“Just in Case Atom Bombs Fall”

A delightful and horrifying Civil Defense pamphlet (for Denver, no less) on the risks and dangers of an A-Bomb being dropped on the city.

REMEMBER, IN REGARD TO A-BOMBS:

1. Atomic weapons will not destroy the earth.

2. Doubling bomb power doesn’t double destruction.

3. Radioactivity is not the bomb’s greatest threat.

4. Radiation sickness is not always fatal.

The tone of calm reassurance and casual descriptions of utter disaster here are morbidly fascinating. My guess is that that this dates to about 1950-51 (the first H-Bomb test was in 1952).

(via the Flea)