SESSION VI 331 AYRES: I think the streets of Manhattan would be extremely dangerous, MILLET: It seems to me most likely that people would huddle together in the lowest possible spot and would wait there hoping that things would pass over and probably begin to come up at the most dangerous time, because they would not have enough information. AYRES: It's quite possible that they might be better off—the best shelter spaces, of course, are in the middle of those buildings—in the thirtieth and fortieth floors of those buildings. EISENBUD: Don't you think that those people are going to seek their families at whatever cost? DUNHAM: have. It depends on where they are and what information they DOBSON: Ancther question it how many people would know what happened if there had been a surprise attack and, let us say, a single explosion? How long would it take those who survived and were anywhere near the scene to know what had happened? Would they have radios or television or some other source of information? AYRES: They would have radios and they would probably get to them. That would be a first response. WARREN: The broadcasting on the tops of buildings would be out. AYRES: Anybody with a portable transistor radio. stations all over the place, EISENBUD: There are There was a terrible feeling during the blackout for a half-hour or so, AYRES: I listened to the radio throughoutit. EISENBUD: Yes, But what happened was that first many of the larger stations went off the air. So you knew something was wrong. The lights were out. So you would look around for a radio station ona portable radio, if you had one, and you found that some of the biggest stations were off the air. I think that one of the big ones located in New York had an emergency power supply powered by a