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Welcome to this edition of Time Suck

1:44

Short Sucks. Today we're exploring the bizarre

1:47

and decadent, but also sometimes kind of

1:49

awesome world of luxury

1:51

doomsday bunkers. And what

1:53

exactly is a luxury doomsday bunker? Well,

1:55

a good doomsday bunker is five things. Self-sufficient,

1:58

airtight, last, resistant,

2:01

unbreachable, and secluded. And

2:03

a good luxury, Doomsday Bunker, as the

2:06

name suggests, adds one more vital

2:08

attribute to that list. Grandeur. After

2:10

all, what's the point of surviving the

2:12

apocalypse if you can't do it in

2:14

comfort and style? Words

2:17

and ideas can change the world. I hated

2:19

her, but I wanted to love my mother.

2:21

I have a dream. I'm pleased not guilty

2:23

right now. Your only chance is to leave

2:26

with I. Let's

2:29

say the apocalypse goes, be it, by

2:31

the way, of nuclear war, ecological collapse,

2:35

alien invasion, Terminator style, annihilation

2:37

by artificial intelligence and robotics,

2:39

turning against humanity, God

2:41

fighting the devil, another pandemic, or

2:44

whatever you think is going to do the

2:46

trick, where will you go? Do

2:48

you have a place in mind? A plan? I do.

2:50

I mean, come on. I was born and raised

2:52

in North Idaho. Of course, I have a

2:55

Doomsday Plan. I don't think there

2:57

actually will be a Doomsday in my lifetime, but just

2:59

in case there is, I have a loose plan. And

3:02

yes, it involves a remote piece of private land, access

3:04

to clean water, a lot of dry goods, a whole

3:06

bunch of guns. And no, I'm never going

3:09

to tell any of you where it is or give

3:11

any solid clues because if shit really goes down, I'm

3:14

going to need to circle the wagons real

3:16

tight and maybe even kill a few peripheral

3:18

family members who I know will also be

3:20

heading to the same place, who will not

3:22

be useful at all, will only be a

3:24

burden when it comes

3:26

to rationing, our limited supplies, fighting off marauders

3:28

and bandits. Sorry, what's your

3:30

plan? Will you hunker down

3:32

in a remote cabin in the woods with enough weapons

3:35

to arm a small military? Will you

3:37

just head downstairs, hide away in your basement

3:39

with your PS5 and some snacks? Hope it

3:41

all just blows over. Will you head to

3:43

the nearest metropolis to party and drink and

3:45

do all the drugs you've never tried and

3:47

die from an overdose instead of radiation poisoning

3:49

or starvation or murder? You

3:52

run to Costco and fight strangers for toilet

3:54

paper and Advil and Palace macaroni and cheese,

3:57

drive to Canada and attempt to shoot your way in if they try

3:59

to kill you. and stop you at the border.

4:01

Be nervous. If there's a

4:03

doomsday situation, Canada, be real nervous. You

4:05

have a lot of remote land, a lot of clean water.

4:08

And as you know, we Americans are probably the

4:10

craziest motherfuckers on earth. We're armed to the

4:13

teeth, and many of us see laws

4:15

as mere suggestions. We run a risk

4:17

versus reward assessment when it comes to the value of breaking

4:19

them versus the price we'll have to pay if we get

4:21

caught. And if there's a doomsday situation, fuck

4:24

consequences. Laws are

4:26

irrelevant. Law and order is dead and

4:28

gone. Or instead of

4:30

rushing some border in a desperate half-cocked

4:32

loose plant, we just quietly

4:34

sneak on over to that secret subterranean

4:37

penthouse you had built by

4:39

some contractor who signed an NDA and

4:41

ride out Armageddon by the pool, getting

4:43

tanned by sun simulating lights, watching movies

4:45

in your state-of-the-art theater, relaxing

4:47

in the sauna, climbing on the rock

4:50

wall to stay active, looking away from your gym, eating

4:52

fresh-grown produce and farmed fish every day

4:54

while the rest of the world is

4:56

buried alive under volcanic ash or

4:59

being bombarded by thermonuclear bombs or attacked

5:01

by angry aliens or naughty demons or

5:03

something. Sounds more like

5:05

something out of a dystopian sci-fi movie than

5:07

it does real life, right? Well, for

5:09

some, a scenario like this actually

5:12

seems to be a realistic possibility. There

5:14

are people out there who have already spent a lot of money

5:17

and taken the time to make a lot of preparations

5:19

for how to ride out and maybe even survive what

5:21

will be the end times and final days for most.

5:25

Early in the 2000s, or since early

5:27

in the 2000s, thank you Y2K Scare,

5:30

the market for luxury doomsday bunkers has been

5:32

steadily expanding and every year more

5:35

and more companies that sell extravagantly deluxe

5:37

survival shelters are appearing on the

5:39

marketplace. While this market

5:41

has been growing, the clientele demographic these

5:43

companies sell to still unsurprisingly remains very,

5:45

very small. This is because only

5:48

the top 1% of the top

5:51

1% can afford a luxury doomsday

5:53

bunker. They cost anywhere from

5:55

about one and a half million to

5:58

somewhere around 400 million dollars. That's

6:00

right, a cool 400 mil. Very

6:03

few can afford that. The hyper

6:05

exclusivity of luxury doomsday bunkers is also

6:08

part of their allure. After

6:10

all, in a lot of apocalyptic scenario predictions,

6:13

only a select few can survive. Resources

6:16

are so limited. You don't want a

6:18

lot of competition for those resources. Although

6:20

luxury bunkers with pools and saunas are a new

6:23

phenomenon, the concept of a bunker in itself is

6:25

something that has been around for almost all of

6:27

human history. Going back to

6:29

antiquity, a bunker was just a

6:31

natural formation, like a cave, where

6:34

someone could hide their possessions and loved

6:36

ones away from conflict, invaders, simple

6:39

environmental dangers. The concept

6:41

of a true end times, or near end

6:43

times bunker, being something that we build,

6:46

that's very recent. This idea didn't really

6:48

gain traction until near the end of World War II. Living

6:52

under the shadow of the Cold War and the advent of the

6:54

atomic bomb for the first time in human history, more

6:56

people than ever were thinking about the

6:58

realistic possibility of a near extinction event.

