tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-28:918036 Lua Lua 2020-03-24T12:28:17Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-28:918036:282716 2020-03-24T12:28:17Z 2020-03-24T12:28:17Z public 1 did you know that, in Switzerland, there's a legal requirement that all housing includes <a href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/prepared-for-anything_bunkers-for-all/995134">a large enough <i>bomb shelter</i> for everybody?!</a><br /><br />it's one of those Cold War relics that is, for whatever reason, still on the books, and apparently still followed.<br /><br />(no idea whether the fallout shelters are... actually that robust... against nuclear fallout... but yeah)<br /><br /><small>this amusing fact came up while i was talkin' w/ some peeps about how a lot of Hong Kong's coronavirus response has been driven by "SARS was extremely terrifying for us specifically, so <i>fuck that noise</i>, next time some mystery respiratory bullshit happens we will be <i>prepared</i>," which sure is panning out better investment-wise so far than these lil' nuclear bomb shelters, as charming as they are</small><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=queenlua&ditemid=282716" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments