That was not acceptable to the United States and it's NATO allies," Morris said. "They had announced plans to negotiate their own treaty with east Germany that could effectively cut off access to Berlin. September 1961 was a "flashpoint" for Americans, Morris said, in terms of building personal fallout shelters. "But it turned out to be a lot cooler than that." In the early 1960's the fear of nuclear war drove some underground, but experts say it was much more than just fearĭecades before Sims uncovered his shelter, the possibility of nuclear war wasn't something that could be ignored. "I kind of thought it might have been a real cheap job like a storm drain just thrown in to the yard with the little bit of the steps or something," Sims said. He discovered a fallout shelter in the backyard of his Tucson home that was built in 1961. Today you may be able to dig up this chapter of American history, like John Sims did two years ago. The man who was protecting his family and doing his civic duty," said Yvonne Morris, the director of the Titan Missile Museum. "If you built a shelter you became the man with reason. In the early 1960's the fear of nuclear war drove some underground, but experts say it was much more than just fear.
Bomb shelter companies recently reported an increase in business after tough talk between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung-un.Īmericans were first introduced to the concept of fallout shelters decades ago.
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