are gentlemen you've heard the reports that enemy planes are approaching in less than three hours an h bomb might fall over  like myself i think you're going to be very interested in this story that we're going to tell you and in this age of missiles and manmade moons it takes on added significance there are no actors in this story but there are a lot of people the people of the city of portland oregon and what happened to them or could happen to them on a day that will call this is the land between the mountains and the sea between the snowcapped crater of mount hood and the pacific its tall timber country and this is a city just dry cargo port on the pacific coast and its people are friendly and rugged in the tradition of the oregon trail elation about four hundred fifty thousand more or less or less about the size of your ocean and this is what happened or children late coffee boiling with these problems delia pray she turned to the woman's page of the oregonian thus managing to avoid the front page of a chapter all contained nothing but scare headlines the time the time is  thank you i'll notify the mayor at ten thirty to jack lew the city's civil defense director receives the words enemy planes across the pool probably they carried h bombs likely one maybe two are headed for portland  which began in such an ordinary way is no ordinary day at ten thirty five a man she where the siren echoes the warning and the city prepares for survival or twelve forty on your regular radio receiver eight this is a combo read radio alert normal broadcasting will be discontinued for an indefinite period civil defense information will be broadcast in most areas at six forty or twelve forty on your regular radio receiver when the siren sounds some cities go underground get to shelter particularly if there's little warning but portland evacuees according to a well thought out plan the question is at ten forty five on the day called x would it work the idea to move out of the city to move fast but with caution james and his mother go for an unexpected ride in his first day of life at fifty in his hour of decision the seat of local government has moved to appoint some six miles out of town buried in a hill is a blast proof radiation proof operations center where government can continue to function evacuation can be controlled and you've heard the reports of enemy planes are approaching in less than three hours and they might fall over mr jackal all or civil defense director will coordinate activities here jack what i'd say we still have about two and a half hours if part is where they intend to make a drop and what's the condition of but evacuation movement that we have very scanty reports now there's only been fifteen minutes but  we can check with the police and with the traffic engineer and see if we get what information we have and i have no information yet it's progressing my ten fifty five the heads of utilities red cross military liaison civil air patrol weather bureau and all city departments are functioning as a civil defense team the city commissioners remain behind working with the departments of the emergency seat of government their families are among those evacuating the eleven the operations officers receiving reports on the evacuation of the enemy aircraft are over canada and headed this way normally broadcasting has been discontinued until after this emergency has passed you are now doomed to conrad and will receive all factual information and instruction on this frequency keep your radio tuned to this frequency remember there are the traffic planned for the evacuation of the city all cars in the downtown area all of the grain like they will lead you out of the bay area by the quickest road do not try hundred fifty five portland go to practice mass evacuation the heart of the city was cleared in thirty four minutes it's safe to say that practice evacuation will be responsible for saving a great many lives this day and eleven thirty two at the operations center police chief bill brown receives a suggestion and with traffic engineer friend fowler he works out a way to divert traffic motorcycle policemen are sent to split the load onto a side road there's around the dispersal area and in local public buildings emergency kitchens are in operation which are everywhere are hard to find back underground at the operations center with time running out the only facts i considered according to information we have just received air defense command the situation remains the same enemy aircraft are still approaching in this direction if they continue on this same course we can expect an attack in this area and in time after twenty one forty seven greenwich time that is one forty seven pm pacific standard time and now i would like a brief situation report from all departments on how we stand first john what is the fallout situation jack according to our latest weather information the winds will continue in a northeasterly direction at about and county police have set up an effective road block diverting traffic thus enabling us to you is all lanes for outbound traffic emergency medical doctor matter city boy and twins were born just lying welfare as the reports continue and it is obvious that the portland plan is working smoothly only seven years earlier portland had no civil defense it was  the idea that civil defense was not to be separated from normal government involved and in one thousand and fifty to one mill tax levy to finance the plan was put on the ballot by unanimous decision in the city council after civil defense leaders went out and campaigned the people voted to tax themselves to protect themselves and later the city charter was amended to ensure continuity of government so that in an emergency like this should the branch become casualties they would automatically be replaced by a legally established line of succession of other experiences the officials the people as now and after the emergency are assured of continuity of their government schools report complete evacuation there's no portland seems to be doing quite well should a bomb fall now city officials and city services will be able to carry on and meantime vital messages are passed on to maintain contact with state and county headquarters auditor more than three million documents and records that no back to the first handwritten city council minutes in eight hundred fifty one have been microphone look at so ross and the engineering records without which the city cannot function  and so in time of disaster records officer and now with a moment to breed some can take time for coffee and a built in cafeteria is time to talk of families which have been  and this time to be alone think of the future and there's even time for those who needed now to rest three hundred can live here for a week eat sleep and breathe the operation center had its own water supply its own electric power even its own purif or the bombers are probably overhead what happened after that moment we leave you to contemplate but one thing is certain portland has a plan for the survival of its people and the continuity of its government and you know actually the survival of this entire nation depends upon the ability of federal state and local governments to carry out their responsibilities in the event of a massive nuclear attack each new scientific development in the weapons of war presents a new challenge and the people of portland through through working together they're ready if there really were a day called x how bout you