IMPROVISING FALLOUT PROTECTION
If an enemy attack should occur when you are at home, and you have made no advance shelter preparations, you still might be able to improvise a shelter either inside or outside your house. In a time of emergency, the radio broadcasts may tell you whether you have time to improvise a shelter or should take cover immediately.
An improvised shelter probably would not give you as much protection as a permanent or a preplanned family shelter, but any protection is better than none, and might save your life.
The best place to improvise a shelter would be the basement or storm cellar, if your home has one.
Shielding Material Needed
To improvise a shelter you would need shielding materials such as those mentioned on page [25]--concrete blocks, bricks, sand, etc. Other things could also be used as shielding material, or to support shielding material, such as:
--House doors that have been taken off their hinges (especially heavy outside doors).
--Dressers and chests (fill the drawers with sand or earth after they are placed in position, so they won't be too heavy to carry and won't collapse while being carried).
--Trunks, boxes and cartons (fill them with sand or earth after they are placed in position).
--Tables and bookcases.