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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 03:16 AM Jun 2015

Billionaire Bunkers: Exclusive Look Inside the World's Largest Planned Doomsday Escape

For the very first time, a modern day Noah’s Ark has opened its doors for an exclusive inside look offering up plans for the ultimate Billionaire bunker and doomsday escape.

Vivos founder and CEO Robert Vicino announced Vivos Europa One which will be an invitation only, five star, underground survival complex, similar to an underground cruise ship for the elite. Each family will be provided a private 2,500 square foot of floor area, capable of two story improvements for a total of 5,000 square feet of private living quarters. With fit and finish comparable to a mega-yacht, each member family will hire their own architect and contractor to build out their living quarters to the custom standard they desire.

The expansive shelter is located in Germany and is one of the most fortified and massive underground survival shelters on Earth. Originally built by the Soviets during the Cold War, this shelter was a fortress for military equipment and munitions. After the DDR was merged with Germany, the German government inherited this relic and intended to use it for the same purpose of weapons storage. However, due to a law prohibiting the storage of ammunition near a major highway, the German Government soon realized they could not continue with their plans and decided to auction this 76 acre complex. A wealthy investor purchased the entire property, along with all of its improvements, both above and below ground. Vicino says “We are proud to bring this epic project forward in these increasingly dangerous times.”

The hardened facility is capable of withstanding a substantial close range nuclear blast, a direct airplane crash, biological and chemical agents, shock waves, earthquakes, tsunami, electro-magnetic pulses, and virtually any armed attack.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2015/06/12/billionaire-bunkers-exclusive-look-inside-the-worlds-largest-planned-doomsday-escape/

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Billionaire Bunkers: Exclusive Look Inside the World's Largest Planned Doomsday Escape (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 OP
So sad... TerrapinFlyer Jun 2015 #1
Remember the movie 2012? Control-Z Jun 2015 #2
Wait until they're all inside, weld the doors shut from the outside. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #3
Who will do their housecleaning? cwydro Jun 2015 #4
Who will they look down their noses at without the hoi polloi around? hobbit709 Jun 2015 #5
Lol. cwydro Jun 2015 #6
Their own private staff, of course... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #13
I read the link. cwydro Jun 2015 #14
"The staff won't live forever. How will they replace them?" Ummm, maybe some of the staff and some Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #15
It's a nice idea. cwydro Jun 2015 #16
Can it survive a fracking drilling rig? kentauros Jun 2015 #7
Where's a 100 foot meteor when you need one? hobbit709 Jun 2015 #9
Aren't those "bunker buster" bombs kentauros Jun 2015 #10
Safe from Tsunami? In Germany? A HERETIC I AM Jun 2015 #8
I think they meant kentauros Jun 2015 #11
Gave me a chuckle...nt Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #12
Sounds like a Gilded Cage to me. PeoViejo Jun 2015 #17
"And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #18
USA Socialists already built one for the BFEE. Octafish Jun 2015 #19
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
4. Who will do their housecleaning?
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 06:19 AM
Jun 2015

Walk their dogs? Wash the laundry?

Life will be hard with the 99% all gone.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
13. Their own private staff, of course...
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:40 AM
Jun 2015

From the link:

Once each member’s private accommodations are completed, furnished and fully outfitted, their respective quarters will be locked and secured, limiting access to their families and staff prior to lockdown; while Vivos will operate and maintain all common areas (under and above-ground) pending a catastrophic event.
{emphasis mine}

Also from the link:

The above-ground facilities are equally as impressive, including several office buildings, barracks for a hundred, a power plant, fuel storage, railroad spurs complete with a train depot for repairs, guard buildings, and warehouses, all within an impenetrable perimeter wall, complete with military concertina coils. Once the gates are locked, the only way in or out of the property is by helicopter.
{emphasis mine}

What do you think the "barracks for 100" will be used for? Workers to repair the trains and do maintenance. You don't think that the Billionaires are going to do the work, do you? If you haven't followed the link, it's worth your time to do so. It's a really interesting article and, if I do say so myself, sounds like a pretty amazing place. It tells you the history of it and how it became to be privately owned. It's like looking into another world...

Peace,

Ghost

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
15. "The staff won't live forever. How will they replace them?" Ummm, maybe some of the staff and some
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:57 AM
Jun 2015

of the people in the "barracks for 100" will already have children.... or they could be procreating for the sake of having future workers. I'm sure that if they are building a place for continuance of the human race, procreation is going to be in the works somewhere. I don't think that the offspring of the Billionaires are going to be taking jobs, but they certainly could be coupling up for procreation, too.

Peace,

Ghost

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
16. It's a nice idea.
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:59 AM
Jun 2015

I don't see it as sustainable, that's all.

I remember the bomb shelter my dad built in the early 60's too lol.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
10. Aren't those "bunker buster" bombs
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 06:44 AM
Jun 2015

basically just rocket-propelled and guided drilling pipe? That stuff's pretty tough. So, if you can guide a big rock from somewhere nearby in space, why not drop a truckload of drilling pipe from low-Earth orbit instead

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
18. "And the stars of heaven fell to the earth,
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 10:24 AM
Jun 2015

as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” (Revelation 6:13-17)

This fortress will prove to be a project of futility.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
19. USA Socialists already built one for the BFEE.
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 10:42 AM
Jun 2015

Cheney and Lynne and the rest of the GOP in-group was evacuated there on September 11. No Democrats.

Wealthier Americans can buy a place on the BFEE floating castle, run by Frank Carlucci, our man in the Congo, Pentagon and Carlyle Group.

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