7:02

Governments starting construction on projects larger

7:05

and larger, subterranean shelters to protect

7:07

citizens in the event of this

7:10

attack became a real phenomenon. To

7:12

protect a few citizens, the most wealthy

7:14

and powerful citizens. Similarly,

7:16

it was also during this period that

7:18

bunkers built specifically to protect political and

7:20

elite, excuse me, started popping up, followed

7:23

closely by elites outside of politics.

7:26

One of the most famous examples of an early

7:28

massive government bunker is Canada's

7:31

Diefenbunker, which was

7:33

commissioned and I hope to God named

7:35

by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in

7:37

1959. The Diefenbaker Diefenbunker.

7:41

The Diefenbunker was just one of the

7:43

many emergency government headquarters built in Canada

7:45

during the period. Unlike

7:47

the others, it was intended solely for members of the

7:49

federal government. The construction

7:52

was a top secret operation and known

7:54

internally by the codename Project

7:57

Emergency Army Signals Establishment.

8:01

The site remained in operation for 32 years after

8:03

it was completed in 1961. Nowadays

8:06

it serves as Canada's Cold War Museum. According

8:09

to the museum's website, the Diefenbunker is made

8:11

of 32,000 cubic yards of hand-poured concrete

8:15

and 5,000 tons of steel. It

8:19

is an extraordinary marvel of engineering and built to

8:21

withstand a 5 megaton nuclear

8:23

blast from 1.8 kilometers away. This

8:27

had lasted about 250 times more

8:30

powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and

8:32

Nagasaki in 1945. Inside

8:35

is a small, fully equipped hospital that

8:38

includes rooms to quarantine people exposed to dangerous

8:40

levels of radiation. There is a

8:42

war cabinet room where the government's leading

8:44

officials could meet and try to run whatever was

8:46

left of the country. There is

8:48

a communication room where officials had a direct

8:51

line to NORAD officials in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

8:53

The North American Aerospace Defense Command combined

8:56

organization of the US and Canada that

8:59

provides aerospace warning air sovereignty and protection

9:01

for Canada and the continental US in

9:04

dire times. There was a

9:06

room for what would have been one of the most powerful

9:08

computers in the world, one that you could

9:10

have built in the early 60s, probably not as powerful as a phone

9:13

now. A bunch of other

9:15

governmental offices connected to some pretty spartan

9:17

bedrooms, massive cafeteria capable of providing

9:19

fresh food for up to 600 people

9:22

for the first week. After that week,

9:24

there were military rations capable of feeding those 600 people

9:26

for an additional 23 days,

9:28

so just a month at

9:30

max capacity. There was

9:32

also a massive vault capable of storing up to

9:34

800 tons of gold protected

9:37

by a 13 ton blast door. Very

9:39

cool, but not nearly as cool as

9:42

modern luxury bunkers. In

9:44

the 2000s, as I mentioned, the world of

9:47

bunkers underwent a massive facelift, both literally and

9:49

figuratively. Some bunker experts attribute

9:51

the change to the culmination of two things, the

9:53

end of the Cold War and the runaway wealth

9:55

of the world's elite. With

9:58

the threat of nuclear World War III scenario. reduced

10:00

thanks to the mad doctrine of

10:02

mutually assured destruction, the

10:04

thousands of government bill bunkers all around the

10:06

world suddenly became less important to maintain, and

10:09

no government started selling some of these things off.

10:12

For the ones that weren't abandoned and left

10:14

to ruin, they were either converted to museums

10:17

slash historical sites, deconstructed for materials, or purchased

10:19

by private owners. In

10:21

2008, property developer Larry

10:23

Hall purchased a former US government

10:25

missile silo near the little 5,000 person

10:28

town of Concordia in the middle of

10:30

nowhere Kansas for $300,000, then

10:33

sunk nearly 20 million more into

10:36

it to turn it into a luxury

10:38

subterranean end of the world upside down

10:40

condo building. Pretty

10:42

amazing to watch some videos on this thing. As

10:44

one NPR article put it, what Hall

10:46

realized was that there was a certain kind of buyer out

10:48

there who will be willing to spend

10:51

about 3 million for an apartment underground, or one

10:54

and a half million for half an apartment. A

10:57

missile silo also known as a nuclear silo or launch

10:59

facility is a vertical cylindrical

11:01

structure built underground for the safe storage

11:03

and launching of a large ballistic missile.

11:06

This one goes down roughly 200 feet, 197 feet,

11:10

to be precise below the Earth's surface.

11:13

And because it was built to withstand the launch

11:15

of a fucking nuclear warhead, and also to keep

11:17

enemies from destroying the silo, the structure and similar

11:20

structures are to say the least, virtually

11:22

indestructible and impenetrable. The

11:25

specific silo that Survival Condo is located in was

11:27

constructed in the 1960s, during the

11:30

Cold War was built to house a missile 100 times

11:33

more powerful than the bomb dropped

11:35

on Nagasaki, and also to

11:37

keep any enemies from ever accessing a missile that

11:39

powerful. Although the interior of

11:41

the missile silo has been completely renovated to

11:44

provide the utmost luxury and protection for its

11:46

occupants from the outside, the Survival

11:48

Condo complex still resembles

11:50

a top secret military facility. According

11:53

to their website, Survival Condo has

11:55

combined cutting edge innovations with the

11:58

utmost comfort and luxury. to

12:00

offer you an unparalleled ownership opportunity,

12:03

the Survival Condo Experience. When

12:05

it comes to safeguarding your future, nothing

12:07

even comes close. We invite you

12:09

to embark on a journey with us where

12:11

safety meets sophistication and where luxury meets peace

12:14

of mind. Your extraordinary survival

12:16

living experience awaits. Around

12:19

the perimeter of the Survival Condo property is

12:21

an impenetrable concrete fence laden with security

12:23

cameras and patrolled by armed guards. The

12:26

residential structure itself has a total square footage of 54,000

12:28

feet, has

12:31

15 floors. You enter the facility

12:33

on the top floor, top level, floor one,

12:36

which is the only one of the 15 levels that

12:38

is not subterranean. You enter through

12:41

a 16,000-pound steel-reinforced bomb-proof concrete

12:44

door. On floor

12:46

one, you'll find, in addition to the complex's

12:48

only entrance slash exit, a garage,

12:50

big garage with one parking spot, you know,

12:52

reserved for each of the apartments and a

12:54

recreation center. Gotta have somewhere to park

12:56

that mad max-mobile during the end times. Recreation

12:59

center is complete with a 24-foot climbing

13:01

wall, a pet park, yeah,

13:03

it's pet-friendly, or it's an apocalypse without,

13:06

you know, your sweet little pets. Gotta

13:08

bring Penny Pooper, Dee Dee Dee Dee, little

13:10

ginger bell, into the silo,

13:12

there's an arcade. Oh, fuck yeah, bro, Play-Lo Street

13:14

Fighter II. While the world

13:16

crumbles outside, indoor shooting range where inhabitants can fire

13:19

anything from a handgun to a .308 caliber

13:22

sniper rifle to stay sharp for

13:24

inevitable zombie and roving death cult attacks.

