Nuclear apocalypse in Britain
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The Importance of Staying Safe in Your Home
You were told to allocate a room in your house which was furthest away from any outside windows and outside walls, and that would be your fallout room. And you would have to stay in that for two weeks that allowed the fallout outside to decrease to hopefully a manageable level. But for the initial 48 hours after the attack, even the fallout room itself wasn't safe. You had to borrow into a tiny, tiny corner of the room known as the inner core refuge. That was a section of the room where you would prop kitchen doors, you would unscrew your interior doors, prop them against the wall, making a diagonal.
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