Posted on 10/13/2013 1:00:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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MONTEBELLO, Calif. - There's nothing new about predictions that the end of the world is upon us. But there's plenty new about how some people are preparing for it.
What began as a pipe dream for Ron Hubbard has become big business...underground
"We call this the backyard bunker," Hubbard said as he showed us one of his survival shelters.
These days, the fear market is booming.
"I can't build them fast enough right now," he said. "It's better to have a shelter 10 years early than five minutes late."
But unlike those Cold War-era concrete bunkers with just the basics, these survival shelters come fully loaded.
"It's got everything a house does," Hubbard said. "It's just 20-feet underground. Luxury bedrooms, big screen TVs , game room, underground pool. You can have anything you want." He's even seen people put Jacuzzis in them.....
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Apocalyptic fears.
In general, group prepping where possible makes more sense than single prepping.
Here’s a freebie for a resourceful seller to this market.
“Pieces of Eight”
A tool that can easily cut a gold coin into smaller increments.
While I can certainly appreciate having a comfortable shelter, if you can afford one, I think a Jacuzzi is a bit much.
What tv station is going to be broadcasting during the end of the world?
Preppers’ PING!!
Ron Hubbard? He must be a son or grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, the guy who wrote about alien pyramid builders and similar stuff.
And then he invented Scientology.
While I can certainly appreciate having a comfortable shelter, if you can afford one, I think a Jacuzzi is a bit much.
What tv station is going to be broadcasting during the end of the world?
During Katrina, in a live broadcast of the “horror” from a helicopter shot, they briefly captured a group folks parting in their backyard pool.
They quickly cut away from that image and went back to describe the helpless.
And folks bought this invention, just because it was cool. (Actually it does some pretty skilled riffs off of Christian spirituality, including some widely neglected aspects of it.)
If SHTF, I would not want to be in a glorified Quonset under ground.
“Yeah, in a basement. You know, fightin’ in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you’re fightin’ in a basement!”
I don’t have TV service but my 13” TV sees a lot of use.
Entertainment may be vital. Maybe you won’t have time but maybe you’re down there for a few months waiting for things to calm down.
The real question for me is can they put one of these in an area where the water table is about 2 feet down.
L. Ron Hubbard started out as a Science Fiction Writer. As it happens, I used to read SF pulp magazines when I was a teenager, and I remember reading a letter to the editor from L. Ron Hubbard, who had written some stories for them, saying that he was tired of writing SF at half a cent a word, so he was going to do something more profitable—invent a religion.
And he did.
Will the builders accept EBT card?
Ask the Branch Davidians how a fixed, immobile retreat worked out for them.
“Fixed fortifications are a monument to man’s stupidity.” General George S. Patton
Nice.
However it’s kind of stupid to let your identity out, know everyone knows you have it.
When they started building walls around Rome, the Roman Empire was done for.
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