Mar 6th 2013 8:00AM
Survival realty reportedly experienced a boom prior to the predicted Mayan Apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012. But what happens to the market after each failed "apocalypse"? Though it's easy to assume that demand for survival shelters and underground Doomsday bunkers would plummet, Realtors say that's not the case. In fact,... Continue Reading »
Dec 19th 2012 1:30PM
By Geoffrey Ingersoll The prevalence of "fallout" shelters in pop culture, indeed in culture itself, has seen a recent spike. Maybe it was the 2008 global economic crisis, or the deafening apocalyptic talk of prominent pundits (ahem, Glenn Beck), or even the resurgence of the zombie as the way that life on earth will... Continue Reading »
Jul 10th 2012 3:40PM
By Neal J. Leitereg In case you're in complete denial or have been living under a rock in recent days, it has become quite apparent that THE ZOMBIE APOCALPYSE IS UPON US, PEOPLE. Reported horrific incidents of face-eating, intestine-throwing, arm-gnawing, hush-hush hazmat evacuations, and/or general cannibalistic mayhem... Continue Reading »
Jun 6th 2012 2:45PM
If you're hoping to snag an ultra-secure underground luxury condo equipped to make it through the apocalypse, join the waiting list. An abandoned missile-silo-turned-housing-complex in Kansas with eight $2 million units has sold out. Developer Larry Hall has been remodeling the Cold War-era Atlas-F missile silo in... Continue Reading »
Oct 19th 2011 8:00PM
Harold Camping, the evangelical Henny Penny of the Apocalypse, has got that feeling again. This time, the 90-year-old prophet is claiming that the world will "probably" end Oct. 21, 2011. What are the odds he goes 0-2? (Let's not revisit his predictions throughout the '90s for the moment.) To hedge your bets on the eve of... Continue Reading »
