Why Survival Bunkers Are So Expensive | So Expensive

The business of private survival shelters has grown during the pandemic. They’re not just for survivalists and doomsday preppers anymore. Bunkers buried in backyards or remote landscapes are capable of withstanding nuclear fallout and hurricanes, as well as violent conflict.
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Why Survival Bunkers Are So Expensive | So Expensive

[@itswisse]

I always love that no matter how expensive a project can get, they'll always show off their RGB lighting as if it's the newest technology on the planet

[@werid_kid2967]

RGB does improve performance by 30% tho

[@michaelyounger8193]

It’s funny. I had that on my truck back in highschool, and they act like it’s new tech

[@banant5620]

what do you mean its not new

[@PoloHungary]

If the time is come the RGB definitely stop the gamer's 🤣

[@koblongata]

My thought too, why not just build the bunker as primary home, with a hut on the ground as a disguise maybe lol.

[@Masyokan]

If I was rich I'd get a bunker not because I'm afraid of an impending apocalypse but because having a bunker just sounds pretty rad.

[@UndergroundLiving]

We are renovating an old communication bunker on our channel

[@nasuegaming1255]

Colinfurze: has entered the chat

[@It-s-me-P]

That's because you're not rich

[@Kuro-UWU]

Chad

[@Wasbever_14]

That yes

[@mg6192]

You actually save a ton of money in the long run by buying a bunker. Just build one under your backyard, then sell the house and secretly live in the bunker rent free.

[@miguelangelcifuentescruz9465]

Tax free rent free free services lots of privacy

[@crypticshadows]

big brain man wtf I never would have had this idea! and you could make a tunnel to get out so people don’t know you live there

[@wc4109]

No, the backyard part of the house property, so legally bunker also part of the house... You can advertise sale house comes with bunker, but defeats purpose of a secret bunker...

[@miguelangelcifuentescruz9465]

@@wc4109 We know, that's why it's secret ;)

[@mg6192]

@@wc4109 I'll just pretend what you said made any sense.

[@yehudatheodoros6547]

buying a part of a bunker that is otherwise housed by strangers sounds like one of the worst apocalypse ideas out there. Imagine being trapped a hundred metres below ground with people you don't know banging on your door after all law and order has collapsed. Plus the public knows where that bunker is and it's not exactly hiding

[@Bobbob-km7wp]

That not the big porbleem most disastors happens fast and unexpectit you wouldt have the time to go to the bunker

[@pipsqeak7104]

@@Bobbob-km7wp im not making fun of you but everything About your comment is hilarious like your nave and how you spelled words

[@gfuentes8449]

also what do they do about power after the grid goes down

[@CommissarChaotic]

_New Among Us map out now_

[@truthprevails7766]

That doctor got more things with just 100k than those who were paying 4.5 million.

[@boarbot7829]

If my survival bunker has a cinema and swimming pool, I’m going in it even if it’s not the apocalypse.

[@johnree6106]

Me too.

[@DanielHernandez-ye5so]

Might as well live in it full time while you're at it too.

[@msjdb723]

😁

[@AhmedRazaAli_2009_pk]

If you can afford that, you can afford a mansion that is way bigger and better

[@xxtoxii9615]

if had a house and epic bunker? i guess id spend more than half time in that bunker

[@kevinalexander7710]

I feel like the first rule of survival bunker club should be: don’t talk about survival bunker club

[@oxanakovalenko9968]

They already broke the 1st rule Wait l read that wrong

[@TheStewieOne]

Or Mr. Raider will be at your door with a blowtorch.

[@crow5228]

Bruh

[@eliassanchez420wakenbake]

Fear sells tho

[@lothean2099]

I think that's why atlas show was canceled. No one wanted to show off their bunker on tv.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

Step 1: make people fear Step 2: repeat step 1 infinitely Step 3: come up with a prepackaged "solution" Step 4: cash in

[@mikehawkheir5554]

👍🏼

[@bleyzerplayz]

Pretty much what every culture and religion did. Make the people fear ghosts, spirits, monsters, gods and make them pay tributes to be "freed" or "forgived".

[@ricklaxative1688]

@@bleyzerplayz bullseye

[@crazy8sdrums]

Did you get your jab? If not, you might die and/or infect everybody around you. Don't you care about others? The coof is super duper deadly!

[@TheJjcczz]

@@crazy8sdrums Yeah that’s not the same thing, not only do you have scientific evidence of the danger, but the solution isn’t some expensive product, it’s a shot that anyone can get

[@camojoe83]

They're so expensive because of the kind of people buying them. When we build things for really rich people we always upcharge by 80% because they associate price with quality.

[@lucylovitt9583]

As a salesman of 40 years, I agree 101% - just don't forget the fancy box to put it in.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Hell in Ireland in a fancy area chancers often slap on a few hundred extra for a handy job because they know they can get away with it they don't do this in the poorer areas as they wouldn't get away with it these people know what stuff costs

[@gregington.]

"If you can have it in a house you can have it in a bunker" Me: a window

[@Tetris521]

A ceiling window.

[@Dimaz42]

a bunker window would probably something like a monitor connected to a camera outside

[@warthief3401]

Said the same thing

[@MASViper]

@@Dimaz42 My idea exactly.

[@rvalensp]

@Joel Coleman laughs in flex seal

[@verlorenish]

'Many people have a variety of fears'. This guy right here hit the jackpot.

