Posted on 03/12/2018 6:14:57 PM PDT by McGruff
The motto "always be prepared" is wise advice, but one man is taking the mantra to the max. He's got former military bunkers spanning a space that is three-quarters the size of Manhattan, and is selling them to survivalists.
Survivalists and so-called "preppers" are often the brunt of jokes, with insults ranging from "paranoid" to "weird" and everything in between. But Robert Vicino couldn't disagree more. He runs a company which is currently focused on transforming military bunkers into doomsday shelters.
The shelters are in Middle of Nowhere, USA, otherwise known as Edgemont, South Dakota. It's barely on the map, but it's about to host the "largest survival community on the planet." That's big news for a town with a population of just 774 people.
Describing the bunker community as "large" is perhaps an understatement. "...This base is 18 square miles (47 square kilometers), about three quarters the size of Manhattan," Vicino told RT's Ruptly agency. He says the community has 575 bunkers and will be able to hold between 6,000 and 10,000 residents.
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[Edgemont, South Dakota]
Was Bismark, North Dakota a herring?
There’s no security in this life. You’re going to die no matter what. Best to think about the life to come and how to access it (only through Jesus).
First rule of bunkers is never talk about your bunker. In a SHTF environment, everyone is going to want your bunker.
Rod Serling addressed that point in an excellent “Twilight Zone” episode.
You are absolutely correct. I get a kick out of my friends who are preppers who post online all of their supplies. When the SHTF, I’m coming to your house!!! lol!
The site will be ground Zero for a Russian missile now if war ever breaks out. If not that then other hostiles will show up. No survival shelter is worth much unless its existence is a secret.
I always thought that China/Russia/etc would think that those old bunkers were where America’s rich and famous and influential were holed up and so, therefore, nuke the hell out of it.
I remember that one.
In case of a real nuclear war I think I’d head for the nearest target. I’d rather be vaporized than the alternative of dying a slow death from radiation poisoning.
Yes, that was an excellent episode!
I was around 10 at that time, and that episode so impressed me I called my parents, who were across the street playing bridge (hey - it was a Friday!) to enthuse about it.
CA....
Actually, it’s not Edgemont.......but Igloo.....a few miles away. Was once used for ammo storage.
Amen; even so, come quickly Lord Jesus.
First rule of bunkers is never talk about your bunker.
The second rule of bunkers is, a bunker without a berm
is just a grave.
Cool!
Eek!
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