IanHamlett wrote:

Me and my ex were about to move into a house eith a good sized garden. I was totally going to build a bomb shelter. I wonder how much shipping containers are. edit - Looks like I could get one for a grand. Postage might be a bit pricy. I'm not even sure what kind of container you'd put it in.

Shifting all that earth would be costly - far more tonnage than you would think...

Moot_Geeza wrote:

If I absolutely had to describe a film as jaw-dropping, I'd probably choose Threads.

To my shame I had never heard of Threads untill you mentioned it.  Watched it Sunday just gone.  Fuck me, awesomely horrific.  Amazing, straight in for my number 1, so cheers.

I can remember hearing sirens in Bristol as a kid, tho the bigger kids used to say it only sounded if, excuse the terms, a "nutter" had escaped the local "mental" hospital.  It was a few years later that I came across their true meaning.  Would dread to hear one now based on a impending nuclear attack.  Alien overlords or Zeds I reckon I could handle, hell, even some hard core climate shiz or outbreak. Nuke, unless I become a millionaire & go Prepper crazy before hand, no chance, might as well stand & embrace the atomic flame, cause fuck trying to survive that without a crib me & the fam won't go batshit mental in.

IanHamlett wrote:

If a tonne is still a square* metre, I had it all covered. The garden was over 100ft long so I had placed to put it. edit - *cubed

They're 40ft long aren't they? I could get one into my garden which is pretty big; would probably have to get rid of some of the soil though. I was told by a local pensioner a while back all the houses on my road had air raid shelters in WWII. There's a bit of my garden down at the bottom that is recessed - looks trapezoidal - could have been a pond but I have since wondered if that is where the shelter is or was (if that was true).

When the Wind Blows. That's another grim fucker. We watched that and Threads in school.

davyK wrote:

They're 40ft long aren't they?

I was looking at 20ft ones but it's all academic now. I'd probably go 20ft but bury it in such a place that I could bury another 20ft adjoining it at some point. Access via trap door in the shed.

A good porn stash, then a water supply. You can go a few days without water.

Aren't tactical nukes just smaller ones?

IanHamlett wrote:

Aren't tactical nukes just smaller ones?

Not sure - you could be right and I could be talking out my arse. Remember hearing about ways of creating dirty nukes by adding certain compounds - but maybe that was only speculative.

cindemon wrote:

Ever read The Road? I liked the bit where they found an underground shelter with provisions.

Not read it(resides in a very big book pile-o'shame)but watched the film.  To find that, would surely blow any previous high off the planet.  I would of dropped anchor there.

Read it asap. It's quite short and the writing style is punchy - reminded me a bit of Hemmingway's short sentences. I got through it in a day - partly due to length but also because it's rather good.

Having said that , the film was pretty close to the book if I remember right - it being a short novel that makes such a thing more likely. Found the book more touching at the end though.

Drugs would be a splendid method of passing long periods of time in such a setup - emerging habit free would be a challenge perhaps?

Given the fairly bleak outlook if a nuclear winter scenario followed , you'd be best taking it all in one go giving up on the whole show. The alternatives of radiation sickness or slow starvation are not attractive.

That's a US one I believe? Heard it is quite good , though not as "good" as Threads which you can hardly put into the entertainment category.

cindemon wrote:

... I can remember hearing sirens in Bristol as a kid, tho the bigger kids used to say it only sounded if, excuse the terms, a "nutter" had escaped the local "mental" hospital.  It was a few years later that I came across their true meaning.  Would dread to hear one now based on a impending nuclear attack.

Fess time.  Frankie's 'Two Tribes' had a nuke attack siren as an intro.  

1985, Saturday home alone in a quiet Village during the wee hours and under the cover of darkness, I placed speakers in the mouth of my open front door and looped it LOUD.  

Now I feel guilty but in more ways than one, I like to think I gave them a wake up call.

In hindsight, they could have ended up there.

What's missing from the opium, apocalypse, -centre? Ice cream?

With their ridiculously low land prices or their overlooked cuisine?