Show Fallout Shelters i Should Be Safe Radioactivity is nothing new Its It's as old as the earth II much older than man All living living living liv liv- ing things are continuously being being being be be- I ing bombarded by small amounts of harmless natural radiation Nothing can destroy radioactivity except time and I its own decay I Although radioactivity Is old stuff fallout is a modern term to describe a modern threat says Del Purnell county county coun coun- ty agent It requires modern i knowledge and modern pro pro- i After a nuclear explosion explosion explosion ex ex- ex- ex radioactive fallout I would give off a ferm farm of energy energy en en- I t ergy called gamma rays This I is a kind of invisible light to 1 I which all materials including the human body are partly L transparent Over-exposure Over to these rays can make you sick or kill you The only way to protect yourself from fallout is to get as much shielding as j possible between you and it i Mr Purnell commented Everyone needs shelter from radioactive fallout because no noone noone noone one knows how many or what r targets an enemy might strike and no one knows where the 1 winds might carry the fallout I Mr Purnell suggests getting the facts and making your I emergency preparedness plans r f now A shelter sheller needn't be elegant elegant ele ele- gant only safe You should be ready to take advantage of the best shelter available at ataU atall atall all aU times In events of surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise attack most people wont won't know even approximately approximate approximate- ly how much radiation they've been exposed to notes Mr Purnell Only those who go into an adequate shelter before before be be- fore fallout arrives and land stay there can be sure of escaping ing radiation sickness All Utah county agents 1 have copies of Your Family Survival Plan and Your I Farm Preparedness Plan and andare I Ilare are iare ready to help you make your plans now For further information contact the county county coun coun- ty agents agent's office |