$50K a head to get through doomsday sounds like a deal. Problem is that 'doomsday', or similar term, has been predicted hundred, if not thousands, of times. And so far, as far as I can tell, none of the predictions have panned out.
I sometimes come across a bomb, or fallout shelter, from back in the day. A lot of them got built in the late 50s and 60s. There is something sad about a bomb shelter moldering away unused.
A lot of the original survivalists are getting old. The nuclear war/ fall of civilization/ economic collapse, that so many thought was just around the corner failed to materialize. Some who squatted in their bunker knee deep in beans and bullets are selling off their armory a piece at a time to pay for a home healthcare nurse to come in a couple times a week so the laundry gets done, the house cleaned and meals cooked. A lot of anti-government sorts, and not a few teabaggers, are living off Social Security and Medicaid. Time moved on and somewhere along the way they/we got old.
You must prepare yourselves, young people, because Uncle Dave's generation is getting old. We are almost ready to go to the retirement home to spend the rest of our days tapping our bedpans rhythmically in time to "easy listening" rock 'n' roll. We must pass the torch on to you, and you must grasp it, ideally by the end that is not on fire.
- Dave Barry
Picked up from:
http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2010/04/clock_quotes_633.phpOn the other hand a fallout shelter is, as long as it is high enough not to flood, pretty good for hurricanes and tornadoes. Kept in good repair and well equipped a shelter has value. I'm just not sure that you need invest $50k a head to get a decent shelter.
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