Are you ready?

blue · 07-31-2010, 04:34 PM

posted this in another discussion, but this deserves a thread of it's own. UT, you totally need to start one, you could call it....the Cellar;

The complexes will be deep underground, airtight, fully self-contained shelters designed to survive virtually any catastrophe, or threat scenario including natural disasters, a nuclear blast, chemical and biological weapons, or even social anarchy. Each self contained shelter complex will comfortably accommodate a community of 172 - 200 people, in spacious quarters, for up to 1 year of autonomous survival to ride out the potential events. Every detail has been considered and planned for. Members need to only arrive before the facility is sealed and secured.

more info and application forms; http://www.terravivos.com/secure/secureindex.htm

HungLikeJesus · 07-31-2010, 04:52 PM

I checked out the site. It looks like another underground movement.

blue · 07-31-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I checked out the site. It looks like another underground movement.

what's your point?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by blue

The complexes will be deep underground, airtight, fully self-contained shelters designed to survive virtually any catastrophe, or threat scenario including natural disasters, a nuclear blast, chemical and biological weapons, or even social anarchy.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I checked out the site. It looks like another underground movement.

blue · 07-31-2010, 06:48 PM

yeah I spotted that too Einstein but refrained....

I missed you too dumbass, can't believe all the cool folk are still here.

glatt · 08-03-2010, 11:04 AM

Where are you going to get this 3 days of advanced notice that the disaster is coming? Hurricanes are the only thing with that much warning, and then you don't need to go underground, just get out of the path.

Madman · 08-05-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by blue

....can't believe all the cool folk are still here.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

I always tried to be a positive influence on people wherever I go.

..............................................

Back on topic though. After all... the Internet IS serious business.

If there were to be some catastrophy/e (that's a tough word to spell for an old stroke-prone guy like myself)... I'd just wander around like one of those decrepid characters you see on full lenght feature films like "The Book of Eli" (I'd be the guy who got shot and eaten) or, if I'm lucky, I might hook up with Woody Harrelson and we could kill Zombies. Now I could deal with that.

If this world as we know it goes to shit. I wonder if Obama will run for President again? Hell, I'd probably even vote for the idiot this time around - couldn't do any worse.

Oops... Sorry, this isn't the poiltical forum. Me bad...

Beest · 08-03-2010, 12:02 PM

200 people in a small contained living space, with no windows, I don't think it would work for more than a couple of weeks at best.

200 people who were paranoid and wealthy enough to invest in something like this to begin with, they're gonna be great to hang out with.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2010, 12:05 PM

No, wealthy people become whining maggots, under duress.

Spexxvet · 08-03-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No, wealthy people become whining maggots, under duress.

Only after the booze runs out.

Shawnee123 · 08-03-2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Only after the booze runs out.

No, the food, man...the food. You don't get that big and pasty and grubworm-like just from booze you know. (He meant republicans, right?)

BigV · 08-04-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Only after the booze runs out.

Why is the rum gone?

Shawnee123 · 08-03-2010, 12:04 PM

Exactly. Which is why my biodome on the moon will only hold TWO, and maybe a pet.

Sundae · 08-03-2010, 12:34 PM

I'm happy to relieve any tension, if'n I get a free pass...?

ETA, Glatt - many of the scenarios they suggest would indeed give you the three day notice period, assuming you had the means to get there. In other words the rich would have access to private planes and helicopters and even the middle incomes would be able to ride or off-road in a way that would beat gridlock.

Wars give a reasonable amount of notice - of course in the case of unprovoked nuclear attack you're stuffed. But anarchy (however unlikely) grows more slowly than a four minute warning, Solar Flares can be predicted, as can Killer Comets (snigger) and Super Volcanos.

I'm not fully buying into this (in a non-literal way; everyone here knows I couldn't afford to really buy into this) but there are some situations in which the super-rich could use facilities like these to protect themselves. We used to have a family plan back in the 80s in the case of The Bomb dropping. Which basically amounted to stay where you are and die, unless it was a weekend when it was stay together and die. I honestly believed what with The Bomb and the IRA I wouldn't live to see the 21st century.

But hurray! I did! And it didn't cost me any extra money to do so!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2010, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

ETA, Glatt - many of the scenarios they suggest would indeed give you the three day notice period, assuming you had the means to get there.

That's the catch, the problem doesn't start with the event, it starts with public notice of the event. You've got to survive the people who are not prepared.

07-31-2010, 04:34 PM	#1
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	Are you ready? posted this in another discussion, but this deserves a thread of it's own. UT, you totally need to start one, you could call it....the Cellar; The complexes will be deep underground, airtight, fully self-contained shelters designed to survive virtually any catastrophe, or threat scenario including natural disasters, a nuclear blast, chemical and biological weapons, or even social anarchy. Each self contained shelter complex will comfortably accommodate a community of 172 - 200 people, in spacious quarters, for up to 1 year of autonomous survival to ride out the potential events. Every detail has been considered and planned for. Members need to only arrive before the facility is sealed and secured. more info and application forms; http://www.terravivos.com/secure/secureindex.htm __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

07-31-2010, 04:52 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I checked out the site. It looks like another underground movement. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-31-2010, 06:48 PM	#5
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	yeah I spotted that too Einstein but refrained.... I missed you too dumbass, can't believe all the cool folk are still here. __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

08-03-2010, 12:05 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, wealthy people become whining maggots, under duress. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2010, 12:04 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Exactly. Which is why my biodome on the moon will only hold TWO, and maybe a pet. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-03-2010, 11:04 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Where are you going to get this 3 days of advanced notice that the disaster is coming? Hurricanes are the only thing with that much warning, and then you don't need to go underground, just get out of the path.

08-03-2010, 12:02 PM	#8
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	200 people in a small contained living space, with no windows, I don't think it would work for more than a couple of weeks at best. 200 people who were paranoid and wealthy enough to invest in something like this to begin with, they're gonna be great to hang out with.

08-03-2010, 12:34 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm happy to relieve any tension, if'n I get a free pass...? ETA, Glatt - many of the scenarios they suggest would indeed give you the three day notice period, assuming you had the means to get there. In other words the rich would have access to private planes and helicopters and even the middle incomes would be able to ride or off-road in a way that would beat gridlock. Wars give a reasonable amount of notice - of course in the case of unprovoked nuclear attack you're stuffed. But anarchy (however unlikely) grows more slowly than a four minute warning, Solar Flares can be predicted, as can Killer Comets (snigger) and Super Volcanos. I'm not fully buying into this (in a non-literal way; everyone here knows I couldn't afford to really buy into this) but there are some situations in which the super-rich could use facilities like these to protect themselves. We used to have a family plan back in the 80s in the case of The Bomb dropping. Which basically amounted to stay where you are and die, unless it was a weekend when it was stay together and die. I honestly believed what with The Bomb and the IRA I wouldn't live to see the 21st century. But hurray! I did! And it didn't cost me any extra money to do so! Last edited by Sundae; 08-03-2010 at 12:44 PM.

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