Bunker Business Booming
CNN reports that bunker sales are booming in the wake of the Japanese tsunami and Middle Eastern unrest:
Northwest Shelter Systems, which offers shelters ranging in price from $200,000 to $20 million, has seen sales surge 70% since the uprisings in the Middle East, with the Japanese earthquake only spurring further interest. In hard numbers, that’s 12 shelters already booked when the company normally sells four shelters per year.
The last time people flocked to purchase bunkers in such droves was right before the Y2K scare, according to Stephen O’Leary, an associate professor at University of Southern California and an expert on apocalyptic thinking.
“Tens of millions of people believe in a literal apocalypse, which involves earthquakes, storms, disasters of global proportions and especially disasters related to the Middle East,” O’Leary said.
The article interviews someone who has booked four spots in a Vivos shelter. Another Vivos customer was interviewed over at Columbia News Service:
Jason Hodge likes to think ahead. Hodge, a Teamsters representative from Barstow, Calif., lives near the San Andreas fault line and knows how damaging an earthquake can be. He believes Los Angeles is long due for a massive earthquake and also worries about the possibilities of a dirty bomb. So when he learned he could reserve six spots for his family in an underground shelter, he didn’t hesitate.
“Look at history,” he says. “Civilizations have been wiped out. Why would we be exempt from that in the 21st century? I see it as an investment, like buying an insurance policy for my family.”
ABC ran a similar story:
Most of his customers, however, are ordering fortified homes with underground storage, living space and escape tunnels. But it is not nuclear radiation or terrorist with weapons of mass destruction most clients are worried about.
“Nuclear Armageddon went out with the collapse of the Soviet Union,” Camden tells ABC News. “Fifty-five per cent of our work is geared toward economic collapse.”
The bigger the bunker, the harder it is becoming finding someone to build it for you. However there is still time to purchase prefabricated shelters, and local contractors will have no trouble installing one for you. My personal opinion is that needing to stay underground for more than 2-3 days would be unlikely, but a bunker could be extremely useful in the long-term as a general shelter, especially if your region’s climate changes.
And in case you were wondering what a top-of-the-line bunker looks like:
Well, that’s what passers-by will see. The amazing part is below:
Survival “condos” within this magnificent Kansas bunker are for sale, and half are already sold. You won’t have paupers for neighbors, a full floor condo that can house 10 people costs $1,750,000
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So nothing new to us everyday commoners. The rich can afford to save themselves while the majority of the world’s population will have to hope and pray for the best.
People are so silly these days… when it is the end of time and JESUS comes back …He will take His people and no matter what bunker or underground facility your in…. if your time is up…it’s up! GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF EVERY COUNTRY & RACE! Jamie Flanary