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There are tens of millions of people who practice emergency preparedness. There is only a tiny handful of people with private bunkers, and it's overwhelmingly j

There are tens of millions of people who practice emergency preparedness. There is only a tiny handful of people with private bunkers, and it's overwhelmingly just rich folks who treat it as an offbeat hobby or a status symbol - like a wine cellar or a collection of luxury cars. I get that it's fascinating, but the "bunker prepper" argument has no place in a good-faith discussion of emergency preparedness. [Edit: added "private" to address some irrelevant rebukes below.]

bboygravity 2y ago
"There is only a tiny handful of people with bunkers" uhm? Ever heard of Zwitserland?
- gambiting 2y ago
  Switzerland total population is just over 8 million - so about 0.1% of total. I think "tiny handful" is correct.
  - slater 2y ago
    Not sure if I'm interpreting your response correctly, but every house and apartment bloc in Switzerland has a bunker.
hollerith 2y ago
During the Cold War, Switzerland maintained fallout shelters for its entire population (plus an extra 25%). If you owned a house, the government would periodically inspect the fallout shelter and verify that it was stocked with food and water. Cities had large, communal shelters. Finland and Sweden were also big on fallout shelters.