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IMPROVISING FALLOUT PROTECTION

If an enemy attack should occur when you are at home, and you have made
no advance shelter preparations, you still might be able to improvise a
shelter either inside or outside your house. In a time of emergency, the
radio broadcasts may tell you whether you have time to improvise a
shelter or should take cover immediately.

An improvised shelter probably would not give you as much protection as
a permanent or a preplanned family shelter, but any protection is better
than none, and might save your life.

The best place to improvise a shelter would be the basement or storm
cellar, if your home has one.

SHIELDING MATERIAL NEEDED

To improvise a shelter you would need shielding materials such as those
mentioned on page 25--concrete blocks, bricks, sand, etc. Other things
could also be used as shielding material, or to support shielding
material, such as:

--House doors that have been taken off their hinges (especially heavy
outside doors).

--Dressers and chests (fill the drawers with sand or earth after they
are placed in position, so they won't be too heavy to carry and won't
collapse while being carried).

--Trunks, boxes and cartons (fill them with sand or earth after they are
placed in position).

--Tables and bookcases.

--Large appliances (such as washers and dryers).

--Books, magazines, and stacks of firewood or lumber.

--Flagstones from outside walks and patios.

IMPROVISING A BASEMENT SHELTER

Here are two ways of improvising fallout protection in the basement of a
home:

Set up a large, sturdy table or workbench in the corner of your basement
that is most below ground level.

On the table, pile as much shielding material as it will hold without
collapsing. Around the table, place as much shielding material as
possible.

When family members are "inside the shelter"--that is, under the
table--block the opening with other shielding material.

If you don't have a large table or workbench available--or if more
shelter space is needed--place furniture or large appliances in the
corner of the basement so they will serve as the "walls" of your
shelter.

As a "ceiling" for it, use doors from the house that have been taken off
their hinges. On top of the doors, pile as much shielding material as
they will support. Stack other shielding material around the "walls" of
your shelter.

When all persons are inside the shelter space, block the opening wi