N. Korean missile launch sends demand for U.S.-made bomb shelters surging

[jpak]

http://www.sltrib.com/home/5567836-155/n-korean-missile-launch-sends-demand

Business has never been better at Atlas Survival Shelters, which ships bunkers to customers around the world from its U.S. factories. Among the best-sellers: the BombNado; starting price: $18,999.

The popularity of the company's doomsday fortifications is no surprise, considering the state of the world in general and, specifically, Kim Jong-Un's pursuit of a missile that can hit the continental U.S. Curiously, though, the most furious surge of interest isn't in America but Japan, a country that's long been within North Korea's striking distance.

"Japan's going hog wild right now," said Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival. The Montebello, Calif.-based company makes about a dozen different underground refuge models intended to be inhabitable for six months to a year, some outfitted with escape tunnels, decontamination rooms and bulletproof hatches.

While the Japanese have viewed North Korea as a menace for decades, the rogue regime's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 4 raised the level of alarm among preppers, as some people serious about emergency preparedness call themselves.

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[chowder66]

1. That's great for those who can afford one and have property but for the rest of us...not so much.

There are very few basements in Los Angeles. I live in an apartment so I guess I need to scope out the local hotel to see if their parking is underground.