Posted on 03/07/2022 4:28:43 AM PST by blam
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to place his nuclear forces on heightened alert as the invasion of Ukraine continues for the fifth day has increased demand for custom-made doomsday bunkers for the paranoid rich.
Gary Lynch, the general manager of Texas-based Rising S Co., told The Sun that underground doomsday bunker demand is up more than 1000% since Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“Typically, I’ll sell between two and six shelters a month – and usually winter is a quiet time for us.
“But I sold five units alone on Thursday, and I’ve sold two more already today – there’s no telling how many more [orders] we will get.
“The phone hasn’t stopped ringing, and we’ve been sending out so many quotes,” added Lynch.
Readers may recall hearing about Rising S in the early days of the COVID pandemic and social unrest as underground bunkers were in high demand.
The five doomsday bunkers sold on the Russian invasion day ranged between $70,000 to $240,000. Bunkers start as low as $40,000 and can reach multi-million-dollar, depending on the client’s needs.
Lynch said interest in his doomsday bunkers is pouring in worldwide:
“I’ve gotten inquiries from Italy. I’ve gotten an inquiry from the United Kingdom, from Denmark, from Japan, from Canada, from the USA – and that’s just from over the weekend.
“The interest isn’t just isolated to the US, it’s everywhere.”
Since the invasion, people in New Zealand, Australia, the US, Canada, and United Kingdom are panic searching “doomsday bunker.” The search trend exploded to highs not seen a year at the end of last week.
Lynch said prospective buyers are calling him as they fear Russia might invade other neighboring countries and could lead to a “fully-fledged world war.”
“And they’re justified to be fearful of that,” Lynch said. “Just look at what’s going on.
“[Vladimir Putin] is threatening nuclear war, saying it would be something the world has never seen.
“The world has seen Hiroshima,” he continued, “and if what they are threatening is worse than that then, by all means, we should all be worried.”
We’ve seen this trend before, and people usually begin to panic hoard critical things for survival, such as food, ammo, guns, and precious metals. Doomsday bunkers are only a luxury for the rich.
Gotta watch for that “animated wood”!
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Looks nice but still would not want to be stuck in it for 20 years waiting for the radiation levels top side to be safe enough to come out.
What will the ultra soft rich do when SHTF and the builders show up at the bunkers they built?
Time machine - back to the 1950s
Their bodyguards will ultimately kill them and take their hideaways.
Two problems:
1) You need to be IN your bunker when the balloon goes up. And if your bunker is far away — such as “in the mountains” — you need some time to get TO your bunker.
2) It will take some time to BUILD your bunker if you don’t already have one. Quite a bit of time, probably.
I “prep” at a reasonable level for most ordinary emergencies, but as far as NookWar in concerned, I’ll trust in Jesus for his promises.
Some things are just too big to prep for in any useful degree,
That's why you have to kill all the builders when they're done.
There’s no equity in doomsday bunker building. What about the under-served communities of color? Where do they go in the event of nuclear war?
For Pete’s sake...spend that money on some good booze, and when the SHTF, die like a man!
Reminiscent of the “home fallout shelter” craze in the late fifties / early sixties. I wonder how many of those are still buried in peoples’ backyards rusting away after 60 years.
But how are you, as an ultra-rich person, going to handle life when you emerge from your bunker, since your cook (who was on her day off), your butler, and the guy who repairs your Bugatti are all dead? I mean, the guy who repairs your daughter's Porsche survived, but you can't take your Bugatti to a Porsche repairman.
True, activity started in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a relatively short timeframe.
“We’ve got provisions, and lots of beer.”
Rd later.
They’ll be off to New Zealand and the like.
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