[@JamesRodriguez10783]

Fear sells

[@cookiesupervisor2211]

Best for me is , if there will be some serious thing happening , is wont be days , weeks , months this will be YEARS , Nuclear war those people in bunker as fucked , how long they will have power , supply ? top 2 years , and then what ? , and there is also think , that other people will knew that this bunker exist , and 100% they will do anything to get in , basically those millions are just wasted .

[@carmellacandy509]

@@JamesRodriguez10783 You beat me to it!

[@lexo6987]

@@cookiesupervisor2211 better learn skills that you can use if it really happens wich is unlikely but the skills can be used in day to day life like repairing a car

[@michagabo8819]

The Book of Truth When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "The schism in My Church will be broken into different stages" Sunday, 20 October 2013

[@BJ-id8fo]

"Honey, for the safety of our family, we need a bunker." That's how to get a man cave without making your wife angry.

[@praetorianstride5948]

Perhaps if you have inexhaustible wealth and a willingness to see the world you knew turned to skeletons and musculature. Those old European families who happen to survive didn’t let their lineage exist with honor.

[@theone9273]

There's the world's oldest profession, then there's the second oldest profession which is selling people stuff they'll literally never use based upon their fears.

[@derpboi3155]

That’s so true

[@ZoMichael-a]

That is very true

[@nannerz1994]

It doesn't explain why it's so expensive it just says what parts are expensive. Tell me about how the life support systems work not what kind of amenity you can put in there

[@Tre16]

When are you doing your video in these subjects?

[@stanleyshsu]

Probably like commercial lab or clean room air filtration for HVAC depending on type of apocalypse. I don’t even want to know what those filters cost…

[@techytech1907]

@@Tre16 it’s ok to provide constructive feedback. This video is click bait with minimal detail. If I’m expected to watch an ad to fill the pockets of the uploader, I can expect honesty in the title.

[@arnoldgallegos6247]

He has a KZbin channel Atlas bunkers. He goes in detail.

[@japatiinus55]

@@arnoldgallegos6247 Thanks! Gonna go check them out.

[@pr1mecatty627]

*Everyone getting bunkers for natural disasters* Floridians during hurricanes: "Good day to go to the beach"

[@speedymon4412]

facs

[@kenneth7171]

✋😂

[@johnnortan4096]

@@kenneth7171 guilty as charged ✋😐

[@fynkozari9271]

@@speedymon4412 fax

[@Scarletraven87]

Florida in 150 years: Under the sea, under the sea

[@taylights]

I feel like the same people that would buy a bunker would also refuse to believe that any disaster is actually happening until it’s too late to get in

[@ericpinheiro1275]

This aged well...

[@anthonypetercoleman339]

So who maintains a swimming pool locked in a bunker nobody ever uses?

[@commonsence8223]

Dummies do. These people have no idea what real survival will be like.

[@myrica_gale]

City of Tampere, but it's a public pool.

[@Zoroaster4]

@@commonsence8223 I mean I don't hate the idea. I think it's actually a good one. Considering tensions between NATO and China are appearing to grow and that a nuclear war is possible it is about one of the only ways to have a safety net in that situation. Sure a lot of scenario's are just loony fever dreams these people come up with, but you can't be too careful if you can afford it.

[@Zov631]

Cuz they have spare bunch of cash to afford that which the vast majority of folks in the comment section don’t. Don’t teach the rich how to spend their money

[@It-s-me-P]

@@myrica_gale ok no one gives a shit, bye

[@FURST1]

Next Episode. Why bunker private security is so expensive

[@nerdindaherd5907]

Comprehensive security measures beyond lock and door are a must if you have loose lips. Consider the aggressors thought process if they know your bunker’s location (just an example): They would only logically conclude if you went through so much trouble as to install a bunker, many goodies await inside. - Locate air vents, fill them with cement or seal shut. Establish a 100m cordon and wait a few days. If this fails to draw them out… - Drill into primary or escape doors, then pump insecticide inside. If this fails… - Pump fuel. And if this still fails… - Weld all hatches shut. If others can’t access your resources, the bunker becomes your coffin. I’m merely pointing out that OpSec (keeping your bunker an absolute secret) is the most important level of security. Why anyone would jeopardize that after so much time, planning, and resources is beyond me.

[@dongarnelofficial7013]

@@nerdindaherd5907 to be

[@Shubham-cl4xs]

Waste 😂

[@crow5228]

bruh

[@grammarofficerkrupke4398]

@@nerdindaherd5907 Pride, they want to show off.

[@yubyub335]

I think we all need one right now. STAT.

[@jamskeight6999]

Looking for this comment😂

[@videljsemtevcera170]

Well, now, I am really thinking about bunkers. But only in US there are companies like this that design and build bunkers. It would be really difficult to design something like this with all of those life support systems in EU.

[@dirkudo1075]

The reason why they are not for sale in the EU is because nobody is so crazy to buy one. In case a real scenario happens, a bunker won't help. In case something mild happens (like covid) you dont need a bunker. Conclusion: bunkers are pointless.

[@JohnDoeTheTroll]

@@dirkudo1075 Actually, Atlas shelters has a plant in Poland and more are opening across EU and supposedly the demand is high enough to open more shelter makers.

[@jb76489]

@@dirkudo1075 why do you think you felt the need to say something so ignorant?

