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This blog, dedicated to the history and preservation of fallout shelters in the District, has compiled the locations of all the shelters. In a pinch, check out the shelter map on District Fallout. So, when that push notification finally comes and you need to find shelter fast, where will you go? The Next Step Public Charter School was one of the many schools that had a fallout shelter added on underneath. Though no longer in the throes of the Cold War, the Doomsday Clock has been inching closer and closer to midnight.

Thanks to remnants of the Cold War, just below ground level hides the District’s secret history of fallout shelters. And don’t worry, a quality set of filtered air inlets and exhausts will keep you connected to the outside world and prevent your new space from getting too stuffy. Equipped with a tiny kitchen, a bunk bed and a combination equipment room/bathroom, your fallout shelter is ready for you to hang out for two weeks, or as long as it takes. Once you slide open the steel door and descend the cramped staircase to at least five feet below ground level, your new home awaits: a sturdy, compact place to wait out the fallout after the bomb. Fortunately, the District’s fallout shelters are there for you. Shelter is key, with brick or concrete structures offering the best chances of your survival. Those are the Department of Homeland Security’s four steps to limiting your exposure to fallout and surviving a nuclear explosion within the first 15 minutes of a blast.