Make Yourself Safe From Nukes Just Like Tom Cruise For A Fraction Of The Cost

by Nicole

It’s been rumored that Tom Cruise is building a $10 million bomb shelter at his Colorado home. A source close to the actor told England’s Metro newspaper that the bunker will be “a self-contained underground system where up to 10 people can survive for years.” It’s said the underground complex will feature storage space for large amounts of food and survival equipment, and will have “a state of the art air purification system.”

It’s unclear whether Tom, a follower of Scientology, is worried about nukes from Korea and Iran, or a return of the deposed leader of the galactic confederacy, Xenu. According to Wikipedia’s entry on Scientology, alien leader Xenu caused the destruction of billions of his people from his overpopulated planets by paralyzing them, bringing them to earth on Douglas DC-8-styled spacecraft, stacking them up around volcanoes, and blowing them up with hydrogen bombs launched into the craters, an event that is said to be referred to as Incident II by the church.

Whatever the source of the nuclear threat, Cruise should heed the warning of Walton McCarthy, the president and chief engineer of bomb shelter builders Radius Engineering. He cautions that concrete is not a suitable construction material, being prone to cracks and damp. “Unless the shelter ceiling is 36 inches thick the concrete shelter is useless protecting against nuclear weapon blasts,” says McCarthy. “Concrete is not a viable material to protect shelterists from storms and nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.”

Shelters can be ordered from McCarthy’s website, Bomb-Shelter.net, at a fraction of the cost of Cruise’s (they offer a 10 person military model for just $91,160). For those looking to save money by building one themselves, The American Civil Defense Association offers a helpful 400-page handbook, which features detailed diagrams and specifications, entitled Principles of Protection for just $59.95.

| 09/27/07 | Celebrities