13:27

And a resort-style saltwater pool so you

13:29

can relax and unwind after fending off

13:32

said zombies and death cult members. But

13:35

why isn't that shit underground? What about the aliens, the radiation,

13:37

the demons? Not happy

13:39

about this layout. Should've put all that

13:41

on the lowest level so you can still enjoy it when the

13:43

world completely has fallen apart. Full-size

13:46

swimming pool and survival condo was placed on

13:48

the surface to trick the eye into thinking

13:50

it's not an apocalypse bunker,

13:52

some kind of high-end, very secure resort. Okay,

13:56

all right, that makes sense, actually, it's pretty smart. Covering

13:58

the walls of the pool area is a mess. massive floor to ceiling

14:01

mural of beach and jungle landscapes. I went into

14:03

the pool itself as a built in waterslide. I

14:06

got to get some slides in through the apocalypse with

14:08

three miniature waterfalls pouring out of the simulated

14:10

rock structure. Floor around the

14:12

pool is painted to look like sand in

14:14

one quarter. The smattering of beach chairs and

14:17

outdoor table complete with a little red umbrella poking out of it.

14:19

Like you just, you know, you just fucking have to vacation in

14:21

Hawaii or to heat or something. Pool

14:23

was kept at a constant 82 degrees. Also

14:26

has its own system for continually sterilizing and

14:28

refilling the water. One

14:30

floor below the recreation hall is the

14:33

mechanical level, excuse me, where all the

14:35

energy, electricity, filtration, and disposal systems are

14:38

held and maintained below that you'll

14:40

find this food storage level, uh,

14:42

which owner Larry Hall said he built to

14:44

resemble a miniature whole food supermarket. One

14:47

room on the food store level containing all the

14:49

imperishables, uh, does sort of look like whole foods. If

14:52

whole foods only sold gigantic canned goods,

14:56

some of the delicious treats you'll find amongst

14:58

the rows and rows of shelves in this

15:00

room are freeze dried, scrambled egg powder, uh,

15:02

dehumidified strawberries, and all the canned goods

15:04

are certified to last over 35 years. Also

15:07

located on this level is an aquaculture

15:10

facility to raise fish and

15:12

a hydroponic system to grow tomatoes,

15:14

onions, various lettuces, kale, blackberries, blueberries,

15:16

and much more. Next

15:18

floor down is the medical bay, which has

15:20

its own registered pharmacy and enough storage space

15:22

to stock up to seven years worth of

15:24

medication for each resident. The next

15:27

seven floors below the mini hospital are all residential.

15:29

There are 12 individual units at

15:31

survival condo and the maximum

15:34

capacity of the entire complex is 75

15:36

people. Nine of the apartments have already

15:38

sold. I'll leave in just three

15:40

currently on the market as I record this, two half

15:42

floor units and one full floor, only one full floor

15:44

left. Get in quick. That

15:46

full floor units price has recently been reduced

15:49

to only 2 million, $400,000

15:52

plus a monthly condo maintenance fee of

15:54

down now, just around $5,250. Just a small

15:56

maintenance fee of 63,000. The

16:01

good news is that if the apocalypse really hits, you

16:04

don't have to pay it anymore because who's going

16:06

to enforce collection? The world's governments will

16:08

have all collapsed. Currency will be worthless.

16:10

Bullets and food will be the new

16:12

dollars. The

16:15

18 or 1,820 square foot full

16:17

floor apartment has a maximum occupancy of 10

16:19

people, boasts three bedrooms, two bathrooms,

16:21

a dining room and a living room. It actually

16:23

does look really nice. There's a little video tour

16:25

you can find on YouTube. The

16:28

Deluxe Survival apartment also includes four LED big

16:30

screens, full spectrum

16:32

LED lighting, state of the art washer and

16:34

dryer, high end flooring, gotta have high end

16:37

flooring in the apocalypse, an

16:39

electronic fireplace, a jacuzzi tub in

16:42

the primary bath so you can

16:44

fucking relax, read a book while people are

16:46

being torn apart, sits outside

16:48

the silo complex by fucking aliens

16:50

or something, luxury bath pictures, elevator

16:52

stairwell access to all floors. But

16:56

if any of that shit breaks, what's going to happen?

16:58

What if that shit breaks a few months into whatever hell

17:00

on earth scenario, setting underground? Who's going to be around to

17:02

fix it? It's a very

17:04

good question I think and it's not sufficiently addressed on

17:06

their frequently asked questions page. Better

17:09

hope one of the silo tenants is a damn

17:11

good handyman. The shit might go off

17:13

the rails real quick. The website

17:15

also states that the unit comes with a

17:17

state of the art kitchen with sub-zero refrigerator,

17:20

asco dishwasher, wolf, dual

17:22

fuel, electric and propane, professional range,

17:25

range, oven, wolf microwave

17:27

oven, and wolf professional ventilation, hood

17:29

and granite countertop. As

17:32

well as a state of the art

17:34

Creston home automation system with structured wiring

17:36

throughout including closed circuit security camera viewing,

17:39

digital weather station access, smoke and

17:41

carbon monoxide detectors, satellite TV feed,

17:44

and public and private internet access. And

17:47

finally, for simulated view electronic

17:49

windows, the windows have high

17:52

definition camera feeds that

17:54

provide lifelike outdoor views complete with varying

17:56

light levels that reflect the time of

17:58

day, creating a normal. living experience as

18:00

if you were above ground and that actually is pretty

18:02

cool. When you watch the video, they just have

18:05

some kind of cameras up top of the silo and

18:07

so whatever's going on outside, it appears

18:09

like you're looking out your window and seeing that even if you're

18:11

200 feet underground. The

18:13

half floor units have similar amenities and

18:15

appliances. Only they have just 940 square

18:17

feet of living space, max

18:20

occupancy of five people, two bedrooms

18:22

and one bathroom. Speaking of bathrooms, interesting

18:25

to note that Survival Condo is a toilet

18:27

paper free facility. All toilets

18:29

are bidets because the

18:31

amount of space needed to store five years worth of toilet paper

18:33

for each of the 75 residents would

18:35

take up an entire floor of silo.

