As Russian forces continue to bombard Ukraine, many Americans are deciding to shell out money on bunkers.
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Other tragedies — including the pandemic and climate change — have also increased shelter sales in recent years.“Our top on-site search terms have been ‘nuclear’, ‘iodine’ … and ‘radiation sickness’,” practical prepping website the Prepared founder John Ramey told the Guardian. “Those terms are normally nowhere near the top.
The reason for America’s growing bunker obsession can also be traced back to a lesser-known historic precedent: During the Cold War, in contrast to the Soviet Union — which built out its public defense infrastructure — the US markedly left citizens to protect themselves from nuclear fallout, and rely on the private sector for protection, the Guardian added.
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