[@billyshears2032]

Ya what idiots trying to be self reliant all the smart people just rely on the feds they are always reliable

[@berenlea486]

@@cobrabugs i dont think it is every house but instead there was at one point enough shelter capacity to hold every citizen in public bunkers and the like but its a bit more relaxed now, to be fare they had good reason to want to prepare for an invasion given the neighborhood at the time

[@MrWaheedulHaque]

They so expensive because EA wants you to purchase the extra maps in the seperate DLCs

[@AlexM-mz7rx]

Haha ATLAS

[@BBoxn]

"Surprise Mechanics"

[@Eaglehunter44]

To provide you with sense of pride and accomplishment

[@crow5228]

no

[@fayecox9401]

@@Eaglehunter44 these bunkers shouldn’t be just for the rich everybody has the right to live and survive

[@epsilontic]

Suggestion for cost mitigation: Skip building the house, just build the bunker.

[@jaxstax2406]

Why would you get a bunker over a house? It would have less room, sunlight, and airflow. It would be less convenient and less aesthetically pleasing while being more expensive. The only pro is that it would be temporarily safer in the unlikely chance of societal collapse. You would still need to do things outside like farming if you hope to survive long-term - which would expose your bunker location to other people.

[@johnree6106]

@@jaxstax2406 You can farm inside. Me I would turn a hill into a house wmand bunker it if I had the money.

[@jaxstax2406]

@@johnree6106 You would need a large underground bunker to sustain just one person. Most people don't have the money to afford a bunker so large.

[@johnree6106]

@@jaxstax2406 Well there's always stocking food that last 50 or so years.

[@DickBumgus]

Option B (that which is most economical): buy a functioning brain.

[@corey2232]

I love how almost no bunkers I see involve greenhouses or anything... Hell, most don't have any water supplies that aren't connected to existing utility lines. It's nice to plan 1 month in advance & all that, but how relevant is that swimming pool going to be if there's a complete societal collapse or widespread nuclear fallout contaminating all your surroundings for years?

[@CodyStevens]

That huge bunker owned by Larry hall has a greenhouse that you can grow your own food in along with years of food supplies

[@cgmason7568]

Fallout only lasts about 2 weeks

[@CodyStevens]

@@cgmason7568 natural disasters

[@kryptonite4974]

@@cgmason7568 and in 2weeks almost most all the plants and animals are dead . There will be a food shortage and increase in earths temperature and after that more extreme whether condition.

[@anonamemous6865]

Pool for Mental health anyone?

[@Aakaash1x]

This is not a good time for this to me on Recommendation.

[@nandodolleman7819]

- Has a complete bunker resort - 03:01 "Complete with different color mood lighting" - Pushes all the buttons to flex - Sees a 1$ RGB light doing its cheap Christmas tree lights

[@infinityxtanishq8712]

Lmao

[@dread_nought]

@@infinityxtanishq8712 You're a real buzzkill, you know that?

[@AndTecks]

@@dread_nought You're a real buzzkill, you know that?

[@Wtfroflmao987]

@@AndTecks You're a real buzzkill, you know that?

[@theRPGmaster]

@@Wtfroflmao987 You're a real know that, you real buzzkill?

[@rolandkatsuragi]

I love how he's introduced surrounded by firearm imagery, a stuffed eagle, and a portrait of Jesus.

[@skippyguy3]

Because 'murica

[@deveshadean5175]

Looks like that 'eagle' has dark webbed feet. Pretty sure it is a goose.

[@j.frankparnell6195]

Are we even sure it's Jesus. It looks more like Kenny Loggins.

[@mako9324]

I love being American

[@jackryan4313]

God, Guns, and Glory

[@bf2forever]

And most of us would wish they had that bunker right now

[@Rich-yj4ub]

Not me. Logically it's stupid. Your only pro longing the inevitable. Radiation lasts hundreds of years. Food & Water Max 5 yrs.

[@alecv4622]

@@Rich-yj4ub might be enough time for musk to get your ass to mars though

[@pjs232]

@@Rich-yj4ub That's not actually true if you aren't too near the centre of a blast (and presumably if you are you probably didn't survive long enough to worry anyway), it's certainly true that the contamination in some areas that are directly hit would still be detectable for centuries but the initial radiation would drop to an 'increased risk of developing cancer in the long term but nonetheless very survivable level' very quickly (radiation levels would be 90% lower than the moment of the blast after about 24 hours or thereabouts and 99% lower after just 72 hours- thereafter you are unlikely to get sick from just going outside at least in the short term), and even at the blast zone itself the radiation levels would only be directly dangerous for a matter of weeks. The real threat after the first few days would be contaminated water supplies/food supplies, which if eaten really would still kill you. The caveats are of course that it does depend on the type/size of bomb that was used/wind direction/whether they blew it in the air before it hit the ground or not/how many were used overall but generally speaking you have a pretty good chance of surviving if you can make it to some sort of shelter to ride out those first few days + secure clean food and water. Also I do recommend you go and look this stuff up, it's quite interesting to read about.

[@timberwolfe1645]

Makes complete sense. Honestly, why dont people just build the bunker, and THEN build the house on top of it? Then you get two houses!!!

[@lindalee1743]

oh, like a finished basement. lol.

[@nonyabiz6036]

I have this couple who lives next door to us in Wyoming and they bought an abandoned nuclear silo for about $400,000 and by god the place is huge they even got the surrounding land for 50k

[@PauaP]

Did they ever furnished the place? I mean... having a party in a furnished nuclear silo is both a huge flex, and a very interesting conversation starter.

[@nonyabiz6036]

@@PauaP it wasn't too degraded the place was decommissioned back in the early 80's and bought by them in 98, today it's like the community shelter for disasters, but mostly a bed and breakfast for travelers. In the beginning the inside looked like the control area for Stargate command but without the mountain today's it looks more like an underground hotel

[@may-K-47]

*But Wyoming doesn’t exist*

[@PauaP]

@@nonyabiz6036 now that sounds pretty neet.

