Researchers at Stanford University say that unless a lengthy warning period is provided, clogged exit roads would pose more significant risks by exposing evacuees to radiation than if people were to remain in place at the center of large buildings or in basements, a release from the Society for Risk Analysis says.
Study says sheltering better [...]

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Israeli defence force is mapping out locations in major cities to build shelters to accommodate its civilians in case of chemical or biological military strikes, according to local media.
‘Israel is preparing to set up additional large underground spaces which will be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people and protect them from unconventional weaponry,’ [...]

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Vivos underground shelter complex for up to 4,000 people in 20 nationwide locations. One year of autonomous survival and life assurance in a fully stocked, blast proof, hardened, underground bunker network for the next Earth devastating catastrophe, terrorist attack, nuclear strike or even complete economic meltdown and widespread social anarchy. The government has their own [...]

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If doomsday shelters are making a comeback, do these people know something that we don’t? Yes!
There are signs that underground shelters, almost-forgotten relics of the Cold War era, are making a comeback.
The Vivos network, which offers partial ownerships similar to a timeshare in underground shelter communities, is one of several ventures touting escape from a [...]

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Switzerland may be famous for its banks, but not many people know about the one that lies hidden underneath the Alps. The cavernous underground vault, which is protected round-the-clock by armed men in black fatigues and has blast- and bullet-proof doors, is strong enough to withstand terrorist attacks and natural disasters. But when it was [...]

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Now why is Moscow concerned about a nuclear attack? The West is reducing its nuclear arsenal and getting weaker by the day. The West is defenseless in the face of a nuclear attack in terms of protecting its population. It has few bunkers and many of those have degraded with time.
China is also expending a [...]

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Deep in the Mojave Desert, a real estate entrepreneur is counting on a big catastrophe. He’s planning to build a string of luxury disaster shelters, with the first set to open near Barstow by next year. Investors think it’s their best hope in the event of a massive natural disaster, terrorist attack or worse.
Doomsday Bunkers [...]

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The bunker-building boom began back in 1971, when the U.S.-Soviet arms race was yielding megaton bombs and all sorts of horror scenarios. It was then that the Swiss government passed a law that said, essentially, “for every Swiss, a shelter.” It became the Swiss version of the American right to bear arms: the right to [...]

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Here is a city that has mandated bomb shelters in all Singaporean homes built since 1998. I’m really impressed.
”We don’t call it a bomb shelter,” says Cindy Lim, whose Singapore city apartment has one of the ”housing shelters” that have been mandated by law in all Singaporean homes built since 1998. ”We call it the [...]

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Lisa Bedford is one of the new survivalists. She’s a normal mom, but is very concerned about the things she’s seeing. Her family is preparing for the worst.
Do you have a sense that something is wrong? Are you thinking that you need some kind of survival kit for an emergency?
If you feel that you [...]

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