{"id":1239,"date":"2011-06-15T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T05:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2011-06-20T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T04:41:08","slug":"budget-bunker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2011\/06\/budget-bunker-1239.html","title":{"rendered":"Vivos: Budget Bunker Space in Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vivos mega-bunker in Nebraska<\/a> was already going to house up to 250 strangers together for as along as a year, at a price of $25,000 each. Presumably sales are slower than expected, as they have now released a budget offering<\/a>. For just $9,950 you get a bed in a shared room, with curtains separating your room from folk next door, and food for just six months. And depending on how many people make the investment, you could be sharing with 1,000 individuals you have never met. While this will be a niche group of people, in general you would expect that there is a limit to how many random folk you can place in a situation without a strong probability that one will be a risk to the safety of the rest of the group. While that could involve criminal traits (theft, murder, rape), there will also be those who wish to become a leader. My presumption is that most of the group will not be suited to fending for themselves, so therefore they could be easily led.<\/p>\n

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While the facility certainly seems to be safe from external threats, I’m guessing the internal security measures may be inadequate. Especially considering Vivos is unlikely to have had any experience running what is essentially a prison. This is what I have found on their site:<\/p>\n

A \t\tpermanent security\/caretaker will live on site to provide basic \t\tmaintenance and control of member access.<\/p>\n

Due to the prohibitive costs of \t\tstaffing each Vivos facility, the actual member\/co-owners perform all \t\tmanagement and operational duties.\u00a0 \t\tEach member is assigned an ongoing responsibility, based on their \t\tskills, expertise and ability, from medical, to security, operations, \t\tmaintenance, meal preparation, education, exercise, communications, etc.<\/p>\n

Based on the current demographic profiles of Vivos members, a large percentage of the \t\tco-owners at each shelter will have \t\textensive military, law enforcement and security experience.\u00a0 These \t\tmembers will perform the actual security and defensive duties for their shelter, both \t\tbefore and after lockdown.<\/p>\n

Each facility includes a detention area should any member become a \t\tthreat to the others.\u00a0 The security team within each facility will \t\tbe capable of handling any situation that arises.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Before signing up, I would like to know more about the large percentage of owners with extensive military, law enforcement and security experience<\/em>. They actually fit the profile of people most likely to be self-reliant and capable of making their own bunker and survival plans. The opposite of those I would expect to be buying space in a mega-bunker. They also should be smart enough to know that being with 1000 potentially hysterical people in a locked building might be perilous.<\/p>\n

These are the advantages as I see them when it comes to mega-bunkers like those being offered by Vivos, compared to a DIY bunker or shelter:<\/p>\n