18:39

Smart. Anyway, the

18:41

half units of the Survival Condo are going for only 1.3

18:44

million plus a monthly maintenance fee of

18:46

just $2,625. I

18:49

mean, it's a steal. Below

18:51

the seven residential floors is the classroom and

18:53

library level. According to Hall,

18:55

all the apartment owners at Survival Condo have

18:58

two things in common. They are

19:00

all multimillionaires and they all have children.

19:03

Because of this, the classroom level on floor

19:05

12 is totally decked out with highly advanced technology

19:07

to ensure in the event of the apocalypse

19:10

that the kids, you know, still get an education. I don't

19:13

know what they're going to need it for, but they're still

19:15

going to get something. On this

19:17

level, kids between the ages of kindergarten through

19:19

12th grade can take self-guided lessons on brand

19:21

new iMac computers or Perus library. The

19:24

computers are also enabled to Skype function where the

19:26

students living in the silo will be able to

19:28

video chat with kids, excuse me, living

19:31

at another Survival Condo silo, which

19:33

has only been recently, construction

19:35

has just recently started. Not sure who that

19:37

one is. Top secret. Even as

19:40

the Wi-Fi around the rest of the world goes to shit,

19:42

residents will still be able to surf the net kind of

19:45

while giving a video tour of the complex Hall tells

19:47

an interviewer that when you buy a unit at Survival

19:49

Condo, and this actually is really smart, you

19:51

fill out a form list and all your interests, keywords

19:54

related to your interests are then fed into

19:56

an AI system that scans the internet downloads

19:58

every website that mentions them. into

20:00

massive hard drives stored at the facility. Below

20:03

the classroom is the lounge level with

20:06

a bar and a movie theater. Wonder

20:08

if they have all 11 seasons of The Walking

20:10

Dead on DVD. The

20:13

movie room has four rows of recliner seats and

20:15

a projector screen akin to those you see in

20:17

home theaters around America. The screen

20:19

is hooked up to a media database with over 3000 movies

20:21

to choose from. Not

20:23

a lot of info on the bar, guests in stock with some

20:25

shit better than Old Crow. No. Better

20:28

than bitch whiskey. Below that level is the

20:30

last living space of the survival condo of

20:32

the gym. The sub-training workout facility

20:34

is furnished with a treadmill, an elliptical

20:36

trainer, an exercise bike, dumbbell

20:39

racks, benches, lat pull-down machine, cable

20:41

machine, rowing machine, and more. You

20:43

gotta get fucking ripped during the

20:45

apocalypse. The wall is the gym decorated with

20:48

the mix of NFL team logos, life-size cutouts

20:50

of professional athletes including hockey player Patrick Kane,

20:53

soccer star, former soccerer David Beckham, basketball's

20:56

Dwight Howard, football's Tom Brady. Right?

20:58

How fun. While you work out, you can

21:00

think about all those amazing athletes who are

21:02

almost certainly now dead playing

21:05

a sport that will never be enjoyed again because

21:07

society has collapsed. Interestingly,

21:09

amongst these sports legends are also life-size cutouts

21:11

of the incredible Hulk, Black Widow, Superman, very

21:15

cool superheroes that no one

21:17

will ever make movies about again since the

21:19

film industry has been destroyed. Besides

21:22

the drama of the pool and the theater and

21:24

the flat screen TVs, what really makes Survival Bunker

21:26

allegedly one of the most popular luxury-dominant

21:28

shelters in the world, like

21:31

there's a lot of them to have competition with,

21:33

is all the exceedingly advanced safety systems it

21:35

has in place. Some final

21:38

highlights of the complex are the nuclear biological

21:40

and air filtration systems, nine-foot-thick

21:42

nuclear hardened walls, three

21:45

sources of electricity, large wind turbine,

21:47

fortified electrical grid, and

21:49

a massive diesel generator in diesel storage tanks,

21:52

the geothermal system that automatically heats or cools

21:55

the complex, and the

21:57

military-grade security system which includes visible spectrum

21:59

cameras. infra-red cameras, proximity sensors,

22:01

trip sensors, and microphones. There's

22:04

enough diesel stored to run the bunker for two and

22:06

a half years. You know,

22:08

if everything else isn't working. And of course,

22:10

last but not least, according to the website, Survival Condo has

22:13

its own confidential defensive

22:15

systems, both automated

22:18

and manually operated. Oh, fuck yeah.

22:21

In theory, that all sounds very cool. But

22:23

I can foresee a lot of problems. If there really is

22:25

a need to stay in this thing for a couple years. For

22:28

starters, there's no jail. What

22:30

if someone goes rogue, starts freaking

22:32

out under the stress of the apocalypse and

22:34

attacking people? What then? Also,

22:39

you know, if there's really going to be, you know,

22:41

it's a wildly destructive event. Are

22:43

they really going to be able to maintain it like they

22:45

should be able to? I mean, if they don't, shit

22:48

goes off the rails. It's not like you can sue the

22:50

company, right? There's no more courts. And

22:53

this is the biggest one. I think the biggest problem, how long

22:55

are those armed security guards going to stick around? Guarding

22:57

the perimeter once the world goes to shit. Right?

23:00

If things get real bad, they're either immediately gone.

23:03

Doesn't matter what they've signed. Society

23:05

collapses. You know, things are really getting terrible

23:07

out there. They're gone. Or worse, they

23:10

just take over the silo complex. I

23:12

mean, I would. I mean, if I'm

23:14

working at that place, and I know all about the

23:16

facility, and I'm trained in combats and, you know, weapons,

23:19

and I have my family to worry about, and

23:21

the choice I'm left with is either to take over a

23:23

unit or several, or to let my family

23:25

die, well, guess who just got a

23:27

really expensive silo for free? And

23:29

is doing whatever the fuck he wants in the pool area. Drinking

23:32

wind and however much he wants in the bar. Running

23:34

the theater. Yeah, we are watching tombstone again. This

23:36

guy. This guy might just try

23:38

and turn that silo complex into a cult. Cult. Cult.

23:42

If you want to, if

23:44

you want the protection provided by living in a nuclear

23:47

launch facility, but you don't want to actually live in

23:49

a nuclear launch facility, and you have an extra

23:51

100 million lying around, you

23:53

can opt to have a luxury bunker built in your very own backyard,

23:56

which would have the added value. I'm

23:59

having a much better chance. being able to make

24:01

it to your luxury bunker in time. If shit went

24:03

down fast because getting in

24:05

the middle of fucking nowhere Kansas might be

24:07

a problem if things go off the rails.

24:10

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24:12

engineering, and development company. And

24:14

it's O-P-P-I-D-U-M if you wanna look this up. It

24:17

is pretty fascinating. They

24:19

specialize in building what they describe

24:21

as ultra luxurious underground residences. And

24:24

these things are pretty incredible. Opidum offers

24:26

clients three different models of these glammed out

24:28

bunkers, the Futurist, the

24:31

Linear, and LaHeritage. Although

24:34

there are only three baseline models

24:36

to choose from, each Opidum safe

24:38

house is customizable and designed specifically to

24:41

meet the standards and expectations of

24:43

the individual client. As they

24:45

say on their website, our experts will take care

24:48

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24:50

leaving you to have complete freedom to specify every

24:52

aspect of its interior design, creating

24:54

a luxurious hidden home that

24:56

reflects your personal needs, tastes, and desires.

24:59

Yes, those experts will totally make sure everything

25:02

is running smoothly, unless things outside

25:04

get too scary. Then naturally,

25:06

they'll kill your entire family and

25:08

they'll take your bunker. Possibly, they'll

25:10

possibly do that. And by possibly, I mean, I

25:13

don't see how they wouldn't do that in certain

25:15

situations. In addition to being completely custom designed, every

25:17

Opidum bunker is equipped with state of the art

25:19

and military grade technology to keep

25:21

its inhabitants safe from whatever disruptive events occur in

25:24

the outside world. Even

25:26

if the rest of the world is submerged in

25:28

a global energy blackout, Opidum bunkers will hypothetically remain

25:30

unimpacted. Each bunker is

25:33

equipped with two independent diesel generators located

25:35

in an individual fireproof, individual

25:38

fireproof rooms. And if

25:40

that doesn't work, there's backup batteries that

25:42

have enough power to run the entire Opidum for

25:45

24 hours. So you better hope,

25:47

you better hope those diesel generators fucking

25:49

work because otherwise, that sounds terrible. That

25:51

doesn't sound like those batteries last

25:53

long enough to be very, very helpful. With

25:57

Opidum, you can watch the world burn. while

26:00

living in decadent, peaceful, luxurious comfort for

26:03

one whole day, if your diesel generators go

26:05

down. The next day,

26:07

you'll either slowly starve or suffocate in

26:09

total darkness if you aren't murdered

26:11

first by other bunker occupants who have gone

26:13

mad from their dire, hopeless circumstances. But

26:16

don't think about that. Oppotum. Live

26:19

like there's no tomorrow. Truly, don't think about

26:21

tomorrow. Tomorrow is full of terror and pain.

26:23

Only focus on today. With

26:26

oppotum. Say, I hope you don't have to rely

26:28

on the batteries. Oppotum

26:31

clients also have the option to add further

26:33

off-grid energy sources to their build, such

26:35

as solar panels, wind generators,

26:38

or even supposedly water turbines.

26:40

Not sure how they're pulling that off, but that's what

26:42

they claim. I didn't know you could just

26:45

have a dam built to provide hydroelectric power for your doomsday

26:47

bunker. Oppotum buildings are

26:49

also furnished with two types of air filtration

26:51

systems. The first is for peacetime operations and

26:53

fills the underground mansion with fresh air from

26:55

the world above. Second

26:58

is the state-of-the-art military-grade system

27:00

that filters radioactive chemical, biological,

27:02

and nuclear contaminants out

27:05

of the air. This system is triggered automatically

27:07

if any of these substances are present. Oppotums

27:09

also have their own CO2 removal system to provide

27:12

breathable air, even if there is no fresh, clean

27:14

air outside the building. In

27:16

addition to having an airlock entrance and exit, the

27:18

bunkers can also be completely hermetically sealed, using

27:21

a system of motor-operated valves, hand-operated

27:23

backup shutoff valves, blast doors, and

27:25

air ducts. All in all, oppotums

27:28

are meant to withstand whatever, as they

27:30

call them, disruptive events occur. As

27:33

their website states, the structure is

27:35

designed and constructed to last for centuries, just

27:37

like a castle, across several generations.

27:41

But will there be food for several generations if the

27:43

world is sufficiently fucked up outside your oppotum? I'm

27:45

not sure that's the best-selling point. But I guess

27:48

the selling point here is even if the

27:50

world doesn't burn down during your lifetime or

27:52

your children's lifetime, your grandchildren can live in

27:54

style in the doomsday bunker you

27:56

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32:42

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32:46

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32:48

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32:51

by French architect Marc Prigon, the

32:53

La Heritage model is curated in a very simple way. It's

32:56

curated to look and feel like

32:58

an opulent mansion on the French countryside, in

33:01

the French countryside, an illusion that's pretty convincing, especially

33:03

given the faux skylights. I generally didn't even realize

33:05

were fake when I was looking at the pictures.

33:08

Not only do the imposter skylights glow and darken to

33:11

mimic the rise and fall of the sun in the

33:13

clear blue sky, they also stream light

33:15

down into the space and cast shadows, like

33:17

an actual skylight. In

33:19

addition to the five bedrooms and seven baths, you can basically add anything

33:21

you want to the bunker, given you have the

33:24

appropriate funds to do so. Some of the

33:26

optional add-ons listed on the website are an inner

33:28

garden, a cinema room, a

33:30

swimming pool, a gym, a

33:32

sauna, and staff quarters. You've got to have

33:35

that staff to write out

33:37

the apocalypse with. The price is not listed

33:39

for those add-ons. I'm sure you

33:41

could end up dropping another $60 million easy

33:44

on add-ons if you want to. As

33:46

architect Marc Prigon said in an interview with

33:48

Forbes, The past Oppitum's

33:50

clients all have very unique interests and needs, and the company is

33:52

more than willing to fulfill their every whim. Yeah,

33:55

I bet. I'm sure they make a lot of money doing that. The

33:57

past Oppitum has built for clients, bunkers, that

33:59

have... private art galleries, they

34:01

built libraries, wine sellers, bars,

34:03

game rooms, massive luxury car

34:06

garages, and more. You

34:08

can find a video from Opidum where

34:10

you see this massive garage full of all

34:12

these expensive automobiles. One

34:15

of the staples of the La Heritage model is the lounge.

