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Portland moved away from broad civil defense planning in the early 1960s after Senator Wayne Morse declared such efforts a hoax that lulled people into feeling falsely secure. In the early 1980s, during the Reagan years, civil defense re-emerged as an issue. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) coordinated a controversial Crisis Relocation Plan with state and local agencies. It involved evacuating metropolitan Portland to rural areas. In addition to being poorly organized, critics said the plan would increase the likelihood of a nuclear holocaust by making people believe that a nuclear war might be fought, won, and survived.<ref>''Civil Defense Underground Headquarters''. (n.d.). Oregon History Project. https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/civil-defense-underground-headquarters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com</ref> | Portland moved away from broad civil defense planning in the early 1960s after Senator Wayne Morse declared such efforts a hoax that lulled people into feeling falsely secure. In the early 1980s, during the Reagan years, civil defense re-emerged as an issue. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) coordinated a controversial Crisis Relocation Plan with state and local agencies. It involved evacuating metropolitan Portland to rural areas. In addition to being poorly organized, critics said the plan would increase the likelihood of a nuclear holocaust by making people believe that a nuclear war might be fought, won, and survived.<ref>''Civil Defense Underground Headquarters''. (n.d.). Oregon History Project. https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/civil-defense-underground-headquarters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com</ref> | ||
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Portland's Civil Defense agency was featured in a mock response film called [[wikipedia:The_Day_Called_'X'|"The Day Called X"]] (sometimes titled "A Day Called X"). The City mothballed the Kelly Butte bunker in 1994, and permanently sealed it in 2006.<ref>Wikipedia contributors. (2024, November 22). ''Kelly Butte natural area''. Wikipedia. <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Butte_Natural_Area</nowiki></ref> | Portland's Civil Defense agency was featured in a mock response film called [[wikipedia:The_Day_Called_'X'|"The Day Called X"]] (sometimes titled "A Day Called X"). The City mothballed the Kelly Butte bunker in 1994, and permanently sealed it in 2006.<ref>Wikipedia contributors. (2024, November 22). ''Kelly Butte natural area''. Wikipedia. <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Butte_Natural_Area</nowiki></ref> Interested armchair historians can go deep into the weeds to learn more about the bunker (which included a mural painted by [https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pander_henk_1937_/ Henk Pander] and is ''still there'' although buried); PBEM recommends these blog entries: | ||
* Atlas Obscura, [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kelly-butte-civil-defense-center Kelly Butte Civil Defense Center]; | |||
* Fat Pencil Studio, [https://fatpencilstudio.com/blog/reconstructing-the-kelly-butte-bunker/ Reconstructing the Kelly Butte Bunker]; | |||
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