If you believe the apocalypse is imminent, there are really two possible reactions:
"What can you do? Might as well get stoned and find a nice spot to watch it happen."
And,
"I SHALL BE THE VERY LAST HUMAN ALIVE ON THIS EARTH, DAMN IT! AFTER CIVILIZATION FALLS, I SHALL RISE UP AS KING OF THE ASHES!"
If you're in that second category, the good news is that lots of dedicated builders have prepared some pretty fancy spots where you can ride out the end of the world in style. Like ...
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Ark Two (It's Not A Boat)
Though he already lived smack dab in the frozen waste that is greater Canada, Bruce Beach still didn't feel safely removed from the inevitable nuclear Armageddon that will end life as we know it. So, in 1980, he set out to build an underground shelter in which a lucky several humans could survive, thrive and -- eventually -- repopulate.
Starting such a project from scratch would be imposing to say the least, so he decided to repurpose some items -- specifically, 42 school buses. He stuffed them in a big-ass hole, and buried them sumbitches in concrete.
Bruce Beach
He outsourced planning to the Joker and Bane.
Concrete dry, ginormous generators installed, and air filtration systems constructed of goddamned garbage bags at the ready --
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Not a joke.
-- Bruce looked at what he had created and deemed it ... a perpetual work in progress. He named it Ark Two, and yes, Bruce looks exactly how you're picturing him:
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One part Noah, two parts Santa.
So what will your post-apocalyptic life in Ark Two be like? Well, you'll awaken from your long nuclear winter's nap in your sleeping quarters, which are much like ... a bus.
Bruce Beach
And not a single window to release the everlasting fart stank.
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