[@crow5228]

dayummmm

[@SpeakHearSeeNoEvil]

They're not selling bunkers. They're selling fear and there's a lot of money to be made. It's genius.

[@gangisspawn1]

Same. I'm jealous of the money they are making.

[@benc8747]

you probably wear a mask to stay "safe"

[@KinaestheticDmaw]

@@benc8747 The difference being that masks help reduce transmission of something that actually exists and is reality. Bunkers just protect against something that CAN happen, but highly unlikely.

[@spaceman884]

Aren’t they selling security? Maybe capitalizing off fear but not really selling it

[@LemonsRage]

@@spaceman884 No they are selling fear. How would you feel when your neighbour got himself a bunker? Wouldn't you feel uneasy? Wouldn't you think that maybe things are more serious then they seem? With Covid, BLM, Storming of the Capitole and privite millita rising? Wouldn't you fear that one day in the future the goverment couldn't retain your own saftey? What do you do then? You get a bunker and then your neighbours see that you got one aswell and this gets worse and worse until everyone have one.

[@Immortal_BP]

i never asked myself why bunkers that can withstand nuclear blasts cost so much, but i enjoyed the video :)

[@grantbrown7594]

I sure wish my doctor had a mini arsenal buried in his backyard too - truly the mark of rational and practical thinking

[@joemccarthy5508]

It's only us surgeons.

[@starkparker16]

Not the most focused episode in this great series.

[@Kyezie131]

Yeah, this is basically like "Why Houses Are so Expensive" like because it's big and uses lots of materials lol

[@DeKrampus]

That's a pretty fancy coffin he's got there...

[@deesnuts4993]

@Saif Khan what

[@somedude5422]

@Saif Khan wtf

[@dabigcheezprod]

@Saif Khan nah yo mama dunnow cuz yo mama never do and yo mama need experience and yo mama know she get made fun of cuz yo mama’s friends are mean and yo mama don’t like it yo mama haha.

[@may-K-47]

@Saif Khan nah but yo mama don’t wanna buy the bunker because yo mama don’t got the money therefore yo mama is not actually yo mama

[@may-K-47]

@Saif Khan nah bro nah bro here’s the thing yo mama is not yo mama if she can’t be yo mama because yo mama says yo mama is mamaaaaaaaaaaaa yo mama yo yo mamamamamamamamaaaaa

[@VtecdippinBB6siR]

I would build this as my primary home. No heating or cooling bills? It makes sense.

[@Blckjack18]

Well if you do not like natural light, it is a good plan.

[@darthnader3523]

@@Blckjack18 you can always go outside for that

[@losthero0]

Watching this from a home in Denver built in the 70's. Very well built basement!

[@RobertoCarlosM]

This fits between scam and legit concern. And just hit me, sewage and water supply. How would that work... Is it connected to the regular mains.

[@PhoebeBooffay]

I was wondering that too. I didn’t see any wells or septic systems. Also, where is all the life support systems and how are they powered? It seems like an add-on to your house instead of a separate self-sustaining unit.

[@basedgodstrugglin]

Some of the preppers have water supplies for X amount of time. Some have water collection depending on their climates. It’s a fascinating world, and I’m thankful I’m not too worried to join it

[@RozenHusky]

A commercially-sized, properly maintained septic tank can last a lifetime or longer for a single family. As for water, there are systems that can convert urine and other waste-water to clean water (like on the ISS), and others that tap into well water and filter it through an RO system, not to mention that anyone can buy bottled water by the truckload and it only takes 1/4gal per adult to wash and rinse with a sponge bath. It's also important to note that radiation or civil conflict wouldn't prevent you from surfacing unless you were near a direct hit of a nuclear explosion or in a densely populated area; in which case you've built your bunker in the wrong place. They should be built near a natural well, far away from any metropolitan areas. And let's be real, a hole in the ground (single entrance, single exit) is not sufficient for safety, so you would either need a series of connected bunkers with multiple entrances and exits with some concealed OR build the entrance to the bunker inside of a secured house inside of a secured compound. A real sense of security is expensive, but even with all of that, a major military power could turn your secure compound/home/bunker into a crater from an unmanned drone by pressing a button.

[@forcesightknight]

THAT is a very important topic. Every place has a different method, depending on the designer of the bunker. I myself, dug a hole and built my own with sand bags and barbed wire. My septic is planned to be a methane digester. That's the wisest way to use those nutrients. It turns to compost at some point. I'm thinking of using a sleep number bed for a gas bladder to store the methane. It's a work in progress. Its money that stop all forward movement. Semper Fidelis

[@mustipunyaemail]

@Malone's Cones Good Ice Cream i don't trust you.

[@jeremiasrobinson]

The "doctor" spent as much on guns and ammo as I spent buying my house.

[@gwydionrusso3206]

Actually there are many people such as doctors and lawyers in the preparedness community gun community and other such community’s because it’s so damn expensive I mean a good rifle can cost $2000 a single automatic weapon cost 30,000 licenses to manufacture automatic weapons cost hundreds of dollars a month

[@pixelfire6121]

Man, what have you been doing with your life? 😂

[@jeremiasrobinson]

@@gwydionrusso3206 How many more times can you use the word "community" in one sentence? Way to make perfect sense!

