fallout shelter
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It will serve as a fallout shelter against deadly storms and also house the city's police department and the fire department that came to Benham's aid.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The building was once a fallout shelter and might be one of the few buildings that will survive.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
The Diefenbunker still has most of the form and features of the nuclear fallout shelter it once was for Canadian government and military V.I.P.s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
As a child in New York City in the 1960s, Victor Narro remembers feeling comforted whenever he saw a sign indicating a fallout shelter — three yellow triangles in a black circle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
“This must be the route to the old fallout shelter from the nineteen sixties,” said Grace.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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