Billionaires Are Building Guarded Underground Bunkers … Should You Be Worried?
If doomsday is coming, the elite want to continue living it up in style.
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It’s not hard to tell that those ultra-wealthy individuals in the 1% live much different lives than the rest of us (assuming you’re not one of our multi-billionaire chirpers). But there’s a big difference between buying another megayacht or private jet and the latest acquisition of choice for the world’s most elite.
Planning for doomsday
Whether it’s scenarios involving climate change, international turmoil, or an asteroid collision, there’s been a lot of speculation about apocalyptic events in recent years. But those with plenty of cash to spend might be able to ride it out with little noticeable impact on their privileged lifestyle.
And many of them are busy planning for it already.
Bunkers are nothing new, and rich people have been building them as a last resort for generations. But these days, billionaires are reportedly sinking much more money into these projects … not just to make sure those inside are kept safe, but to prevent anyone who’s not on the guest list from getting in.
An insider’s revelation
Al Corbi, who runs a company called Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments, makes these bunkers for wealthy clients. Even though details about individual projects are generally kept under wraps, he provided a glimpse into what sort of features are often integrated into such shelters.
One bunker is on a private island surrounded by a 30-foot-deep lake “skimmed with a lighter-than-water flammable liquid that can transform into a ring of fire” to keep out the hoi polloi if the you-know-what hits the fan.
Then there’s Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who’s spending $270 million on a 5,000-square-foot underground bunker in Hawaii.
So do they know something that we don’t? Maybe. But if they’re planning to escape an anticipated apocalypse, they probably won’t tell us from inside their fortified walls.
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