With so much talk about burying a cargo container underground in the survivalist (Prepper) circles, I thought this video might be interesting. It appears that the builder did a first rate job! I’d be curious what the whole project ended up costing him? It seems like a concrete block building with the appropraite engineering for the roof would be less expensive but that’s just me! Any thoughts?

 

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   As you turned that corner and could see the “official” entrance to your own neighborhood, you knew immediately there was something strange a foot. Your subdivision was a relatively upscale place and had a fancy metal sign, complete with flanking brick columns. The whole thing was nothing more than a facad, the homes weren’t of particularly great quality but the developer knew that the “all show and no go” suburbanites would be impressed with a sudo gated housing tract.

 

   It wasn’t the sign or brick columns that surprised you  but the make shift road block that was being setup. As neighbors were filtering out into the street and moving in the general direction of the city park, another group of men were arranging some older cars into a semblance of a zig zag pattern to slow anyone driving up to the “gate”. Like the people on your own street a couple of blocks in the opposite direction, you recognised a lot of faces but didn’t even know these particular men’s names.

 

  The hair on the back of your neck stood straight up and that little voice in your head screamed at you to just turn around. As usual the other voice asked you about your being a man or a mouse and why would you not be up for some excitement. You’d been preparing for something like this for many years, why did it surprise you even a little that it would come down to this? You were on the outside of the development and since everyone was either preoccupied or moving in the other direction, toward the park, you had gone un-noticed. Hopefully these guys would recognise you as a neighbor and not an unwelcome arrival.

 

   You approached them and made a little noise so as not to startle anyone. The fact that they weren’t more alert didn’t sit to good with you as these were apparently the guys that might be guarding the area. When they did hear you coming they seemed a little unsure what to do. Without seeming outright hostile, they asked if you had a reason to be coming through there?

 

   One of the guys was looking at you like he might have recognised you. You knew he lived at the house right across from the gate and one of the cars they were arranging was usually parked in his driveway. You explained that you lived a couple blocks down and were just on your way to the meeting up at the park. They seemed alright with that and started to get back to the job at hand, when you asked for an explanation of what exactly they were doing. In response they just looked at you like you had just crawled out from under a box??? “Haven’t you heard”, their apparent leader asked? You explained that you assumed that something was up because of the meeting but what exactly was going on, you asked?

 

   They ran you through the situation… In a nut shell they explained that there were reports of a group of thugs making their way out into the countryside from the city on scavenging runs. Well, these scavenging runs had gone beyond asking for hand outs and burglarizing empty homes to a wide spread taking of anything or anyone they wanted. Apparently the threat was rising as they became more violent and sure of themselves. A relative of another neighbor had driven in a few days ago and reported what was happening and it didn’t take long to see the pattern of movement that would lead the characters right onto your door step.

 

   The family that found out first was the instigator of the meeting everyone was asked to attend today. The road block and some other preparations were already underway by folks like these guys that had already been briefed on the details. You could see that there wasn’t a firm plan in place but the threat was being taken seriously! You asked what else was going to be done and the guys seemed like they wanted to get back to the job at hand, they encouraged you to go and see for yourself what the meeting was about and where you might fit in with the needs of the group.

 

   With a million thoughts swirling around in your head, you continued on past the entryway. It was easy enough to fall in with another group of folks going toward the park. Your mind was nagging you again to turn around and get back home but the details of what had and would still happen kept you moving. None of these people that were walking beside you had as much information as you, it was easy to tell by the questions they were asking each other. You decided to keep your opinions and speculations to yourself.

 

  The park was outside the subdivision and up the road a short distance. Since your neighborhood was far enough outside the city limits and there wasn’t alot of other development beyond your area, the park was kind of looked at as an extention of your boundaries. It wasn’t anything special but had a few ball fields and playground equipment. There was also a nice nature trail that ran through the woods along it’s perimeter. You were sure it was selected as the meeting place because it was the only nearby place that would allow all of the families in the neighborhood to easily assemble.

 

   As your group approached the entry drive to the park you could hear a growing uproar up ahead. With the information you had just received and the knowledge of what may be coming, the angry sounds were particularly upsetting. How this would all play out was any one’s guess but it looked like it was going to be thrust in your lap in the next few minutes…

 

 

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