had thought much about "Nuclear Winter" or the effects of being stuck in that kind of environment for several years while the world got back to something approaching normal. We were all naive and fortunately none of the nuclear powers decided to push the button. A chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids.

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