Old law prevents Washington state from preparing for nuclear disaster

[icymist]

That law actually prevents Washington State Emergency Management from planning for a nuclear strike.

Lawmakers passed it as a symbolic end to the cold war with the Soviet Union.

In the 1950s and 60s during the Cold War, Washington state had a clear plan and places to shelter -- even bunkers built inside Seattle bridges -- in case of nuclear disaster.

But currently, with North Korea's escalating threats with nukes, few people know state law prevents planning for nuclear disaster.

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/old-law-prevents-washington-state-from-preparing-for-nuclear-disaster/586361476

I'm beginning to think our world is insane.

[underpants]

1. 1984?

That was pretty early

[icymist]

2. 1983 apparently:

RCW 38.52.030, passed in 1983, says "The comprehensive, all-hazard emergency plan authorized under this subsection may not include preparation for emergency evacuation or relocation of residents in anticipation of nuclear attack.”

http://www.king5.com/news/local/washington-law-prevents-nuclear-attack-evacuation-plan/434525985

I don't understand this. That was the height of the Cold War.

[samnsara]

6. we will just use the evac plan for volcanoes and tsunamis..and mud flows....

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I don't consider the height of the cold War.

I consider MCCarthy-ism and Cuba Missile Crisis and Berlin Wall as the height.

[LisaM]

3. Yeah, the 11:00 news (Seattle) opened with a long piece on preparing for a nuclear attack.

And they finished it up with that little nugget. Well, it made a change from the usual search and rescue attempts that make up our news (and the layer of smoke from the BC fires that's been suffocating us).

[Takket]

4. i would think they could get a unanimous vote to repeal that tomorrow

should not be too difficult

[Doreen]

5. Well my reason for hating Reagan just got justified.