Show Ir tW fould ld Happen Japp ii Sd S y Co County nty i if Bomb Blasted One of the largest military rr bashi bas balM hi the world i is located at ThU mu Air F Force Due Base Just northwest of Ct Oils county Its destruction la 14 expected expected ex- ex during the first minutes of a major war A standard bomb H-bomb exploded At Hill would Be e heard felt and seen een by almost everyone In Inthe Inthe Inthe the county but immediate damage damage dam dam- age might be slight lIght Ight The mushroom mush mush- room cloud formed by the bomb mId t then drift off oft In the wind Most probably It move toward toward toward to to- ward the Uie southeast leaving a a track of lethal radioactive fallout twenty twenty twenty ty miles mites wide age would be slight The mush mush- ty miles mites wide a across oss Coalville mush mush-I I Park City and the most populous I part of ot the county I Lethal Fallout Outside the track of heavy fallout fall fail failI I out there will be a fall faU of scattered scattered scattered scat scat- I grains of sandy material beginning about twenty minutes after the explosion If It such sand grains trains are allowed to remain on onor onor onor or near ones one's skin for tor a a few minutes minutes min mInd utes very unpleasant will appear on the affected skin a few days later Injury Irom light fallout fall fait out can be avoided by remaining Indoors The Intensity of the radiation emitted by a a. given fallout grain drops by a factor of between one half hour and 24 hours after alter th the explosion which form It u Persons who happen to be di directly dl- dl downwind from from- froman an bomb H-bomb explosion can survive by moving into some structure more massive than an ordin ordinary ry house before fallout arrives Mine tunnels protect protect pro pro- feet completely from fallout Radiation Radiation Ra Ra- will pe penetrate at most yards yards' from the entrance There would also lie be e time enough between the flash and the fallout I to drive off to the east and reach I an area where lethal fallout is I less likely I It Is unsafe to travel on foot or in ina a a car ar while even light fallout fallout fall faU out is actually If a nuclear nuclear nuclear nu nu- nu- nu clear explosion is Ts observed from here one should move within twenty minutes or remain indoors until instructions are broadcast over the emergency ia- ia dio network If one remains home it may may be possible to 10 improvise ah ahme a ahome h home me radiation shelter soon enough to help by digging a deep I n narrow ow foxhole through the fl floor r 0 or Of the house or ci- garage now How to Live Until reliable information Is 25 re received perso a nuclear war should assume their area Is radioactive and live in such a away away I Iway way as to minimize their exposure I One can reduce his radiation dose by a factor of ten below that re re received in the open by spending nine tenth of his time under under- ground In a tunnel or nearly as ns much by staying in a fox tox hole dug through his floor Areas where the fallout radiation dose in the open will exceed ten times timE'S leial are expected to be rare I bomb H-bomb clouds rise so high that I it takes years for or the fine radio radioactive active dust in them Kiem to fall to the ground The coarse sandy material materi materi- al which does fall taU back q quickly Will wUI not be inh le Und md it wl not enter a bomb shelter through the ventilator I Radioactive material can sometimes sometimes some some- times Umes be picked up on shoes some some-I Clothing habitually worn outdoors after heavy fallout should be kept I fifty feet teet or more from ones one's I ng Quarters I Underground water Is not contaminated con by fallout Surface water water wa wa- wa t ter r is unsafe for drinking for about a montt mont a alter after tei heavy fallout fall faU- out In most homes there are several several sev sev- several eral gallons of safe drinking r water water water wa wa- ter in the water heater Food In storage is Is' no not Injured by exposure Mo to radiation tion Milk from cows which have grazed on pastures cont contaminated with fresh fallout less than a month old Is dangerous TheIr Ther meat i U S all right Children are more more- sensitive to radiation injury than adults There are long term reasons for taking special l care to protect girls I from repeated exposure to radi radl- atlon- atlon Sperm cell cen celli are aru manuta- manuta after maturity but eg egg I I I cells are present from birth and subject to cumulative Injury Radiation Illness Radiation sickness ss is not contagious con con- but It Js is accompanied by blood changes w which Cre greatly reduce reduce re se- duce duos the patI patients patient's re resistance to Infection Bomb Domb shelters are likely Lt S to be damp dark dut crowded and unsanitary Under Such conditions a person with radiation sickness will soon goon die of some secondary disease which Is contagious endangering endangering endangering en en- the other Inhabitants of the the shelter Exposure to a serious dose of ot radiation usually prod produces es nausea end gener general illness in a few hours I If It the victim Is incapacitated then he will die in a few days regardless of treatment In borderline bord bordo crime erline cases eases temporary recovery I will occur during which the victim victim vic vic vic- tim Um can attempt to fo re reach ch an uncontaminated uncontaminated un- un contaminated area where he can obtain treatment during the critical critical cal period which which- begins a week att after r exposure I This article was written for publication pub pub- In the Summit County flee Dee and Park City Record by Mr W W. 11 H. Clark Park City Utah and andis I is officially approved by Lloyd n 11 H. H Bullock Dullock County Civil Defense DIrector Director Director Di DI- rector Summit County |