[@gwydionrusso3206]

@@jeremiasrobinson okay simplified version professions that make a lot of money also sometimes get into groups that cost a lot of money such as preparedness or firearms there is that better?

[@thatxonexguy5438]

@@gwydionrusso3206 a $2k rifle is going to be almost just as good as a $400 one in a survival or "SHTF" situation. Only areas a more expensive rifle would actually benefit you is if youre shooting really long range or in competitions where where having every bit of edge matters.

[@sometimesthereisnocoloraro108]

"everything you can have in a house, you can have in a bunker..." ... so excited about my nights sitting at terrace watching stars with a nice cold summer breeze during apocalypse... :)

[@Peleski]

So I built a secret dungeon under my home and people called me a psycho weirdo, but now I call it a prepper bunker and people are "welcome to our exclusive club".

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

I would build a house facade around my bunker, if I could buy one.

[@unbekanntunbekant4587]

If you Plan to build a Bunker underground then don't build it underneath a heavy house because if a bomb is thrown on there the house collapses and block the dor from the other side and then you can't get out anymore if your bunker is also out of metal you can't communicate to the outside they don't know where you are so they can't help and you will die alone in your bunker also if war is over or so because you can't get out anymore

[@undr_guv_surv]

@@unbekanntunbekant4587 there are many entrance/exit options including tank door 25/50 ton jacks which let you escape a flipped tank. If you have to money for a fake house, you're probably going to have a plan b exit tunnel built in as well which ideally has a lead doors built to withstand a tank blast and radiation

[@noahnoah2747]

@@undr_guv_surv that tank door thing is so cool tbh

[@undr_guv_surv]

@@noahnoah2747 ones with the big lead doors also can be equipped with thermal lances and hydro cutting systems that can cut through over a foot of solid lead. Some bunkers even have escape pods that can blow debris away from overhead while blasting into the air. Some of these are also designed to work underwater to resurface from below. Current tech has the best bunker systems set up to survive 500-800 years easily in terms of working systems I've heard of

[@UndergroundLiving]

We are renovating a bunker into a home.

[@bigslugga1663]

Probably the most american man on earth

[@tobene]

Making bank from the fear of others, the American way 🇺🇸

[@herbertant4096]

Yepp thats why, because 'MERICA 🇺🇸

[@misterbig9025]

You mean like Donald Trump?

[@Fisklina]

Yeah and not in a good way

[@herbertant4096]

@@Fisklina not really they offer servive and manufacturing

[@johnan26]

What if the decommissioned silo is still in the hit list of other nuclear power? Just thinking....

[@livefromvideo2948]

Haha, nice timing to recommend that video right now!

[@felixf4378]

Have these bunkers actually ever been seriously tested? Something tells me that most of these bunkers will fail in a doomsday scenario.

[@Void-by3ti]

They’re a sham lol. You can break into most with a toolkit. The only useful bunkers are for natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes. Nuclear bunkers are stupid. In a post nuclear world, military grade explosives will be easy to access, so even the most advanced of bunkers will be broken into with relative ease. Ironically enough, these loonies building shelters won’t survive long in a post apocalyptic world. Everyone and their mother will be after their holes in the ground filled to the brim with ammunition, food, purified water and weaponry. They’re a big target. They’re genuinely dumbasses if they think they’re going to be able to use up their 2 year or god knows how long supply of food and water before someone breaks into that bunker. They’re just glorified coffins

[@johnan26]

Maybe they should insurance their bunker to get their money back 😀

[@memezoffuckery3207]

If the hydrogen bomb is detonated literally on top of the nuclear bunker no, but if it’s in a remote area or anywhere away from the center of the explosion, it will most likely survive. It best to have nuclear bunkers if you live in the countryside, away from any military installations and etc.

[@memezoffuckery3207]

If you studied nuclear warfare, you’ll know that one bomb may not be just enough to eliminate an ICBM military post, in old Soviet declassified files, you’ll see more then 5 nukes invested in taking one military post, due to just how well bunkered and spread out the missiles are.

[@memezoffuckery3207]

You seem to think that the Chinese and Russians are going to waste hydrogen bombs to *surface* *detonate* every boogaloo hideout, when it’s far from it.

[@BattleManiac7]

Bunkers aside, I do think it's a good idea to be prepared to survive in an emergency for a few days. Storms and weather can knockout power, after all. If I lived in hurricane/typhoon regions I'd be prepared for more, just in case. Hell, if I lived in tornado country then I might think about a small shelter, just in case I can't run in time.

[@colbicolbiWTF]

idk how my grandma grew up in kansas lol she said it was often they were rushed into the cellar xD meanwhile my ass gets a little nervous when theres strong wind that might knock out the power lol... although to be fair that did happen and we went 9 days no power and snowed in and i got pneumonia and thought i was ganna die cause thats what kills everyone else with cerebral palsy i knew lol

[@MMMmyshawarma]

why would you live in the gulf or midwest

[@andrewjensen8189]

A tornado shelter costs a couple grand. These idiots are buying something for the never-to-happen apocalyps

[@kpsiex]

@@andrewjensen8189 With the way things are going with russia right now i'd really want a bunker right now lol

[@andrewjensen8189]

@@kpsiex Yeah as if anything significant is going to happen though... Either Russia doesnt invade, or they do and destroy western ukraine while nato sits by and sanctions them.

[@noire1001]

I dread to think what some of these bunkers will end up being used for.

