Pandemia, people return to US bunkers

Installed in backyards or other areas. They are decorated to look like houses, and for some homeowners with money, bunkers are an essential part of every home purchase.

“I felt safe when I got here. It's just peace you don't understand. It's so peaceful and peaceful here, and the bunker is phenomenal! I mean, when we get in there, it's like... we feel really safe! “, says Mary Soulsby.

Mary and Tom Soulsby own a bunker in South Dakota. What was once a military base is now a field filled with private bunkers. Two years ago, all 575 bunkers here were empty. It's hard to find a free one today.

Most of them are being renovated to respond to the needs of their new owners.

The Sousbai couple refused to wait. They sold their house in Georgia and came here. While waiting for their new home, they live in a nearby trailer.

“We were in the camps in Georgia when the pandemic started spreading, and we realized where we should be because of my age and because of some health problems that Mary has we're both very endangered. And we decided to trade four million neighbors for 30 neighbors within the same ray here.“, says Tom Soulsby.

According to bunker vendor Robert Vicino of the firm Vivos xPoint, the Soulsby couple are not the only ones to make that decision after the pandemic struck in the United States.

“Up to 2,000% demands have been raised since they submit, which means 20 times what it was. Sales have increased by over 400%, and not just for that point, but other Vivos firm bunkers around the world!“, says Mr. Vicino.

The unprecedented demand increase is something that bunker vendors in Texas noticed. And although bunkers won't be able to protect people directly from coronary, they eventually make many of them feel safe.

“My phone rang at least every 2-3 minutes and people were asking to buy a bunker. Many people feel that this coronary was just the first step, and something bigger is approaching. So they are trying to prepare for what will come in the future“, says Ron Kubard, real estate agent.

Always get ready for the worst. This is the motto of the people called “preparing”. Part of the survival movement, they collect food and goods reserves and build bunkers.

Many of the prepared ones I know on the discussion blogs they're saying, "Look, we weren't crazy, we were right!" ) They feel somewhat justified...”, Says Chad Hoodleston, anthropologist at South Illinois University.

Chad Hoodleston is an anthropologist who studies the movement of the prepared ones. He says buying a bunker is not a bad idea for some, but is not a realistic way to escape.

“It makes you feel safe, but I think as we have seen in a real pandemic or in a real disaster, your plan to escape to your bunker and you'll be completely safe there, is perhaps a fantasy. ”

Tom and Mary Soulsby say they spent about a third of their savings on the bunker. A few more months, and they plan to invite their daughter and grandchildren to come and stay with them.