The History Channel has a show running about the old 1950’s and 1960’s Civil Defense bunkers in Virginia. The Cold War had everyone freaked out and people were building bomb shelters and holding air raid drills throughout my parent’s childhoods. They used to tell me stories about the Civil Air Patrol meetings they attended and emergency evacuation plans they had made that used to scare the shit out of the kids.

An abandoned bunker explorer on the show has a treasure trove of artifacts from 1959, from the old telephone handsets to the radios and even food rations. They showed a fucking can of biscuits that was left behind from 1959. The people confined in this damned bunker would have had to exist on 700 calories each day – that is the minimum amount of calories that a human needs to survive. I’m so fucking glad that those days are well behind us.

I love the History Channel. Funny how the older I get the more interested I am in learning about world history. I find that I enjoy reading historical novels and have entertained the thought of actually going back to school and taking some history classes. I wouldn’t want to take these classes online like so many people are doing. I would enjoy going to a traditional class room with other people to share and discuss things with. There is no shortage of community colleges in the area that I’m sure I could attend. Guess it’s just a matter of getting off my ass and going online and find out more about it. Got to start some where and finding out how much money they require is a good place to start as any.