KVAL.com reportsThe Spike television network is airing a competition this fall to award a fortified bunker to a family that believes the end of the world is near.What's your opinion? Are these interesting people who could be your friends? Or are they the extreme lunatic fringe?
Seriously.
The network said Tuesday that its six-episode series called "Last Family on Earth" will feature survivalists competing to show how tough and resourceful they are. The winner gets an underground bunker in an undisclosed location.
Sharon Levy, executive vice president of original programming at Spike, said the series doesn't necessarily coincide with the theory that the ancient Mayan civilization predicted the end of the world will arrive in December 2012.
Levy said polls show that many people believe that there will be some catastrophic event like an earthquake or epidemic that threatens civilization, and these are the people who will participate in the show.
"We don't think there's anything funny about that," Levy said. "We think it's a very interesting segment of the population that is very prepared, is highly intelligent. These are regular people. These are not people that you may think are living in a shelter in the middle of the woods. These could be your friends.
"We're taking it very seriously," she said. "We know they're taking it very seriously, and we think it's going to be incredibly riveting."
In the drawing above, why is there no place for storing guns and ammo?
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Because if such an event ever happened, gun control advocates would all be dead, so there'd be no one yammering about safe storage.
ReplyDeleteI find this fascinating. I find "survivalists" fascinating, in general, the same way I'm fascinated by other people with delusions who take them way, way too far.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of a few bunkers built by people, but the only reason any have actually been used was for storing potatoes or for nefarious kidnapping/raping chambers. There was a recent case of one multi-level, mountain bunker built by a "survivalist" who wound up killing his family and hiding out there until he was surrounded by SWAT members, then he killed himself in it. Mostly these prove to be a tremendous waste of money by paranoid gunhuggers.
Here's a link to that case: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/27/swat-teams-surround-seattle-urvivalist-bunker/
Here's a link to the details about the posh bunker these "survivalists" could win: http://www.terravivos.com/Vivos8Brochure.pdf
ReplyDeleteLooks like a really hip little "pad" to have. I wonder what that little room is that connects to the bathroom? Looks like some sort of secret chamber or something. Perfect for paranoid gunloons and kidnapper/rapists, alike.
I wonder how many potatoes you could store in this place....
For people who were alive during the Cold War, Mikeb and Oregonian appear to be clueless. These shelters offer a chance for survival. The President and members of the government have several available to them. I'm not worried about the end of the world, but I don't dismiss it as impossible.
ReplyDeletePeople old enough to remember the bomb-shelters of the 60s, know that they've become synonymous with laughable paranoia. Same thing with these guys.
DeleteWhat's laughable? The idea that nuclear weapons could bring human life to an end or the idea that some could survive in shelters?
Delete"In the drawing above, why is there no place for storing guns and ammo?"
ReplyDeleteI was wondering where they are storing their food.
There is an 18" storage space under the floor.
DeleteLaugh all you want about people who prepare for possible disasters. When the grocery store shelves are empty and you don't have any food, I'll be laughing at your plight because you couldn't take the time to make a few simple preparations like storing extra food and water and other basic survival items.
ReplyDeleteWe've had power outages that lasted for days and sometimes a couple of weeks from bad weather. Nice to have some food and water at hand as well as a generator so you don't have to go out and fight everyone else for the dwindling food supplies.
Well, G, you should take it all the way and do what the real extremists do if that's how you feel.
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