Abo Elementary School contained emergency storage facilities designed to accommodate up to 2,160 people in the event of nuclear warfare or other catastrophe.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources including official National Park Service documentation consistently confirm the 2,160 capacity figure. Minor variations in some sources (2,080, ~2,000) likely reflect rounding or estimation, but the overwhelming consensus supports the specific claim.
Sources
- Abo Elementary School (wikipedia)
- https://www.nps.gov/places/abo_school-nm.htm (corroboration)
- https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/artesia-nm/points-of-interest/abo-elementary-school-and-fallout-shelter-artesia (corroboration)
- https://grokipedia.com/page/abo_elementary_school (corroboration)
- https://walkerhomeschoolblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/abo-elementary-school-artesia-nm/ (corroboration)