Fallout Shelters are for Cows Too
In 1963 the Roberts Dairy Company of Omaha conducted a two-week survival test for thirty-five cows, one bull, and two unfortunate university students in a concrete ...
Atomic Age
What We Found
Preliminary Operation Survival Plan
This Preliminary Operational Survival Plan names Columbus as the new capital of Nebraska in the event of Lincoln's destruction by a nuclear attack.
Source: Nebraska ...
Nebraskits: Rations for Nuclear Attack
To stock bomb shelters with food in the event of a nuclear attack, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture developed "Nebraskits," compressed wheat biscuits formulated to ...
Behlen Buildings Survive Atomic Bombs
The steel panels used by Behlen Manufacturing, of Columbus, Nebraska, in the construction of their buildings proved their durability in an atomic bomb test at Yucca ...
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