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Politics : Welcome to Slider's Dugout -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Amelia Carhartt who wrote (24936)	11/16/2011 1:30:00 PM
From: calgarylady	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50501

I could be old enough too but had never heard of it. I don't think at that age it would have been too much of a concern to me.. :) Took a few minutes on google and after going through the Greenbrier hotels, pga tour, investment agency and a few other things with the name Greenbrier I came up with this.. Could this be The Greenbrier Knight Tin was referring to? atomictourist.com kilroywashere.org Hidden in Plain View The incredible account of a betrayed US National secret. Note: Due to the current activities in the Bunker, Filming of any kind is prohibited. Our thanks to The Greenbrier for the photos included here. This is an incredible account of a huge, top secret, Cold War Fall-Out Shelter for the entire United States Congress. This Legislative Branch retreat, in case of nuclear war, was literally right under the feet of the fashionably elite in one of the most upscale, exclusive, five star-resorts in the world . . . The Greenbrier. A National Historic Landmark, it is set in the beautiful Allegheny mountains of West Virginia. In case of war, every Congressman, Senator, along with their staffs (but not their families) would be moved there to" continue government." If possible, their families would also be brought to The Greenbrier itself, but quartered separately. The Legislative Branch could live here without any outside air for 72 hours; 60 days if ventilation were provided. "It was stocked with enough food and supplies – even things like Vitalis (a popular 1950's hair tonic) to "last comfortably." Radio and TV studios with murals to give the feel of being in Washington were provided so that what public was left would know there was still an operational central government. This structure, known simply as "The Bunker" was built just in time for the Cuban Missile Crisis but never used. But it was there – ready, prepared, manned, and secret – for more than 30 years. "The scope and broadness of the vision is jaw dropping!" said Robert Conte, The Greenbrier historian. He went on to describe the sheer size and resolve of both the structure and the concept of no less than saving our constitutional form of government. They not only had to "think the unthinkable"; they had to plan for it. "The amazing thing is that they spent so much time thinking it through. If all branches of government survived and could operate, our democratic government would be saved." "It was built to save the government - not lives." The project was started in the 1950's, when children were trained in school to hide under desks and families were building fall-out shelters in their back yards, President Eisenhower was concerned that after a nuclear exchange - with Washington destroyed - chaos would follow. Who would govern? The State governments? If congress were not operating, the vacuum would be filled by a strengthened President who might morph into a dictator, or by the military. Project Greek Island, The Bunker There were two levels of protection in case of a nuclear war. One was bomb proof and could stand a near direct hit. The other was merely a fallout shelter that depended on secrecy to prevent a direct hit.