If no better fallout protection is available, a boat with an enclosed cabin could be used. However, in addition to emergency supplies such as food, drinking water and a battery-powered radio, you should have aboard the items you would need (a broom, bucket, or pump-and-hose) to sweep off or flush off any fallout particles that might collect on the boat. The boat should be anchored or cruised slowly at least 200 feet offshore, where the water is at least 5 feet deep. This distance from shore would protect you from radioactive fallout particles that had fallen on the nearby land. A 5-foot depth would absorb the radiation from particles falling into the water and settling on the bottom. If particles drift down on the boat, stay inside the cabin most of the time. Go outside now and then, and sweep or flush off any particles that have collected on the boat. * * * * * CHAPTER 6 SUPPLIES FOR FALLOUT SHELTERS SUMMARY BEFORE AN EMERGENCY 1. If you intend to go to a _public_ fallout shelter in a time of attack, find out _now_ whether it has emergency supplies in it. --If it _has_ emergency supplies, always keep on hand at home (or in your car) those few additional supplies you would need to take with you. --If it _does not have_ emergency supplies, always keep on hand at home all the supplies you would need to take with you. 2. If you intend to use a family fallout shelter at home, always keep on hand, in and around your home, all the supplies and equipment you would need for a shelter stay of two weeks. DURING AN EMERGENCY 1. If you are going to a _public_ fallout shelter, take with you the supplies you will need. 2. If you are going to your _home_ fallout shelter, gather up the supplies and equipment you want to take to the shelter area with you. SUPPLIES FOR FALLOUT SHELTERS People gathered in public and private fallout shelters to escape fallout radiation after a nuclear attack would have to stay there--at least part of the time--for a week or two. During this time they would need certain supplies and equipment in order to stay alive and well, and to cope with emergency situations that might occur in their shelters. This chapter tells you what supplies and equipment to take with you if you go to a public fallout shelter, and what items you should keep on hand if you plan to use a family fallout shelter at home. WHAT TO TAKE TO A PUBLIC FALLOUT SHELTER To augment the supply of food and liquids usually found in large buildings, most public fallout shelters are stocked--and others are being stocked--with emergency supplies. These include water containers, emergency food rations, sanitation items, basic medical supplies, and instruments to measure the radiation given off by fallout particles. If the public shelter you will use in a time of attack contains these or other emergency supplies, you should plan to take with you only these additional items: