Nukes
You Will Survive Doomsday
By Bruce Beach
Table of Contents
MYTHS
MYTH #05: Water would become radioactive.
As has been mentioned before, the materials necessary for building an
airpump, and an expedient radiation detector, are available in almost
every home. Anyone planning on attempting to use the basement survival
method should obtain ahead of time the detailed instructions for
building these devices, and store these instructions in their home,
along with an emergency supply of food and containers for storing
approximately 14 gallons of water for each individual that is going to
be accommodated.
There is a similar misconception about water becoming radioactive as
there is about air becoming radioactive. This may have something to do
with misconceptions about the nature of heavy water, but we won't
go into that here. Radioactive particles do become suspended in water,
however, and that is why for the shelter confinement period, you must
make sure that you have a sufficient store of potable water available
ahead of time.
During the recovery period, after radiation has decreased to the
point where it is safe to work outside, there are techniques for letting
fallout settle out of water, and for distilling water, in order to make
sure that it is safe for drinking and cooking. However, far from
keeping air and water out of a shelter, it is absolutely necessary to
life that they be available.
While an expedient shelter could mean the difference between life and
death, it is probably not something that you would want to continue to
use for a very long time.
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