A billionaire built a bunker to “save himself from the apocalypse” and the result shocked everyone

imagine doomsdayin which humanity’s survival hangs by a thread, a resource widely used by creative industries to create products that help people visualize these moments.

However, and beyond science fiction films, following horror literature or urban legends there were minds that conceived the destruction of man as something real and, moreover, as potential and near,

Some ideas, sometimes considered trivial or fatalistic, assume the worst, so they They strategize in a dire situation in which the survival of humanity hangs in the balance,

is one of the cases Larry HallA former United States government contractor who, in an effort to save his skin in the foreseeable future, devised a plan The luxury condominium is designed for the survival of whoever lives in it, in the event of a scenario of total loss of life on Earth.

hall goal Build a one-of-a-kind fort with all the amenities and guaranteed security Against terrorist attacks, wars, social calamities and natural calamities.

The first complex began to develop in the state of Kansas since 2010 and Its initial cost was $20 million.then back. The pandemic expanded the project outside its country of origin, to sites in Asia and Europe; Which continents will have their own VIP bunker.

The condominium called Survival has an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters in addition to having sufficient provisioning capacity (water and food).So that residents can live for five years or more, according to British newspaper information Sun.

Similarly people living there can bring their own food, “If residents want to bring their own food, they can do that too; There are cold rooms, so, for example, if we’re going to be closed for seven years, we can bring in seven turkeys to save for Thanksgiving,” Hall explained to the British newspaper.

Survivability is able to withstand the shock of a 20 kiloton nuclear bomb blast (Approximate power of the one dropped on Nagasaki at the end of World War II), which detonated less than a kilometer away.

it is possible thanks The condominium is made of a special cement that can be bent without fracturing after receiving the shock wave.

The complex has 14 floors built 70 meters underground. Similarly, there is an apartment on each floor. The place also has a 75-metre pool, spa, sauna, golf and shooting range, park, supermarket, medical centre, classrooms, aquaponics laboratory and virtual windows for captive handling.

The project, through its official page, has three offers that accommodate the extras and benefits that the buyer prefers:

,The goal is to protect the residents from a wide range of world-ending threats.From a nuclear war to a pandemic, the impact of a meteorite and civil unrest,” Hall told the aforementioned outlet.

“These are luxury bunkers reinforced with nuclear technology designed to protect any occupants Both physically and mentally,” he concluded.

* by Juan Martin Herrera

Weather (Colombia)