RE: There’s a big problem with nuclear war bunkers that rich people are buying.
As you say!
When visiting Switzerland, we recommend visiting the Sonnenberg Bunker in Lucerne. It takes about five minutes to realize that that’s not a viable option in a disaster, but you’ll know it when you see “toilet.” Apocalypse movies always depict the battle for food and resources, but never the reality of life without proper plumbing. It’s not me!
The whole tour is creepy. The entrance is a long tunnel. On the walls are tallies (several sets of four vertically and one diagonally) representing the days on board the ship, as well as a message in English that reads: “Hold on to the boat,” “I want to leave,” “The end is near,” and “I want to stay the night.” There are still photos!
According to Wikipedia, “The logistical issues of keeping a population of 20,000 people within a small area were not thoroughly explored, and required highways to be closed and normal traffic rerouted. , testing the installation was difficult; the only major test was a five-day exercise in 1987 to practice converting a road tunnel into a usable shelter, which revealed a number of problems, among other things. , 24 to completely close all four explosion doors. It took time and proved impossible to add 20,000 beds within a reasonable period of time.The shelter capacity was then reevaluated from 10,000 to 17,000. Questions remained as to whether the tunnel could survive as a shelter.
Of course, these logistical issues did not take into account the spread of infectious diseases…
Tour guides said calls have increased since the conflict between Ukraine and Russia began. When a disaster occurs, people want to know where to report.
The government also sends iodine tablets every 10 years. I was surprised when I first got it. Although I couldn’t speak the language, I could understand the word “nuclear.” In theory, I think I should always carry pills with me, but I wonder if anyone else does that.
Bunker link: https://unterirdisch-ueberleben.ch/
Medicine: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-28/switzerland-s-once-a-decade-nuclear-ritual
