Nuclear War Survival Skills: What You and Your Family Can Do

Contents
SUMMARy…………….. ……………………………….. ………….. ………. v
FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS………………………………………………………… ix
INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………… .
CHAPTER I–The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts.. …………………… 5
CHAPTER 2-Psychological Preparations ………………………………… ,. … .. . … . 13
CHAPTER 3-Warnings and Communications ………………….. " .. … …. …. . . . … .. . IS
CHAPTER 4-Evacuation……………………………………………………….. 21
CHAPTER 5-Shelter, the Greatest Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CHAPTER 6-Ventilation and Cooling of Shelters…… …… …. .. ………. .. . . .. ………. 43
CHAPTER 7-Protection Against Fires and Carbon Monoxide …………………………. . 49
55 CHAPTER 8-Water ………………………………………………………….. .
CHAPTER 9-Food …………………………………………………………… . 65
83 CHAPTER IO-Faliout Meters ……………………………………………………. .
CHAPTER II-Light …………………………………………………………… . 87
CHAPTER 12-Shelter Sanitation and Preventive Medicine. ……. … …. .. … …. … . .. ……. 91
CHAPTER 13-Surviving Without Doctors … , ………………………………. , ……. .. 97
CHAPTER 14~-Expedient Shelter Furnishings ……………………………………….. , 105
CHAPTER IS-Improvised Clothing and Protective Items ………………………………. , 113
CHAPTER 16-Minimum Pre-Crisis Preparations …………………………………….. , 121
APPENDICES
A-~ Instructions for Six Expedient Fallout Shelters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 123
A.I-Door-Covered Trench Shelter ……………………………….. , 129
A.2-Pole-Covered Trench Shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 133
A.3-Small-Pole Shelter ………………………………………… , 139
A.4~Aboveground, Door-Covered Shelter ………………………….. , 147
A.5-Aboveground, Ridgepole Shelter ………………………………. 153
A.6-Aboveground, Crib-Walled Shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 159
B-How to Make and Use a Homemade Shelter-Ventilating Pump, the KAP …… , 165
C-Instructions for a Homemade Fallout Meter …………………………. , 185
D~Expedient Blast Shelters …………………………………………. , 209
SELECTED REFERENCES ……………………………………………………… , 227
INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 229