[HighSierra5]

You can buy a lot with belly wash.

[Jonty30]

Nuke bunker?

[LouAvul]

Apocalypse? Hardly. Somebody built it with workers that remember it. In a Mad Max world, no compound built in the US will stand for very long. 400 million firearms in private hands. Survivalists stockpiling explosives.

Nah, the guy's not anticipating an apocalypse. He's just enjoying the fruit of his labor.

Besides, it's got too many windows.

[airborne]

Thats an awful lot of windows to be called a fortress!

[SamAdams76]

A true fortress would not have all those floor to ceiling windows.

The media just has to sensationalize and exaggerate everything.

Just a successful American building a nice home for himself out on in the country.

[DesertRhino]

Beautiful house with internal open yard. But most fortresses don’t have glass walls. The hyperbole is strong here. Also it’s in park city. The glass walls and watch tower probably have to do more with capitalizing on amazing views. Think forest fire watch tower rather than stalag 17.

[Leaning Right]

For a fortress, it’s got an awful lot of glass. So I’m thinking that even a crude battering ram will breach the place. On the other hand, here’s where I’m currently hunkered down.

Note to self: Order solar panels ASAP.

[thefactor]

Not a fortress, and not preparing for an apocalypse.

But other than that, the headline is correct.

[odawg]

“...that looks like a fortress.”

Yep, all those glass walls add a dimension of ruggedness to the dwelling.

[5by5]

WSJ said he bought a spec home. Hardly a post apocalyptic bunker.

[texas booster]

considering he’s the son of former conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage.

Savage no longer has a talk show?

I need to start checking out the lower wattage AM stations now, to be sure.

[Lurker]

That is not a fortress, it’s a death trap.

L

[Fresh Wind]

Yeah, all those unprotected windows will surely keep all the food rioters out.

[Vigilanteman]

Interesting little side note about the Park City area. It was originally settled by Mormon pioneers but the climate was unsuitable for farming due to an ultrashort growing season.

They knew there was silver in the area, but had no idea as to how much and Brigham Young didn't want a society of miners with all that entailed, single men, loose morals and massive wealth.

So the mineral rights were sold for much less than their true value to William Randolph Hearst who proceeded to build a massive fortune. As the silver was depleted in the late 1940s, massive tunnels remained. Some of them were converted to water pipes to move the massive melting snowfalls to the dry (18" average rainfall) Utah Valley downhill. It was then sparely populated, but became fruit orchards for the next 40 years or so before converting to a little Silicone Valley of sorts with the young population and cheap well educated labour.

Other tunnels were enlarged and converted into ski lifts as the Park City area became a world class ski resort and haven for the ultrarich fleeing Californistan. Untold other tunnels remain and are probably beneath some of these multimillion dollar mansions by design.

[Harpotoo]

Love the watch tower:-)

[Flavious_Maximus]

My family are coinsures of Rockstar energy drinks. Really good thirst quenchers. Super Sour Green Apple flavor is awesome.

God bless Michael Savage and his family.

[IYAS9YAS]

First fortress I’ve seen made of glass.

[moovova]

Unless all of that glass is bullet-proof...that ain’t a fortress.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Way too much glass for survival bunker but its impressive.

[Carriage Hill]

Darned nice place, but if he can’t defend scumbags coming thru all that glass, he doesn’t own it. Plus, it’ll cost $1-2 million to furnish it.