Pulowski Preservation Services

“Nuclear protection, on a budget!” was the motto of this small, specialized production company that saw broad success as the tensions of the mid-2070s escalated in the minds of the populace and on the screens of televisions and computers everywhere.

They offered a single product: the Pulowski Preservation shelter. These cylindrical, coin-operated, single-person fallout shelters seemed to sprout up almost overnight, occupying the urban niche once filled by phone booths. They were billed as an affordable alternative to installing a full vault, and intended as a last-minute, first-come, first-served shelter during a nuclear attack.

As fear escalated in the final months of the War, the shelters sold by the thousands. However, the money did very few of its shareholders or executives any good once their product was finally put to use.

Their customers fared little better. The shelters shielded occupants well enough from the blast waves themselves, but provided no protection from radiation, and had no food or water supply. The integral air filter only protected those inside from death by suffocation, leaving them to a more prolonged agony from thirst, starvation, or radiation poisoning.

History

Pulowski Preservation shelters sprung up around the Charleston peninsula in the years leading up to the war, especially around The College of Charleston. The shelters around the campus were free to students, and operated off of a campus ID. On the days the bombs dropped it is likely many students ran to these shelters and suffered a tragic fate; however, many of them remain sealed waiting to be opened by someone with a campus ID card.