During the Cold War, individuals, companies and government agencies built fallout shelters to protect themselves from possible nuclear attacks. Some of these bomb shelters were smaller, simpler backyard or basement bunkers, but many of them were larger, elaborate structures capable of housing hundreds, even thousands of people and could withstand large megaton blasts. Fallout shelters became popular after World War II in the 1950s with the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. It ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed and was replaced by 15 independent countries including Armenia, Russia and Ukraine. After the Cold War was over though, there was a question regarding what to do with those unused shelters. They have been converted into everything from night clubs, restaurants and event spaces to luxury apartments, movie theaters and even subterranean farms. When the US Government decommissioned several underground missile silos around the country, some were flooded and many were turned into popular underwater destinations for adventurous scuba divers. It was a fascinating piece of US history that reached deep into our local community.
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