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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (24825)	12/20/2010 1:16:56 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Consider both of these as two more nudges in a long chain towards the tipping point. If I am right, when that point is reached, the shock will be systematic and huge. Indeed. Stock up on food supplies, water and water purification, and health supplies. It is going to get ugly when (not if) our currency becomes Junk. One need only look to see what people are actually doing with their money...... Doomsday shelters making a comeback Jason Hodge, father of four children from Barstow, Calif., says he's "not paranoid" but he is concerned, and that's why he bought space in what might be labeled a doomsday shelter. Hodge bought into the first of a proposed nationwide group of 20 fortified, underground shelters — the Vivos shelter network — that are intended to protect those inside for up to a year from catastrophes such as a nuclear attack, killer asteroids or tsunamis, according to the project's developers. .... The company sells fiberglass shelters that can accommodate 10 to 2,000 adults to live underground for one to five years with power, food, water and filtered air, McCarthy says. The shelters range from $400,000 to a $41 million facility Radius built and installed underground that is suitable for 750 people, McCarthy says. He declined to disclose the client or location of the shelter. "We've doubled sales every year for five years," he says.Other shelter manufacturers include Hardened Structures of Colorado and Utah Shelter Systems, which also report increased sales. usatoday.com