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From those who have their own fallout shelters to those who just carry torches in their bags "I fall somewhere in the middle."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Congress appropriated $207 million to build and stock public fallout shelters.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022

A Times financial advice columnist in 1961 tackled the question: Are fallout shelters good investments?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Imagine walking past nuclear fallout shelters, doing "duck and cover" drills under your school desk, and experiencing other regular reminders that, at any moment, a great-power war could end life on Earth.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2021

Everybody was putting fallout shelters in their backyards, canning tap water, getting ready for the end of time.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd