{"id":225,"date":"2011-10-24T16:32:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T23:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2011\/10\/24\/cuban-missile-crisis-recovered-memories-los-angeles-fallout-shelter-options\/"},"modified":"2011-10-24T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T23:32:06","slug":"cuban-missile-crisis-recovered-memories-los-angeles-fallout-shelter-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/10\/24\/cuban-missile-crisis-recovered-memories-los-angeles-fallout-shelter-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Missile Crisis Recovered Memories: Los Angeles Fallout Shelter Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2011%2F10%2F24%2Fcuban-missile-crisis-recovered-memories-los-angeles-fallout.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35&amp;appId=190090267703672\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/CONELRAD_logo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1319474365832\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On October 24, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, the <em>Los Angeles Herald-Examiner<\/em> reported that &ldquo;hundreds of worried citizens were calling police today asking the location of public fall-out shelters, fearful of a Russian nuclear attack.&rdquo; The very next day city officials obliged panicked Angelenos with a list of the 300 shelters that they could choose to die in should the opportunity arise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So begins a fascinating snapshot of this day 49 years ago written by Bill Geerhart of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Conelrad.com\" target=\"_blank\">CONELRAD<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/conelrad.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CONELRAD ADJACENT<\/a>, a web site and associated blog dedicated to documenting, celebrating and enhancing our understanding of Cold War popular culture. Learn more about this recovered memory by reading Geerhart&rsquo;s entire post <a href=\"http:\/\/conelrad.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/cuban-missile-crisis-recovered-memories.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Curating Los Angeles would like to thank Stephen Schwartz, Editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/cns.miis.edu\/npr\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Nonproliferation Review<\/a> and Adjunct Professor at <a href=\"http:\/\/cns.miis.edu\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies<\/a>, Monterey Institute of International Studies, for bringing this story to our attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/CONELRAD_logo.jpg\" alt\"CONALRAD_logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On October 24, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, the <em>Los Angeles Herald-Examiner<\/em> reported that &ldquo;hundreds of worried citizens were calling police today asking the location of public fall-out shelters, fearful of a Russian nuclear attack.&rdquo; 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