[@benjaminflash1108]

Bdsm fantasy rooms :)

[@praetorianstride5948]

No one knows what the rich do. Be it abnormal human relations, or abuse on another level which ruins lives. Regardless, they aren’t doing anything to benefit the whole- with their inexhaustible waste of resources. They are demons.

[@PurpleCh4lk]

Vault-Tec

[@wirhly]

I kinda want to be prepped for something cuz last year here in texas our power went out and we could barely eat, lucky our media room kept us warm at night

[@sonicflash5090]

“Publicly i dont want anybody to know about it” -Goes on KZbin and tells 100k people lol

[@fernandodinis9234]

He also invites friends and family for a tour.

[@Hawky2947]

@@fernandodinis9234 You know he is highly intelligent doc- err, human.

[@meferswift]

@@fernandodinis9234 family and friends you can trust is somewhat safer than publicly open..

[@nehankaranch2149]

He's anonymous on youtube..

[@Don-ii4vm]

You dont know who he is or where the bunker is though....so thats not an issue. The problem is that he invites friends and family to tour..... who do they tell?

[@PachetePockets]

That former missile silo turned into rich people surivival condos is totally Tenpenny Tower from Fallout 3.

[@zhouye7647]

It's just a well build basement with steel panels nothing crazy.

[@HellAtlantic]

Well it’s hidden and covered by several feet of soil. What good is a basement when the house has been torn off or when intruders have broken into your house?

[@lindalee1743]

@@HellAtlantic that's what the guns are for.

[@TheLegend-jp1vg]

This felt like watching that scene from arrested development where Lindsey and Tobias are buying a house.

[@rubenchacko3444]

“$30,000 on guns and ammunition” WELCOME TO AMERICA

[@frog382]

Would be *o shit* moment if the fire caught up

[@humorss]

love it, sounds like few years worth of plinking. I started eating my canned food stock when the covid eased.

[@voidFutureVector]

You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers!

[@pollypissypants9872]

The worst a part about an apocalypse, is when it over, these people will represent what’s left of humanity.

[@bernhardstil6128]

Yep - that is the reason why I am completely fine with - in case such a time would come - my inevitably demise.

[@hhiippiittyy]

Nope. These bunkers wouldn't last long, and bunker busting would be pretty cut and paste.

[@Songs-lr4wt]

Dont worry, these rich people will also be gone..... as these bunker will rust with time... they need maintainance

[@laheylovesliquor4331]

@@hhiippiittyy you play too many video games

[@hhiippiittyy]

@@laheylovesliquor4331 Unless a bunker has ISS or military submarine level air scrubbers, and the people with the knowledge of how to maintain such systems with extremely limited resources, they would just become burried treasure. People survive in groups. You watch too many movies.

[@TheStanislavson]

Okay, the red X on the Scientology founder got me into liking your channel even more.

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

Is there anyone making impact proof- cyclone/flood safe bunker or maybe more accurately a shelter? That will be something much more worthwhile in terms of use for cost. If that can be done in a reasonable price for communities in low lying or coastal areas, countless people are going to invest in it without a doubt

[@mahbuddykeith1124]

The guy from Atlas does make a line called “Bombnado” shelters. I assume they would be sturdy enough.

[@AbiskarNiraula]

Imagine falling debris above the opening of the bunker and people trapped in there forever

[@thegeek1429]

1.3 million years later: Ancient weaponry found underground, archeologists are finding out model numbers of weapons.

[@msjdb723]

🤯

[@mac0771]

@@michaelthomas3105 what?... Amazon delivers those hydraulic jacks into a bunker sealed shut by debris in the middle of an apocalypse??

[@michaelthomas3105]

@@mac0771 NO, no, no, the idea is that you'd put the hydraulic jack from Amazon INSIDE the bunker FIRST before WWIII, so you could THEN escape after Armageddon and get killed 2 minutes later when angry people bang you on the head. outside. Have a great day. (Sunny here, not a mushroom cloud in sight... yet. ).

[@mac0771]

@@michaelthomas3105 understandable, have a great day!!

[@YoussefShawky]

imagine after spending millions on a bunker, a pandemic starts when you out of town

[@johnsmith23ist]

Right 🤦‍♂️

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

Just a WARNING to those that want to buy Bunkers. Make sure you know what you are Buying and how Reliable it is. this thing is going to be Buried, so you wont be able to fix it once its down there. use the HALT principle. (dont make a decision when you are Hungry, Angry(i would also add Afraid), Lonely, or Tired)

[@cctproductions6976]

So i cant decide what to eat?

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

@@cctproductions6976 dude. This question put me into an Existensial crisis. What is this Dillema?

[@Cheese-wg3cc]

"Why are literal homes, complete with movie theatres, swimming pools, saunas and rock climbing walls, expensive?"

[@chaouisifou3628]

You have to add an automatic oxygen constractor to the bunkers without it the bunkers seem useless

[@glep3570]

When you already know your clients are suckers, you can charge what you want.

[@eane7238]

They have 100s of thousands, you have no vids, no subs and can't use your real name for your channel. Who's the sucker?

[@gibusgaming]

​@@eane7238 The people watching and believing the scam artist.

[@johnree6106]

@@gibusgaming It's not a scam you are getting what you are paying for now while the cost is exaggerated because he's preying on fears of people now and knows he can charge more. It itself is not a scam a scam is not getting what they are offering.

[@glep3570]

@@eane7238 You are. When you live in fear, people will clean you out.

[@eane7238]

@@glep3570 who said I live in fear?

[@Avm371998]

An underground bunker with home cinema and swimming pool only being 4,5 million dollars is not too bad.

