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London Topological -

Jon » 15 October 2007 » In Architecture, Fallout Shelters, London, Tubes, pipeline issues, underground systems » No Comments

Here’s a 2005 piece from Building Blog called “London Topological.” Not to quibble - bu t perhaps more correctly London Infralogical - or Infra-Topo-logical? We recommend it for the following reasons:

  1. Every piece on  Building Blog perhaps more properly, BLDG BLOG - is worth reading, whether or not you think that you care about architecture.
  2. Read a couple of pieces, and you’ll realize that of course you care about architecture.
  3. This particular piece has implications for anyone who thinks about (relatively) modern history
  4. and even more so for people who care about emergency planning. Although the author, Geoff Manaugh, doesn’t address those issues directly.

We’ll try to directly address the implications of underground system for emergency planners in upcoming posts.

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“Bring Your Own Everything” - Huntsville, Alabama establishing emergency shelters - just barely

Jon » 02 October 2007 » In Alabama, Emergency Housing, Fallout Shelters, Shelter, shelter-in-place » No Comments

Huntsville is setting up a shelter system - although there are no plans to provide food or bedding. What about light and heat? Medical care?

From Jay Reeves’ Associated Press article:

In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation’s most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.

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