Comments by "Christopher Conard" (@christopherconard2831) on "" video.

  1. Despite it being determined in the mid 50's that they were largely useless it was decided to keep them around because they made people feel better. This is also why civil defense started pushing home shelters in the 1950's.
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  2. Oopsies with radioactive material are unfortunately too common. They usually involve either scrap dealers, or something put in storage and people forget what it is. Staff changes, paperwork gets lost over time, and eventually someone decides to get rid of the big thing in the basement that no one knows what it is or why it was there to begin with. I believe the YouTube channel Plainly Difficult has done a few videos on some of these events.
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  3. A couple of my schools had them too. Later I thought it was kind of weird because we lived in the flash fry zone. I didn't have to worry about fallout because I was going to be part of it.
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