[@pablopablo3834]

Buying that from the government for $300,000 dollars seems like a steal. I'm not even a paranoid prepper but I think that would be cool to own and you could do a lot with it.

[@querube78]

"Why are bunkers so expensive?" Me: **laughs in blankets and pillows**

[@Kevin-rf5zh]

I can't imagine that I'd pay $4.5 million to be trapped for an indefinite period with 11 strangers. It's a good movie plot though. Gilligan's Island except that everyone is Thurston Howell and they're underground.

[@ryanricke2247]

I’m surprised that that hasn’t been made into a sitcom. You wouldn’t need to pay all that much for sets compared to other shows

[@joermnyc]

11 Mr. Howells? They’d be dead in a week.

[@kimmer6]

I hope there's air filtration. After one of my farts, Apartments 3-5 will be uninhabitable.

[@canye_eastproductions4547]

That would be an amazing slow paced show like 10 rich asshole families trapped in a luxurious buncer and what happens if selfish garbage people run out of food

[@D1KHEAD808]

Interesting choice of music, almost makes it seem like it’s a joke.

[@ObsidianStriker]

Anyone who does this is a joke.

[@frankpinmtl]

"People have a variety of fears" And we're going to make bank on that! Yee-haw!!

[@stealthassasin1day291]

"Better to have it, not need it than to need it and not have it." - What Hoarders Say

[@GuderII]

But he is right thou

[@bernhardstil6128]

If only they would think the same way about Healthcare

[@meferswift]

You mean lot of countries on earth with their oil reserves ?

[@plainlake]

@@GuderII Yeah, but you can say that about anything. You are gambling your money on terrible odds.

[@stefthorman8548]

@@plainlake the odds are pretty high, it even works for home intruders.

[@raytracer5726]

Preppers: "I can survive for years in this tiny tin can eating nothing but dog food" Also preppers: "You can't force me to stay home during world wide pandemic. I need my haircut, damn it!"

[@dread_nought]

Inaccurate, you're combining stereotypes of two different groups of people

[@Omalleyus]

Think you're confusing preppers with all the dems that were having biden parties in the streets without masks and peolsi who tried to shut down a salon for not cutting her nappy hair

[@Noface121]

@@Omalleyus You do realise that these anti-mask people are not "dems" or "conservatives" because their other political views are irrelevant, and that people from anywhere on that political spectrum will choose to wear masks or not. Gotta stop this ludicrous polarization, man. It's destroying politics and we're all getting shafted by it.

[@PutItAway101]

If I was waiting out the apocalypse in a bunker the last thing I'd want is a rock-climbing wall. Who's gonna fix your broken bones if you fall?

[@dingdongdaddy589]

You detach the broken limbs and eat them.

[@askewcat3209]

its simple you just use ctrl z

[@Seven_Leaf]

Always remember if someone wants inside and knows of it's location physical force is the only option to stop them if they have power tools and time.

[@ErgonBill]

The fear industry is huge!

[@joshuagrahm3607]

Give it a couple decades, and they might be right. US intelligence services publishes a report for the president once every term that outlines mid to long term projections of world events. 2020 was the first time in a long while that they said that basically we were fucked no matter what going forward and wars between superpowers was not out of the question. It’s called global trends 2040, pdf is available online

[@vintagetears2416]

I’ve always wanted a bunker of my own since a child 😂 You’re cozy inside while the world outside is on fire

[@trentproctor3073]

That guy was really selling his pitch on those bunkers he had me hooked

[@DemarcusQ]

Everything is actually cheap it’s just ends up expensive cause nobody can do things for themselves anymore and give builders a reason to charge the next person their arm & leg

[@silvanbreeder6501]

Having to the stay in a boxe like a animal in a cage knowing that the humanity/natural world is whiped out and I'll have to wear a hazmat suit to go for a walk sounds worst than death to me

[@lilitharam44]

Exactly.

[@baddriversofthenorcalarea500]

Except you already life in a box, just a different kind. I would buy one of these as a "Man cave" kind of deal if I had the money. Also doubles as life support if the world ends!

[@peiran3058]

@@bagsinsight "weakness." -Jo Mama, 2021

[@BenBrrown]

The only way I see these being useful are during tornadoes or a hurricane. Anything else is just ridiculous.

[@biggiezoinks7583]

Government war against its people, riots, volcanic eruption. Many things

[@udaloy117]

Yes they are not designed for a nuclear blast these shelters were made to be protect from the fallout

[@kebruya]

Civil unrest, chemical warfare, nukes, virus outbreak...

[@sepulcrumsumus8909]

2 years ago, the idea of a global pandemic killing over 4,2 million people would sound ridiculous too. The thing is that, in times of peace and stability, people can often forget how bad things can get.

[@thebigpicture2032]

Likely they would end up being someone’s tomb in a nuke or asteroid blast or a good cache of weapons and food for organized survivors with cutting equipment and stun grenades.

[@ihateurmom]

My grandpa had a neighbor who buried a shipping container in his backyard. The guy was buddies with my grandpa and he even helped the guy finish it. The dude died a few years later and when the house and bunker was cleared out, me and my uncle asked the realtor if we could check out the bunker. Haha, she was like "What bunker?"

[@dallebull]

The best thing with selling bunkes is that noone can complain if they don't work.

[@XenXenOfficial]

Man if I could own a 4.5 million dollar survival shelter I'd cry myself to sleep with happiness

[@theRPGmaster]

I'd rather take the money to use for something else, 4.5M is too damn expensive for a bunker.

