facts first presents Canada man builds
impressive fallout bunker from 42 old
buses it seems as though there is a new
nuclear threat every day with things so
tense with North Korea and Russia right
now it's no wonder everybody's on edge
if there were a nuclear war nobody would
be safe there are some people who have
put a great deal of preparation into
getting ready for a possible nuclear
attack these people call themselves
Preppers and they go to the extremes to
be ready for an emergency situation
a man named Bruce beach from Hornung
Mills Canada has prepared like no one
else this is the story of how a Canada
man built an impressive fallout bunker
using 42 old buses is he a kook or a
genius
Bruce's bunker is so unreal you need to
see it to believe it
many people believe that he's crazy but
he says that if there is a nuclear war
he'll have the last laugh
for years Bruce lived in Chicago he
decided that he wanted to live in a more
remote area so he moved to Horning knows
Canada in 1970 he got his idea to build
a bunker during the Cold War he knew
that he would need a place to survive
and he had just enough land to handle it
building the bunker between 1980 and
1985 Bruce had a total of 42 old school
buses shipped to his house most people
wondered why he was stockpiling school
buses well he had a good reason to do it
he dug a massive underground pit on his
property and he put the buses in the
hole he covered the buses with concrete
to reinforce them when he was done he
had built the largest functioning
nuclear fallout shelter in North America
he calls it Ark to
the bunker the entire bunker is 10,000
square feet it's large enough to hold
500 people comfortably he even included
rooms for various activities and daily
chores
Bruce says that the bunker is virtually
impenetrable to a nuclear disaster many
of Bruce's neighbors believe that he's
wasting his time maintaining the shelter
Bruce thinks these people are wrong he
has the shelter and the provisions to
stay alive just in case of an emergency
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the cost arc to is 14 feet underground
he paid $300 for each of the buses in
all it only cost him twelve thousand six
hundred dollars but he believes it's all
well worth it in the past 35 years he
has been going out to the bunker to make
sure that it is equipped with everything
he would need if there were an emergency
shay-bo Dee's opinion shay-bo D is an
event organizer for the Ontario prepper
Survival network when she saw the bunker
she was amazed she stated when you go
inside the bunker for the first time you
feel like you're on another planet it's
almost like being on Mars when you hear
about 42 school buses underground you
can't expect what you'll see until you
see it with your own eyes all the
comforts of home the bunker has all the
comforts of home there are two
industrial kitchens classrooms for the
children a living room and washrooms
with running water the water comes from
a private well which ensures the
drinking water will be clean
there is a diesel generator with three
months of fuel he also has an electronic
radio communication system so that he
can get information from the United
States and Canada sleeping arrangements
Bruce made sure that there were adequate
sleeping arrangements on arc 2 there are
gender segregated bunks that are
arranged like cubical storage spaces
the decontamination room when people
first arrived at the ark - they would
need to spend some time in the
decontamination area it's the first room
that you walk into this is to keep
people from spreading disease and
radiation in the shelter legal was Bruce
has been dealing with the government
since he built the ark - because he
built the bunker without the necessary
permits he has been taken to court over
30 times the fire department in a nearby
town has also been giving Bruce problems
they sealed the doors on the bunker
twice because of safety concerns
during the 2015 annual Preppers meeting
a group of survivalists gathered on his
property to see the bunker when the fire
department heard about what was going on
they threatened to seal up the bunker a
third time the public looks at Bruce as
an old eccentric man who's paranoid
about the end of the world Bruce thinks
that it's his duty to provide shelter
for his fellow man if there's an
emergency Bruce has had to deal with
fires vandalism floods and rats
maintaining the bunker is also taking a
toll on Bruce and his family his
children are tired of listening to their
father constantly talking about gloom
and doom support the ark to has a
community website the site reads the ark
- safe is the largest pluralistic
survival community in North America
there is no religious cultural or
political bias its purpose is to save
lives if there's a worldwide cataclysmic
catastrophe and to help restore a
civilization the people who follow the
website and share Bruce's beliefs think
that what he's doing is great many of
them who live close to Bruce are
planning to head to his shelter as soon
as there is a threat Bruce tries to
understand how his family feels he knows
that if something ever were to happen
that his wife and children would be safe
according to Bruce that is all that
matters to spend so many years and so
much time on building a shelter he must
really feel strongly about preparing for
disaster the bunker is absolutely
amazing and there are enough supplies
for Bruce and others to wait out the
nuclear fallout and
it's safe enough to go outside so what
do you think is Bruce a kook for
planning for a nuclear winter or is he
just smart for planning ahead and how
about you how would you like to live
underground in a house made out of
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