If you can't afford the $2 million luxury condos above, you certainly have other options. Built to withstand an atomic blast, even the most paranoid can find comfort inside concrete walls that are nine feet thick and stretch 174 feet (53 meters) underground. So far, four buyers have thrown down a total of about $7 million (£4.4m) for havens to flee to when disaster happens or the end is nigh.ĭeveloper Larry Hall is retrofitting three more Cold War-era silos when this one fills up. The condos sit deep below the Kansas prairie in the shaft of an abandoned missile silo and are meant to withstand everything from economic collapse and solar flares to terrorist attacks and pandemics. These luxurious units come with all mod-cons, as well as a pool, a movie theater and a library – oh, and a guarantee that they will survive doomsday if and when that fateful day comes. Perhaps the buyers know something we don't.
They has been billed as the most luxurious way to sit out the apocalypse - and now there is a waiting list for the $2 million condos being built in an abandoned missile silo in Kansas. Eventually he got back to the original plan, only this time he has his whole family to help him.īrent and his family are now stars of National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Castle, a non-scripted reality show that premiered on August 13, 2013. When that didn't happen, Brent put the whole thing out of his mind for a couple of years because he didn't want people to think he was crazy. Convinced that the predicted Y2K computer glitch would unleash chaos and bring about the end of civilization as we know it, he wanted to ensure his family's safety if everything went dark. The family is also learning to use medieval weapons including crossbows and catapults that will protect them from marauders and scavengers.īrent Sr., a retired infantry officer, got into doomsday prepping back in 1999. To prepare for the inevitable, he and his family have built a fortified castle atop a large foothill deep in the woods of South Carolina, complete with a drawbridge, portcullis and an underground bunker. Brent Bruns believes the apocalypse will be triggered by a strong electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that will take out the entire power grid and plunge mankind back into the Dark Ages.
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