Hi, I'm Rainey McGuigan and I'd like to extend a warm welcome to you. Thank you for visiting my site, Disaster Shelters. For the past few years, I've been a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, and during that time I've discovered how important a well-built disaster shelter can be. Recently it occurred to me that it would be a good idea if I could create a place where I could bring all of this great experience and put it in one place. The end result was this little site; a place where you can get information on every aspect of disaster shelters. I'd like this site to be interactive, so if you have any questions or would like to leave a message, please feel free. Thanks for stopping by.
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Why Do People Want Underground Bomb Shelters?
There are many people worried about the threat of a bomb and seek out shelter from the deadly radiation that poisons the ground during and after a nuclear fallout. In order to stay safe they look to underground bomb shelters where they can thrive in their new life underground. There are some people who do not understand what the big deal is with underground bomb shelters. They figure there is no point in underground bomb shelters because there is still no guarantee that a person will survive the initial blast. However, these shelters have saved lives before. Read on for reasons why underground bomb shelters are important.
The biggest controversy over underground bomb shelters in the time that it takes to actually get in one from a given location. It is for this reason that many feel building underground bomb shelters do not make any sense. After all, the protection given by underground bomb shelters is only useful if a person actually makes it inside and locks the door before disaster strikes. Indeed, with underground bomb shelters some people are not going to make it inside before they are exposed to radiation.
Nevertheless, the best place to be during a bomb is safely underground. Underground bomb shelters are the only locations that are sure to protect people from elevated radiation levels. What makes underground bomb shelters useful is not really protection from an initial blast, unless there is fair warning, but their importance is in providing a safe location to avoid the radioactive materials that follow the bomb.
Sure, a person needs to first survive the blast of a bomb before they can make any use of underground bomb shelters, but when they do they will need to quickly access a place that they can be away from the radiation that follows. The radiation from a bomb does not spread as fast as the initial explosion occurs. After a bomb hits, depending on their location, people will have a few seconds to enter one of the underground bomb shelters that are available.
Not every attack occurs without warning. When the notice is given it is important to be familiar with the locations of some underground bomb shelters so that they can be reached quickly. Radiation is deadly, but underground bomb shelters are an effective way that people can be safe and save their life. Underground bomb shelters may not be fool-proof, but they do heighten the chances of surviving nuclear fallout.
