Dealing With Reality Part 2

Before the start of our mid-point Fallout Shelter Management class at the University of Alaska one of our instructors turned on the radio to hear the weekend weather report. An emergency notice interrupted and we heard "a nuclear attack is imminent – seek shelter immediately, this is not a drill." As the warning was repeated the air raid sirens went off with the signal for a nuclear attack.

As the sirens wailed we were herded into a fallout shelter – a large room outfitted with a heavy fireproof door, air filters, water, food supplies, and first aid supplies provided by Civil Defense. 30 of us...