The Americans started building bunkers en masse amid the spread of the coronavirus. This was reported to RIA Novosti by representatives of the market for means for survival and self-defense. The founder of the Rising S Company, Clyde Scott, said that as the situation with coronavirus worsened, people began to think more and more about building shelters. He called the current surge in interest in bunkers unprecedented. “Never before have we seen an increase in shelter sales due to medical reasons. Typically, our sales are dependent on political action that can lead to the diminution of freedoms or the outbreak of civil and social unrest,”added Scott.
The most inexpensive one-room bunker produced by Rising S Company costs 39.5 thousand dollars (almost 3.1 million rubles). The largest option with a sauna, a room for plants, a pool, a billiard room and a garage for several cars will cost the buyer $ 8 million (over 627 million rubles). The increased demand for shelters was noticed by the representative of the US Safe Room company David Davis. “A guarantee of safety, readiness is more reliable than“insurance”, which is help only after you have already suffered losses. Our decision is above all to prevent this loss,”he said. Davis noted that building the bunker is a necessary precaution to keep the family safe, and more and more Americans are realizing this.
Earlier in March, it was reported about an unprecedented demand for luxury real estate amid the coronavirus pandemic. Experts argued that the rich are willing to spend a lot of money just to get away from the epicenters of the spread of the virus. As a refuge, they most often choose Scottish castles, mansions with bunkers, or the uninhabited islands of the Caribbean archipelago. To get to places of isolation, wealthy people are renting private jets and yachts, which is evident from the increased number of transactions. According to the Johns Hopkins University project, the number of cases of coronavirus infection exceeded 468 thousand, more than 800 people died.