He served on our TACDA Board of Directors for several years before his death in May of 2012. ( Kirk’s attachment will follow.) I’m not sure if they have kept this program current or not. I have attached a report he made for the Physicians for Civil Defense. One city, Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, under the direction of Kirk Paradise (unfortunately now deceased), revitalized its fallout shelter program in 2006. We have found it to be almost impossible to find government officials who would be interested in revamping our national shelter program. Here is our response: (written by Paul Seyfried and Sharon Packer – ) So I’m searching for officials who might be pro shelter programs to lend support or at least get some discussion going. My local Senator Merkly sits on the FEMA committee and I brought this up with him but interest is low. So far when I have brought this up officials either don’t want to talk about it, make me feel like some kind of nut or pretend interest. My question is are you aware of any members of congress or public officials who would support starting a shelter program again. Having been raised in the 60’s I remember those yellow shelter signs. They didn’t even know if there were any suitable buildings that could be used in a pinch. I was surprised to discover the public shelter program no longer exists. TACDA received the following email from a concerned citizen:ĭue to heightened world tensions I recently contacted Emergency Services here in Lane County Oregon to see if we had any public fallout shelters near my town of Florence.
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