Are you ready for the end of the world? View this survival checklist from 1951 Popular Science.
Posted 12.21.2012 at 12:00 pm
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The world is definitely not going to end today. So don't worry. But! If you enjoy worrying, or just really want to be prepared for future apocalypses, then the March 1951 issue of Popular Science is required reading. In the middle of the Cold War, we published an eerily-illustrated handbook for surviving an atomic bomb strike, from preparing your family's foxhole to what to do if you're caught outside during the blast. Unfortunately, none of these preparations were likely to do much good if your neighborhood was actually hit by a nuclear bomb, but some of the advice might come in handy against mysterious Mayan voodoo (or whatever.)
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To improve your odds of making it through the end of the world, view the larger version of the infographic below.
What you need in a basement foxhole, 1951: Click here to see this amazing image even larger. Popular Science archive
Read the full story, with way more helpful advice, in our March 1951 issue.
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No Twinkies to stock pile and live on...... waaaaa.
At least PoPSCi has given a great many articles on how to make home beer, slurp, aaaaaa,.....hick.... ! ;)
No need for all of that. Once the end is near, pull up a lawn chair and a nice bottle of whiskey and enjoy watching the people desperately try and save their iphones, computers and Jersey Shore box set etc.
@robot:
no problem! there's many hidden shelters buried across the country that are left over from the '50s and well stocked w/ perfectly good twinkies. put an ad on craigslist for original survival provisions, but don't mention twinkies or the price goes up.