34:18

Just listen to how this space of the apocalypse bunker is

34:20

described on their website. The

34:22

heart of your hidden retreat, a relaxing

34:24

yet inspiring space in which to meet friends. Who's

34:26

fucking... What friends you can have come over in

34:28

the apocalypse? You can have a business associates or

34:31

enjoy quality time with your loved ones. Access

34:34

is via a separate entrance, allowing you complete

34:36

security and discretion. At

34:38

the touch of a button, the opaque safety

34:41

glass wall becomes transparent revealing your private art

34:43

gallery beyond. The

34:45

lounge is designed and appointed for living life to the

34:48

full. Spacious and inviting, it

34:50

provides a wonderful setting for intimate

34:52

gatherings, family celebrations, and gala social

34:54

occasions. A glorious

34:56

sound system and bespoke lighting make it easy

34:59

to create the perfect atmosphere. And

35:01

with absolute privacy. I feel

35:03

like that's how you should pronounce it on this website. With

35:05

privacy and security guaranteed. You

35:07

and your guests can relax and

35:10

enjoy every moment. Isn't

35:12

that what we all want? You know, at the end

35:14

of the world to host a gala? I know I do.

35:17

Also, if you really need to hide out in one of these things, are

35:20

you truly ever going to feel relaxed? I'm

35:22

not sure a cool sound system. Spacious lighting,

35:24

an art gallery or an inner garden is

35:26

going to be enough to distract you from

35:28

the impending fucking doom surrounding

35:31

your op-edum as the world

35:33

burns above you. Op-edum

35:35

does have a really cool promotional video on

35:37

YouTube. I can't believe they haven't disabled the

35:39

comments, though, underneath it. The

35:42

comments are not, I imagine,

35:44

helping them sell these things. I'll

35:46

read a few. These represent the

35:48

tone of the entire comment section. Like

35:52

McEugan posts, if

35:54

it is a wasteland outside, what the hell are you going

35:56

to do with all the fancy cars and art? them

36:00

for cans of beans.

36:03

Real call to life posts. Imagine the

36:05

inevitable paranoia in one of those bunkers. Yeah,

36:08

no, you're not just relaxing and

36:10

enjoying some like classic music. You're down there just like

36:12

pacing around just what what are they gonna get in?

36:15

Who wouldn't the phone get around? pooling

36:17

898 posts. Why

36:19

did I even get this as a YouTube ad?

36:21

I'm on minimum wage for Christ's sake. Fair.

36:27

Milo Jo Milo Jo Simovic posts.

36:30

Batman must be their first customer. It does have

36:32

Batman vibes. Upgrady's

36:34

posts. I still think I can get in

36:37

there. Just give me some beer and a

36:39

couple buddies. We'll get her open. Pink

36:43

Moscato posts. Relax and unwind while

36:45

the world outside burns. Yes,

36:47

Nero is alive and well. And

36:50

just goes on and on like that. I would say the ratio

36:52

of negative to positive comments is about 100 to one. Another

36:56

company offering spectacular survival systems

36:58

and bunkers is safe, strategically

37:01

armored and fortified environments. Companies

37:04

based out of Virginia, they have clients all over the world.

37:07

This shit is crazy. In a recent

37:09

interview with The Hollywood Reporter, safe founder and president

37:11

Al Corby talks about one of

37:13

his most spectacular projects, a bomb proof

37:16

impenetrable island fortress in a

37:18

landlocked part of the US. You

37:20

heard that right. According to Corby, the project's client

37:22

told safe that his number one priority, excuse me,

37:24

was making sure no one to get to his family. This

37:28

is awesome. They don't say the way this is because I'm sure the

37:30

person doesn't want people to know. But I got I want to see

37:32

this place so bad. He says they decided to

37:35

surround access to the shelter with a 30 foot

37:37

deep moat. Here we fucking

37:39

go. This is a doomsday style.

37:41

It's helpful for fuck stylist luxury.

37:43

I want a moat. And if you're thinking

37:46

so what people could just swim across the

37:48

moat. No, they can't. Not unless they're

37:50

flame resistant. Corby described

37:52

how the water of the moat is skimmed

37:54

with a lighter than water flammable liquid that

37:58

can transform into a ring of fire. The

38:01

only access to the island is a swing bridge. Yes!

38:04

Fuck you, riffraff! Try and

38:07

swim across my fire moat. I dare you! I'd

38:09

love it! I'm bored of shit in here! That's

38:12

actually pretty dope. I wonder how effective that fire would

38:14

be against zombies, though. I mean, if

38:16

a horde of apocalyptic zombies shows up, wouldn't

38:18

they just keep jumping into the moat until they became

38:20

a giant burning pile of undead flesh that eventually became

38:23

so big that some of the zombies could walk above

38:25

the fire? If I

38:27

ever get a chance to talk to Al Corby, I'm going to ask

38:29

him that question first thing, before I even introduce myself or say hello.

38:33

The moat is also equipped with some water cannons. Well, yeah, you

38:35

gotta have water cannons on top of the fire ring. That,

38:37

according to Saves President, can

38:39

take down parachutors, Apache helicopters, whatever's

38:41

coming your way 500 feet in

38:43

the air. God, I'm loving

38:46

this. This is the best moat in the history of

38:48

moats. I mean, those opidum bunkers are gorgeous. But

38:51

where's the flammable moat? Where's the water

38:53

cannons? Am I going on vacation, or

38:55

am I trying to survive gangs of dystopian

38:57

mutant marauders who probably have heads for

39:00

hood ornaments and are keeping living human

39:02

fuck toys in cages so they get tired of torching them and decide

39:04

to eat them? I'm going to need more than

39:06

a secret gala room with a bitchin'

39:08

custom sound system and a fucking transparent glass where I

39:10

can look at my art gallery. In

39:13

addition to the Flaming River fire and, of course, the

39:15

cannons, Corby's custom property is

39:17

also protected by a man-made mountain range. Yeah,

39:19

you heard me. They made a fucking mountain

39:22

range. This doomsday bunker keeps

39:24

getting better. I have an apocalyptic boner right now. If

39:26

I had this place, I would probably be rooting for

39:28

doomsday so I could enjoy it. Corby

39:31

described the building process of his man-made mountain like this.

