The pamphlet goes on to note that the fallout pattern depends on the prevailing winds and that fallout could come down as far as several hundred miles from the explosion. They mix with the radioactive materials produced by the explosion of the nuclear weapon, and eventually fall back on the ground as particles of fallout." "If a nuclear weapon explodes on or near the ground, tons of earth are drawn up into the fireball produced by the explosion. The idea behind the plan, according to the pamphlet was educate Ketchikan residents on what to do and where to go in the event of a "nuclear attack." The plan was signed by the first Borough Chairman, Don King and the Ketchikan Mayor at the time, Oral Freeman.
Photo Credit: Steve McCutcheon, McCutcheon Collection, View of the boardwalk of Creek Street and the small boat harbor, Thomas Basin, from a point above Ketchikan. Ketchikan: Creek Street & Thomas Basin - August 03, 1966 In July of 1969, the borough and city governments produced - with help from the Alaska Disaster Office - a "Community Fallout Shelter Plan." Most of those plans are long gone, but lifelong Northender Dennis Northrup recently came across a copy of the 1969 plan that his late father Walt had saved for nearly half a century. (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - A half century ago, Ketchikan - like most of the rest of the country - was gripped in the Cold War between the United States and the USSR.Īlthough children of the late 1960s were less likely that than their 1950s cohorts to have frequent "duck and cover" exercises in school, there was still concern about handling a nuclear attack, even in out of the way places like Ketchikan.
A Blast From The Past Thank goodness Ketchikan never needed its fallout shelters
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