Luke’s Episcopal Cathedral and Orlando City Hall. Orange County also has fallout shelters in basements of downtown buildings such as the Orange County Courthouse, St. but many of the natural disaster plans we have would be used in case of an attack.” “Obviously, there is greater possibility of a natural disaster such as a hurricane. “There’s a debate as to if we truly are prepared for a nuclear attack,” Stephany said.
Though food stockpiles are no longer kept, he said agencies such as the Red Cross and the state Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services have plans for providing necessities for evacuees. Host counties have plans to handle evacuees from Brevard and Orange, said Joseph Stephany, director of Emergency Management for Lake County. And I doubt if there are more than a handful of people who have their own shelters.” “We have such areas, but I don’t know how many people are aware of them. “We no longer mark fallout shelter areas as we once did,” Carper said. “From what we know, the Soviets have made 30 times more effort in civil- defense protective preparation than the United States has in the last 10 years,” said Tony Carper, operations supervisor of the Brevard County Emergency Management Agency. And officials doubt that the county’s residents are prepared for an attack. Many have no idea where to find the nearest fallout shelter.Ĭivil-defense officials say the location of the Kennedy Space Center, Port Canaveral and Patrick Air Force Base make Brevard County a major Soviet bomb target.
Few know how to increase their chances of survival. But Americans and Central Floridians are not well-prepared, say civil- defense experts. It has been 25 years since the Cuban Missile Crisis, more than enough time for America to have devised adequate survival plans in case of nuclear attack.
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