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Nuclear War Survival Skills or NWSS, by Cresson Kearny, is a civil defense manual. It contains information gleaned from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the Cold War , as well as from Kearny's extensive jungle living and international travels.
It was developed from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory by Cresson Kearny and published in Nuclear War Survival Skills. [2] The basic principle is to create a flat surface with vanes that close when moving air and open when going back to the starting position. The design was derived from the punkah. [2]
The Ark Two Shelter is a nuclear fallout shelter built by Bruce Beach (14 April 1934 – 10 May 2021) [1] [2] in the village of Horning's Mills (north of Toronto, Ontario). [3] The shelter first became habitable in 1980 and has been continuously expanded and improved since then. [ 4 ]
First, we expected takeout food on demand. Now, Amazon’s hottest products are bug-out bags, military meal replacement kits and iodine pills—taken in the event of a nuclear bomb dropping or a ...
Adoption of the jungle field ration and the jungle hammock as standard equipment by the US Army in World War II is credited to Kearny, along with improvements to many other items of tropical gear, such as the Panama-soled jungle boot and the M1942 Machete. [8] In recognition of his service, he was soon promoted to major and awarded the Legion ...
A map claiming to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war that originally circulated in 2015 is making the rounds again, amid the Russian war in Ukraine.. The map indicates ...
It is designed such that someone with a normal mechanical ability would be able to construct it before or during a nuclear attack, using common household items. [ 1 ] The Kearny fallout meter was developed by Cresson Kearny from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and published in the civil defense manual Nuclear War Survival ...
Outdoor safety and camping gear for sale (left) at the Great Lakes Emergency Preparedness Expo in Imlay City, Mich., on Sept. 14; an attendee (right) looks at safety gear and other equipment for ...