FATIMA, 1917 - Our Lady told us that "various nations will be annihilated".

CHERNOBYL, 1986 - A nuclear explosion kills many — the effects are felt half way around the world.

There is not only danger of nuclear war but also nuclear reactor meltdown — Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and now Cuba. In either case many will suffer. We must learn how to protect ourselves, but before we can do this, we must overcome the myths that we have been taught. Read: Nuclear War Survival Skills.

The author Cresson H. Kearny has updated his original book on the facts, myths and survival techniques printed in 1979. In this 1989 edition details of the more up-to-date foreign warheads are given, so that we can improve the protection necessary to survive a nuclear holocaust.

The author graduated from Princeton with a degree in civil engineering. While England was at war with Germany he earned two degrees at Oxford in geology, and observed the effective preparations to reduce the effects of aerial attacks. He returned to America, volunteered for duty and served with the Office of Strategic Services as a demolitions expert. Concern for America's lack of civil defense prompted Mr. Kearny to work as a research analyst in civil defense research at the Hudson Institute. In 1964 he joined the Oak Ridge civil defense project. His knowledge was used in Vietnam, and for his contribution to preparations for improving survivability in the event of a nuclear war, he received the Army's Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service in 1972.

MYTH: Fallout radiation from a nuclear war would poison the air and all parts of the environment.

MYTH: Fallout radiation penetrates everything; there is no escaping its deadly effects.

MYTH: A Russian nuclear attack on the United States would completely destroy all American cities.

FACTS: Statements that the U.S. and the Soviet Union have the power to kill the world's population several times over are based on misleading calculations. One such calculation is to multiply the deaths produced per kiloton exploded over Hiroshima or Nagasaki by an estimate of the number of kilotons in either side's arsenal. The unstated assumption is that somehow the world's population could be gathered into circular crowds, each a few miles in diameter with a population density equal to downtown Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and then a small weapon would be exploded over the center of each crowd. Other miscalculations are based on exaggerations of the dangers from long-lasting radiation and other harmful effects of a nuclear war.

MYTH: Unsurvivable "nuclear winter" surely will follow a nuclear war. The world will be frozen if only 100 megatons (less than one per cent of all nuclear weapons) are used to ignite cities. World-enveloping smoke from fires and the dust from surface bursts will prevent almost all sunlight and solar heat from reaching the earth's surface. Universal darkness for weeks! Sub-zero temperatures, even in summer-time! Frozen crops, even in the jungles of South America! Worldwide famine! Whole species of animals and plants exterminated! The survival of mankind in doubt!

FACT: Unsurvivable "nuclear winter" is a discredited theory that, since its conception in 1982, has been used to frighten additional millions into believing that trying to survive a nuclear war is a waste of effort and resources, and that only by ridding the world of almost all nuclear weapons do we have a chance of surviving."

If you have been led to believe any or all of the above myths, the facts will have shocked you. The book Nuclear War Survival Skills is written to educate the American people to the truths and myths of nuclear war. It informs us of what we need to know, and how to make the highly effective survival preparations to save lives, remain a nation and preserve freedom. Self-help will be a necessity since the American Government spends only about 55 cents per person per year on civil defense, while the Russian Government spends between $8 and $20 per year on survival techniques for each Russian citizen.

This latest edition gives information on the improvements in nuclear warheads in order that the decisions we make regarding survival planning will be logical and knowledgeable. Instructions for do-it-yourself items include building, furnishing and stocking permanent home fallout shelters, Directional Fanning, the simplest way to ventilate shelters through large openings, and the improved KFM, the best homemakeable fallout meter. Up-to-date best buys on manufactured survival items — facts on low cost survival foods, cooking and processing of whole-kernel grains, soya beans, and other over-produced basic foods.

The greatest fear known to mankind is fear of the unknown. The more knowledgeable one is of the dangers of nuclear war and its after effects the better able we are to survive. Fear combined with knowledge gives us the foresight to prepare for the events which will be inevitable in the event of nuclear war. Not knowing what is happening or why, will terrorize the individual and will therefore render him incapable of making decisions to enable him to survive.

American people need to know the truth, not only of nuclear warhead attacks and nuclear fallout, but also the necessary requirements for survival. Nuclear War Survival Skills has all the correct information on both.

The obvious disregard for Our Lady of Fatima's requests makes the possibility of nuclear war an ominous threat. We must prepare ourselves and our families with prayer and fasting first of all, but a book such as this can help prepare us for the temporal needs should such a disaster come to pass. May God have mercy on our souls for disregarding His command and give us the grace and stamina to face these apocalyptic times we now find ourselves in. This book is available from Our Lady's Book Service.

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