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LCNO |
81082345 |
Summary |
What You and Your Family Can Do- Before... and After, Nuclear War Survival Skills, by Cresson H. Kearny, NWS Research Bureau, Coos Bay, Oregon. Foreword by Dr. Edward Teller, Originally Published by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Written inside front cover: "May 24, 1982--To Arnett R Williams, in the belief that if firefighters learn self-help civil defense, this survival know-how is likely to prove of vital importance to them, their families, and many other citizens in their communities. Cresson H. Kearny, PO Box 92, Montrose, Colo 81401". Also the note: "Written in the wrong printing! I mailed a later improved printing". Contents Summary Foreword Introduction Chapters: I. The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts 2. Psychological Preparations 3. Warnings and Communications 4. Evacuation 5. Shelter, the Greatest Need 6. Ventilation and Cooling Shelters 7. Protection Against Fires and Carbon Monoxide 8. Water 9. Food 10. Fallout Meters 11. Light 12. Shelter Sanitation and Preventive Medicine 13. Surviving Without Doctors 14. Expedient Shelter Furnishings 15. Improvised Clothing and Protective Items 16. Minimum Pre-Crisis Preparations Appendices A. Instructions for Six Expedient Fallout Shelters A.1-Door-Covered Trench Shelter A.2-Pole-Covered Trench Shelter A.3-Small-Pole Shelter A.4-Aboveground, Door-Covered Shelter A.5-Aboveground, Ridgepole Shelter A.6-Aboveground, Crib-Walled Shelter B. How to Make and Use Homemade Shelter-Ventilating Pump, The KAP C. Instructions for a Homemade Fallout Meter D. Expedient Blast Shelters Selected References Acknowledgments NWS Civil Defense History |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Cresson H. Kearny |
Subjects |
Nuclear War Survival Skills Nuclear warfare--Safety measures. Radioactivity--Safety measures. Survival. |
Title |
Nuclear War Survival Skills |
Publisher |
NWS Research Bureau |
Published Date |
1982 |
Published Place |
Coos Bay, Oregon |
Physical Description |
Soft Cover 8.5 x 11" 232 pages, illus. |
Language |
English |
Catalog Number |
17.17.2 |
ISBN |
0939002027 (pbk.) |