Escaping underground: the eerie new age of bushfire bunkers — With concrete walls, flame-proof doors and wine racks, bushfire bunkers offer the promise of safety, at least for those who can afford …::With concrete walls, flame-proof doors and wine racks, bushfire bunkers offer the promise of safety - at least for those who can afford them

  • @[email protected]
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    601 year ago

    No real mention of the main enemy, oxygen… A brush fire can deplete the local oxygen levels even if your nice and cool underground.

    • @paintbucketholder
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      311 year ago

      These are basically small concrete boxes sunk into the ground. They’re only meant to stick out a bushfire for a few hours.

      You could probably just keep a few bottles of oxygen or a carbon dioxide scrubber stashed in there, just in case. If you can spend $10,000 on one of these bunkers, spending a few hundred more isn’t going to make a difference.

      Anything longer than a few hours would get dicey anyway without room to move around, without room to stash water or food, without a toilet or beds.

    • @topinambour_rex
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      171 year ago

      It is said that you have 6 hours of air for 4 people.

    • @fishy195
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      151 year ago

      How are they with temperature management as well? These destructive fires get insanely hot, I’ve seen these fires turn vehicles into nothing but puddles of of metal. I would be concerned that these would just turn into underground ovens.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Even with huge temperatures, it doesn’t take that much to isolatie from them. Especially when it’s for a relatively short period

      • @datelmd5sum
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        41 year ago

        Many cars are filled with very flammable stuff.

  • @xkforce
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    1 year ago

    Excellent news for the rich: they can fuck up the environment as much as they want and sit comfortably in their apocalypse bunkers. At least until the global ecosystems collapse to an extent that not even they can hide from it I guess.

  • @RaoulDook
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    221 year ago

    Thousands or more of Americans already have similar tornado shelters and that’s all good. Has been the status quo since the days when electricity was new.

    There’s nothing you can do to stop tornados, so a bunker is the best place to be in one.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Different requirements though, you skip a tornado by going underground and waiting for it to pass over you.

      In a wild fire, extreme heat and lack of oxygen can be a concern, so a simply tornado shelter wouldn’t cut it.

  • Chetzemoka
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    171 year ago

    Deep history shows us that underground creatures are the ones who survive extinction events. Underground is the safest place to be in a catastrophe, apparently.

  • @TenderfootGungi
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    141 year ago

    These are similar to tornado shelters in the US. Several of my neighbors have them.

    They even make some that are basically a porch and steps with a hatch to open and climb in.

    They are also common with cheap housing like trailer houses.

  • @Fades
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    1 year ago

    In a true apocalyptic setting, this would just be collecting resources for the strong and powerful. I don’t think the rich would stay in power for very long.

    The guards and servants will turn if not before groups from the surrounding areas raid the place.

    That said, if I had the money and land it’s a provocative idea in these fucked times. The thing is the rich have been working on this shit for a long time now. They know society is likely to collapse again.

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    11 year ago

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    The bunker at the Brogers Creek property he owns with his partner delivers him back to his childhood in North America during the Cuban missile crisis.

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    When fires came to within 500 metres of Greg and Chantal Roger’s Hunter Valley, NSW, home in early 2020, they were waiting to take delivery of their bunker, which seemed a logical addition to their bushfire armoury after moving from Sydney in 2019.

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    And the likes of the United Nations have been warning of the bigger picture for years: The lowest income countries produce one-tenth of global emissions, but are the most heavily affected by climate change.

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    In a study published in Fire journal in August, the authors argue that it is time for the federal government to take a more active role in promoting clear and consistent approaches to bunkers across the country.

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    Prof Clive Williams of ANU’s Centre for Military and Security Law has argued that it should be possible to design and install a mass-produced structure, similar to Anderson shelters used in the second world war, to withstand bushfires for under $1,000.

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    Swiss company Oppidum advertises underground bunkers – optional majlis (sitting rooms), parking, staff quarters, swimming pool and gym – starting at US$8m.

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