Inside the booming business of bomb and survival shelters
Bomb and survival shelters are all the rage right now, and NewsNation visited a top-secret development in northeast Texas to get a close-up look.
These underground bunkers offer homeowners a place to go in the event of nuclear fallout, civil war, pandemics and natural disasters and are strategically attached to their existing home.
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The particular survival shelter visited by NewsNation is still under construction, but when finished, it will feature 10-foot-tall ceilings, home theaters and working bathrooms and plumbing.
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NewsNation was only allowed access to the shelter on the condition that it keep its location a secret.
Ark Industries builder and developer John Brinkman told NewsNation there is a great need for secrecy when it comes to survival shelters.
'If you have a safe in your house, you don't want to advertise that you have a safe in your house. … The simple fact of the matter is, if you have it, there's no real reason for everyone to know,' he said.
NewsNation also went behind the scenes with bunker manufacturer Atlas Survival Shelters, who currently have a backorder of six months. The bunkers are premade and placed into the ground thereafter, costing the everyday American around $25,000.
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However, NewsNation is told the ultrawealthy are the most frequent purchasers, with clients ranging from celebrities to members of President Trump's Cabinet.
'The world's elites are getting bunkers, and most of the billionaires, if they don't have a bunker, they are probably getting one right now,' Rob Hubbard of Atlas Survival Shelters told NewsNation.
'It's not that they are worried about an immediate scare or something imminent, they just know there are people out there who have feelings different than you and I might have about the future, and they want to be prepared for that,' he added.
Brinkman told NewsNation he's already received approval and plans to place shelters in 60 to 90 homes across northeast Texas.
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