39:34

We took all the dirt removed for the lake

39:36

to literally build a mountain as natural fortification

39:38

around the property. And we

39:41

cut a tunnel—this is

39:43

all over the top. And we cut

39:45

a tunnel through these flamethrowers, gassing systems,

39:48

a steel wall that closes midway. They

39:50

could stop at 16. We could go 80 miles an hour and

39:53

bollards at both ends. More fire,

39:55

gassing systems. Al Corby sounds absolutely

39:57

fucking insane. I love it. like

40:00

somehow a 9 year old was

40:03

given billions of dollars just to start his

40:05

own doomsday company. He's like, we got

40:07

to have more fire and gas and missiles and

40:10

a moat. I want a moat with fire. He's

40:14

pulling it off. Safe also offers luxury

40:16

bunkers that have their own medical suites equipped with state

40:18

of the art. Oh my

40:21

God. Decontaminate booth.

40:23

There we go. Whatever

40:25

medical supplies you could ever need operating

40:27

tables and even CAT scan and X-ray

40:29

machines. And if the world starts to

40:31

burn, I doubt you'll have a hard

40:33

time finding a few medical professionals willing to live

40:35

with you on site and offer 24 seven care

40:37

as opposed to dying with their families outside

40:40

with most of the rest of the world. The

40:42

same Hollywood reporter article Corby is also quoted saying

40:44

we installed a medical suite in a bunker on

40:47

Long Island and you feel like you

40:49

are in the best equipped cedar Sinai or Cleveland Clinic

40:51

operating room. You can have every drug imaginable.

40:53

You could possibly need locks and cabinets that can

40:55

be open remotely by a physician. So it's all

40:57

within the confines of the law. That's

41:00

in that cabinet system will be easy to break into if

41:02

you know all the remote physicians are dead.

41:06

Now for one more. This is a custom job. That's a big one. Big

41:09

money. One of the most tremendous

41:11

luxury doomsday bunkers us plebeians have ever caught a

41:13

glimpse of ever and in

41:15

the history of the world is meta

41:17

CEO Mark Zuckerberg's top secret mega compound

41:19

on the beautiful little Hawaiian farm. Beautiful little Hawaiian

41:21

island of Kauai while

41:24

locals have referred to the compound as horrific

41:26

or exploit exploitive or an

41:28

egregious example of neo colonialism. So quotes

41:32

Zuckerberg affectionately refers to the property

41:34

as Kula ranch. Cool

41:36

lobby in the Hawaiian word for windward

41:38

to winwood ranch. Kauai

41:40

is the smallest of the four main Hawaiian islands and

41:42

is populated by a tight knit community of locals locals

41:44

who have complained that their homeland has

41:46

been severely disfigured by the invasive

41:48

presence of Zuckerberg's gigantic 1400 acre compound. Old

41:53

Zucks he purchased the land in a series

41:55

of deals for approximately two hundred and seventy

41:57

million dollars in 2014. 70

42:00

million just for the land. The

42:02

first thing built on the property was

42:04

a massive six foot tall concrete

42:06

fence surrounding the entire perimeter, keeping

42:08

nosy passerby's out as well as

42:11

blocking his neighbor's view of the

42:13

ocean beyond. Although

42:15

Zuck's has tried his best to

42:17

keep the operation under wraps by

42:19

making construction workers, visitors and surrounding

42:21

communities sign NDAs pretty

42:23

hard to hide a massive fortress. And

42:25

it is massive. Some workers have

42:27

been fired reportedly for leaking details about the property.

42:30

Maybe some of them have even been

42:33

executed by Zuck's notorious henchman, Tiago.

42:36

Not sure, it's just a rumor I just made up. At

42:38

the center of the property stands

42:40

two colossal mansions reportedly connected by an

42:42

underground tunnel. Each end of

42:45

the world acropolis is equipped with conference rooms,

42:47

industrial sized kitchens, living slash

42:49

entertainment spaces, offices, elevators and together

42:51

boast 30 bedrooms and 30 bathrooms.

42:55

Next to the mansions is a large recreation center

42:57

with a full size gym, multiple pools, tennis courts,

42:59

sauna, hot tub, cold plunge. On

43:01

the forested area of the land, there are 11 disshaped

43:04

treehouses of unknown purposes. They

43:06

look pretty fucking sick though, connected by

43:09

rope bridges. There are more than

43:11

a dozen other buildings scattered across the land as well

43:13

as an area dedicated solely to farming and agriculture. From

43:15

that description alone, you might think that Zuck's new digs

43:17

don't sound much like a survival bunker, more

43:20

like a passion project slash corporate retreat.

43:23

However, Kula Ranch is absolutely being built to survive the end of

43:25

the world. For starters, the

43:27

property is completely self-sufficient. In

43:29

addition to its own agricultural ranching

43:32

apparatus, it also has its

43:34

own independent electrical, energy and water systems

43:36

that are built specifically so that Zuckman

43:38

will not need to rely on any

43:40

outside sources for these things. The

43:42

water tank alone is 55 feet in diameter, rigged

43:45

out with its own pumping and filtration systems. Additionally,

43:48

every facet of the compound has been built

43:50

to be secure. According to multiple sources, almost

43:52

all of the doors in every single building

43:54

on the compound are T-pad operated. There

43:57

are also multiple blind doors in the mansions, which

43:59

is a thing that's fancy way of saying doors look like they're just

44:01

part of the surrounding walls. Speaking

44:03

of walls, the six foot impenetrable barrier

44:05

separate in the Facebook creator from the

44:07

commoners outside also heavily guarded by staff,

44:10

as well as monitored by an uncountable number

44:12

of security cameras. Security cameras,

44:14

by the way, littered everywhere across the property.

