Would’ve been cooler if you showed us the basement.
paleo2002 on
The basements of the older buildings of my college in NYC have these signs still around too.
thefeedling on
cyberpunk past
wolftick on
I mean, it’s unlikely to be upstairs…
seeker_moc on
It’s not uncommon at all. Pretty much any public / government building built during the cold war have these.
AnybodySeeMyKeys on
When I was a kid, I kind of wondered what would have happened if too many people showed up. I mean, was there a guy in an air raid warden helmet standing there with a clipboard and shutting the door when person #105 scrambled in?
Chad_Hooper on
I’m curious if they use it as a public storm shelter during Tornado Warnings? I know that a lot of houses in OK don’t have their own shelters. Same with the schools, which seems like a crime to me.
A96 on
I saw one of these on an old schoolhouse on Mount Desert Island.
a22e on
My elementary school had one of these signs. The “shelter” was the boiler room. Stuffing a dozen adults in there would have been uncomfortable.
SpeedyHAM79 on
They are far more common than most people think. I live in Minnesota and know of around a dozen buildings in the area with these shelters. I’ve been in a few of them as part of a previous job.
rocketmn69_ on
They might need to be restocked very soon
ChefAsstastic on
Looks like we will need this soon after Trumps recent brain fart posts.
somestrangerfromkc on
How crazy to see a mention of this tiny town. I started going to Little Sahara in 1984 when there was even less there. It was a lot of fun back then but I’ve heard the dunes are flattened now. The big dunes in those days were pretty great. I’ve got a scar on my upper lip and blown up nostril from that place.
skarkowtsky on
We had these on my elementary school in NYC in the 1980s. I still remember the drills, hiding under our desks or lining up in the hallways and facing the stone walls.
BrickGlum9579 on
Graduated from Ok State, all the older dorms had these on the exterior walls too.
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Would’ve been cooler if you showed us the basement.
The basements of the older buildings of my college in NYC have these signs still around too.
cyberpunk past
I mean, it’s unlikely to be upstairs…
It’s not uncommon at all. Pretty much any public / government building built during the cold war have these.
When I was a kid, I kind of wondered what would have happened if too many people showed up. I mean, was there a guy in an air raid warden helmet standing there with a clipboard and shutting the door when person #105 scrambled in?
I’m curious if they use it as a public storm shelter during Tornado Warnings? I know that a lot of houses in OK don’t have their own shelters. Same with the schools, which seems like a crime to me.
I saw one of these on an old schoolhouse on Mount Desert Island.
My elementary school had one of these signs. The “shelter” was the boiler room. Stuffing a dozen adults in there would have been uncomfortable.
They are far more common than most people think. I live in Minnesota and know of around a dozen buildings in the area with these shelters. I’ve been in a few of them as part of a previous job.
They might need to be restocked very soon
Looks like we will need this soon after Trumps recent brain fart posts.
How crazy to see a mention of this tiny town. I started going to Little Sahara in 1984 when there was even less there. It was a lot of fun back then but I’ve heard the dunes are flattened now. The big dunes in those days were pretty great. I’ve got a scar on my upper lip and blown up nostril from that place.
We had these on my elementary school in NYC in the 1980s. I still remember the drills, hiding under our desks or lining up in the hallways and facing the stone walls.
Graduated from Ok State, all the older dorms had these on the exterior walls too.