[@hasibulalam3367]

Unfortunately, people who can afford thes are the same exact people who are creating these situations.

[@marlougerona8479]

ahhhhh the very irony of it all

[@Kaice88]

when they said Ron Hubbard I was like "umm... what?" lol I was so confused

[@davidsewell3457]

I am definitely looking to get one of these but it must come outfitted with a small jamaican town,a reggae dance hall,a waterfall, a Jerk chicken & Jerk pork stand, a fry fish and bammy stand,a white sand beach in a cove, a wite Rum distribution centre,a Jamaican beef Patty stand,a Poco Church,One obeah man brukk dung yard , a lotto shop,a plot of land fi plant de ting,and some grung food, a breadfruit tree, an Ackee tree, some where to tie my goats,....some where to burn my garbage and a peephole fi hear what my neighbors are saying, oh mi need a clothes line in the back yard and a few more tingz.

[@MrNullifier]

I'm not surprised when people start buying laser cannons for the impending alien invasion

[@zeronamenata4757]

Well, it’s impossible to dodge a laser

[@socialreject2156]

I know i would if i have the money, i would consider anyone who doesn't want a laser cannon the weird one

[@meferswift]

They should.

[@deadringer2349]

As soon as I read the title, "ATLAS bunker guy" came into mind. Wasnt disappointed. 👍

[@UndergroundLiving]

Yeah. I’m surprised Ron hasn’t announced this

[@josephlim2567]

1:40 That didn't age well

[@beepboop9848]

How so

[@siimtokke3461]

The same 13.2 million Americans who said that they have plans and provisions in place to survive a month or more without power and running water are the same ones who started to complain less than 7 days into a lockdown that they can't go get their hair cut.

[@Mike__B]

Narrator : He's got a back log of a year even though the cost of materials have increased 15 to 20 percent Guy building : The cost of wood tripled, the cost of steel tripled, the cost of gas doubled. Me : hmmm... math.

[@plainlake]

The guy knows how to sell

[@JonatasAdoM]

That's how he's explaining the price hike. "you see, the price of everything has tripled! I'm already giving you a discount here."

[@ataphelicopter5734]

Wood went up about 25% during the first lockdown, steel has only gone up by 50% over the past decade

[@apinecone2753]

well the guy building is right, the video commentary is not. althought it could be an average increase over the year, or average across the nation. we needed plywood at work for some projects and that shit was almost 9x more expensive in june/july 2020 than anytime in 2019

[@ricardosoto5750]

Honestly smart he’s taking advantage of idiots who are willing to pay thousands for things they don’t need inside a bunker.

[@siddharthsingh7933]

Ikr 😆

[@paulgrove1407]

I took a look at their websites and have no words for it. A number of former soldiers have told me that the phrase Military Grade should scare the crap out of me. As for the converted Atlas Silo - to be a fly on the wall after they've been in there for 6 months.

[@davidrenton]

the problem with these bunkers, they get built, how often are they serviced. They might work out of the box, 10 years down the line, is your water, electrical systems, air filtration systems working. This is like owning a car , not using it for 10 years and expecting it to work without maintenance. The only time they will tested it is when they are needed, which isn't the best. The other problem expect people to know exactly where they are (i.e the contractors who built it for starters), they might not be able to get in, but they can make sure you can't get out

[@parthmistry1076]

People paying big bucks for fully stocked, impenetrable homes "just in case", while somewhere else around the world, people's primary home has water shortage and not enough food to go around. The world is so imbalanced.

[@jumbowana]

The devs are playing around currently with a patch that would level the playing field for 99% of the server.

[@roanlancephil9915]

Life is full of inequality. Some have more, some have less. It is natural.

[@eane7238]

So what? Are you a child? Is inequality a new concept for you?

[@parthmistry1076]

@@eane7238 I was only stating the irony. You do not have to be a child for that.

[@stefthorman8548]

@@parthmistry1076 this is what you sound like "there are people living in caves, and somewhere else they live in houses, the world is so unbalanced"

[@vardenfell971]

ron is the kind of guy that buys the most expensive thing on the market. im more of a price vs performance guy. what i buy will work just the same but a whole lot cheaper. imma build my own

[@Omgitsmario100]

Was Ron looking directly into the arc when that guy was welding? Lmfao

[@penngwinn]

The doctor has built a bunker with $30k worth of guns and ammo, but no kitchen yet. So priorities are in check for sure. There's a kitchen in the house after all. Food can be made in there while he's playing in his little fort with his guns and ammo waiting to use it.

[@morgantully6424]

Exactly. Who tf is he gonna be fighting? He has a bunker to avoid fighting.

[@matrix9452]

I'm surprised it exists an president of the National Storm Shelter Association.

[@whosbrian4071]

This is making me want to have a bunker in every state.

[@KidDynamite6]

just bought property in sylva nc mountainland me and my lady are researching and are going to go with atlas bunkers our budget is 400k for shelter equipment and weapons i want it to be very high end ill come in with my people and redesign the interior..going to put it with an entrance leading for a small modular home my company will build the house over it so instead of a nice 350-400k house im going to spend most on the survival facility aspect

[@Traitorman.14.3]

No need for a bunker. Get a hand pump. A long length of hose. A portable welder/cutter. A heat sensitive camera. In case of an apocalyptic event… Locate the exhaust of a bunker with the help of the camera. Locate the door(s) and weld shut. Fill the bunker with water using the pump. Wait. Open the bunker and enjoy the stash.