It would be interesting to map the number of disaster movies released with the following article extract.\u00a0 It points out that in the USA shelters and bunkers are undergoing a revival, and it interests me as it’s a possible weak signal of something happening around how people perceive risk.<\/p>\n
Radius Engineering in Terrell, Texas, has built underground shelters for more than three decades, and business has never been better, says Walton McCarthy, company president.<\/p>\n
The company sells fiberglass shelters that can accommodate 10 to 2,000 adults to live underground for one to five years with power, food, water and filtered air, McCarthy says.<\/p>\n
The shelters range from $400,000 to a $41 million facility Radius built and installed underground that is suitable for 750 people, McCarthy says. He declined to disclose the client or location of the shelter.<\/p>\n
“We’ve doubled sales every year for five years,” he says.Other shelter manufacturers include Hardened Structures of Colorado and Utah Shelter Systems, which also report increased sales.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n