44:17

One of the ranch houses alone has over

44:19

20 cameras monitoring the exterior of that small

44:21

structure. But the real star

44:23

of the Doomsday Show is the expansive

44:25

underground Doomsday Bunker. Construction on that has

44:27

just recently begun. In December

44:30

of 2023, Wired published an

44:32

investigative piece breaking down the Zuck's blueprints from

44:34

the bunker, planning

44:36

documents for which

44:38

they obtained through a long chain of public

44:40

records requests. The author of

44:42

the article, Guthrie Skrimjor,

44:45

writes, that's an interesting name.

44:47

You don't hear a lot of Guthrie Skrimjors. And

44:51

Guthrie writes, according to

44:53

evidence reviewed by Wired, the project relied

44:55

on legal maneuvering and political networking. And

44:57

at times it has shown disregard for the local public. All

45:00

the while Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan continue

45:03

to build one of the most expensive properties in

45:05

the world. The article

45:07

revealed that the underground shelter will be

45:09

5000 square feet consist of multiple rooms

45:11

and sections dedicated to unlisted purposes. I

45:13

bet they'll expand even more than that. Cue

45:16

conspiracy crowd claims of kids being kept in

45:18

cages and harvested for their adrenochrome. The

45:21

plans reviewed by Wired confirmed that at least a

45:23

portion of the bunker will be built to serve

45:25

as a living space where inhabitants can sleep, eat,

45:27

work and be social. Another

45:30

space in the bunker is listed as a mechanical

45:32

room, though what exactly that means is not

45:34

made clear, probably where adrenochrome harvesting

45:36

and storage containers will be kept, all

45:39

overseen by Henchman Tiago, of course. The

45:42

only entrance into the subterranean shelter will be through a

45:44

tunnel connected to the underground passageway between the two mansions

45:46

on the surface. The bunker

45:49

will be identical to that bomb shelter constructed

45:51

out of metal and filled with concrete. Although

45:54

the blast'proof entrance will be the only way to

45:57

get into the stronghold, there will be an emergency

45:59

exit in the form. The Military Great Escape

46:01

hatch. They can be accessed via a

46:03

ladder. Last. By Time

46:05

Magazine as to what the purpose of

46:07

the massive bunker is, Zuckerberg spokesperson Brandy

46:09

hopping the bar stated that it was

46:12

because Why County encourages all homeowners. On

46:14

the island to build shelters, It sounds like

46:17

bullshit. Brandy. So technically

46:19

though, she's not wrong. On November twenty

46:21

fourth, two thousand and quite how he

46:23

became the first municipality White Devil bit

46:25

it to implement a tax break for

46:27

homeowners that builders pertain resistant rooms on

46:30

the properties. This. Is referred

46:32

to as the Safe Room Tax Exemption and

46:34

according to a two thousand and nineteen claim

46:36

form or there are four requirements all shelters

46:38

must meet. In. Order to be considered a safe

46:41

room. In addition to being permitted

46:43

with the county and meeting Fema guidelines, all

46:45

shelters must have an independent foundation. An.

46:47

Independent for in slab ceiling ventilation by

46:50

solar van or Pvc pipes and a

46:52

heavy steel gauge door. The swings inward.

46:55

Weirdly, Enough intricate subterranean tunnel system

46:57

and military grade bomb resistant concrete

47:00

door or not listed as requirements

47:02

for that desperate. What

47:05

if you don't have millions and millions for

47:07

a luxury bunker? And he still.

47:09

Have. A Doozy Bunker. The. Gym. says.

47:12

Move north Idaho. Assess

47:14

the realtors around here who specialize

47:16

in properties with bunkers naturally and

47:18

or companies around here that will

47:20

help you build your bunker. Lot

47:23

cheaper. Than. What The Op?

47:25

Adam, you know, charges like Nw

47:27

Ss Northwest Shelter Systems headquartered in

47:30

that tiny on corporate it's merely

47:32

of Naples, Idaho. Ah,

47:34

it's a by bars very but an hour and a

47:36

half.drive north where I sit. Right now I'm calling. The.

47:39

Self proclaimed world leader and

47:41

shelter technology. They've been around

47:43

since Ninety Ninety One said the was last updated

47:45

and I tend one. They.

47:48

Built over three thousand shelters cable of keeping

47:50

you alive or nuclear apocalypse scenario. The claim.

47:53

They'll. Sybil Panic groups are you could email

47:55

and. Said. Of the free consultation to budge

47:57

bumper. Or. you can order

47:59

various but construction supplies from

48:01

them and just, you know, DIY it, just

48:04

build it yourself. Do you need a lunar

48:06

NBC filtration system? Okay, well, it's

48:08

just $9,896. What about a concrete filled

48:11

blast hatch with a collar? $4,774.25 strangely.

48:13

EMP box, $2,100 even. Vault blast door, $8,895.

48:23

And they also

48:25

offer very reasonable prices on gun safes, wall sleep,

48:27

safe handles, vent pipes and more. And

48:30

actually, I'm not sure the price is reasonable because I have no idea how much

48:32

a lot of that shit is supposed to cost. But

48:35

they do sell it and sell plans

48:37

to pour your own concrete, dig your own

48:39

bunker hole, everything. They're a

48:41

one stop shop for you to buy everything you will

48:43

need to build what would be very likely your tomb.

48:45

Doomsday bunkers,

48:48

especially luxury doomsday bunkers, such

48:50

a fun thing to daydream about. But

48:52

I doubt I would actually want one if I did have the money. If

48:55

things get so bad, that I'm going

48:57

to need to hide underground for years in an

48:59

airtight radiation proof bunker, just

49:01

as you know, survive, it

49:04

probably dies in those years because the world up top

49:06

might not be livable anymore. I think I would just

49:08

rather die. I mean, if it's just gonna be shitty

49:10

for a couple years, okay, fine. But

49:13

outside of that, I'd rather die. I

49:15

mean, what would I do? Like, when back on the

49:17

surface, there's not gonna be fucking podcasting anymore. There's no more

49:19

stand up. What's the fun of being a

49:21

storyteller in a world where there's no one left alive to

49:24

hear stories. Although,

49:26

if I can have an

49:28

opulent op-edum that also was surrounded

49:31

by a firemote with water cannons

49:33

and a fucking mountain fence with

49:36

one access tunnel full of flamethrowers and

49:38

gassing devices. Okay,

49:41

okay. All right. All right. Yeah, I think I

49:43

would like that. I think that would be a

49:45

pretty damn entertaining way to ride out the end

49:47

times. And

49:49

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