Nuclear War

This is the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M., on July 16, 1945.

Doomsday Clock Moves Closer To Midnight, We're 2 Minutes From World Annihilation

5:40pm January 25, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Scientists who assess threats each year and express their concerns using the clock are worried about President Trump's unpredictability and governments' failure to trust each other.

As Rhetoric Ramps Up, Are Today's Kids Worried About Nuclear War?

7:39am August 12, 2017

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the era of "duck and cover" and making grisly jokes with other kids about nuclear war. But he also remembers the nightmares, and hopes kids aren't simlarly troubled now.

The Cheyenne Mountain Complex was completed in the mid-1960s. The tunnels extend thousands of feet into Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colo.

In The Event Of Attack, Here's How The Government Plans 'To Save Itself'

2:39pm June 21, 2017

by Terry Gross

In Raven Rock, Garrett Graff describes the bunkers designed to protect U.S. leaders in the event of a catastrophe. One Cold War-era plan put the post office in charge of cataloging the dead.

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Politics & Government

Forsyth Central Library's Past Evokes Fallout-Era Memories

2:24pm December 19, 2013

After years of delay, Forsyth County Commissioners this year took up the task of finding the site for a new library. They've taken one informal and one formal vote that would designate the library's current site at Fifth and Spring streets as the location for the new library. But it's not a done deal yet and some are still hoping to sway commissioners to move the library to the old sheriff's office on Third Street.

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