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Old 09-21-2018, 01:57 AM
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Regardless of the holiday, there was a pretty damn major war on at the time. Those at the top of government weren't likely to be having a lot of time off, and it's quite possible those people would have brought their families closer so they might be able to grab a few hours with them.
Note that in the initial period after nukes were used (July-August) there was a lot of panic and people heading for the hills. Four months later there'd been no escalation and nukes until then had generally stayed tactical, short ranged with limited payloads (except for those in China of course), and within Europe. As indicated in the timeline and Howling Wilderness, a lot of people had forgotten the initial panic and returned to life as usual, so it seems reasonable given the earlier false alarm(s) many would have been slow to take shelter and left it far too late to act effectively.
Because of this, many who should have known better, and had access to relevant intelligence, would have died that otherwise would have been in shelters.
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