Schlegelmilch says he thinks nuclear war is extremely unlikely but the shelter signs give New Yorkers a false sense of comfort they would have a place to go. Those anxieties ticked up on Tuesday when President Donald Trump tweeted that he has a nuclear button that is bigger and more powerful than that of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "With the threats from North Korea, and the nuclear tests people are looking at these, and not just as historical objects, but actually as indicators for a safe shelter," Schlegelmilch said. So now one city agency, the education department, has begun removing fallout shelter signs that are still posted on their buildings.ĭisaster preparation expert Jeff Schlegelmilch says that's a good idea, arguing the signs are so outdated they are misleading, especially at a time when some people are feeling anxious about the possibility of a nuclear explosion. Faded fallout shelter signs put up more than 50 years ago during the height of the Cold War, when Americans were instructed and even drilled on what to do in case of a nuclear attack.īut fallout shelters have not existed for decades, and the federal agency that established them - the Office of Civil Defense - no longer exists. NY1's Shannan Ferry filed the following report.
Now, at a time when fears of nuclear war are slowly ticking up again, the city has begun removing them. Thousands of signs calling out locations of fallout shelters are still posted across the five boroughs.
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