STORM TIDES OR SURGES 75-78
SUPPLIES FOR FALLOUT SHELTERS: 39-44
Home shelters 39, 41-44, care and use of supplies 45-49
Public shelters 40, 46
SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR NATURAL DISASTERS 72, 82-83
TAKING COVER:
For protection from tornadoes 79-80
In time of nuclear attack 21-22
TELEPHONE, Restricted use in a time of emergency 6, 20, 72, 74, 79
Television _see_ BROADCASTING, Radio and television
TOILETS, Emergency 42, 45-46, 48-49
TORNADOES 79-80 _see also_ 71-74 (General Guidance)
TOURNIQUETS, Special advice on 61-62
Training courses _see_ EMERGENCY SKILLS
WARNING: 17-22 _see also_ ATTACK WARNING _and_ NATURAL DISASTER WARNING
WATER:
Available and usable after an attack 14-16
Care and use of water supplies in shelter 46-48
Possible danger of contaminated water to children 6, 9, 16
Precautions on use of water after a natural disaster 73
To store for home shelter use 41
To store for use in a natural disaster 72, 82
To take to public fallout shelter 40
Water service, turnoff by householders 75
_see also_ SUPPLIES FOR FALLOUT SHELTERS
Winter storms _see_ STORMS, Winter
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1968--O-297-579
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FOOTNOTES:
Footnote 1: In a time of nuclear attack or major natural disaster, don't
use the telephone to get information or advice. Depend on radio or
television.
Footnote 2: These smaller particles would drift to earth more slowly,
losing much of their radioactivity before they reached the ground, and
would be spread by the upper winds over vast areas of the world.
Footnote 3: This table, and other suggestions concerning emergency
supplies of food and water, is contained in "Family Food Stockpile for
Survival," Home and Garden Bulletin No. 77, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington,
D.C. 20402, price 10 cents.
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