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Super-rich buying underground bunkers with SHOOTING RANGES over fears coronavirus will spark social meltdown
THE world's super rich are buying bunkers with SHOOTING RANGES amid fears coronavirus will spark a crime epidemic.
Multi-millionaires and billionaires are going underground as the deadly outbreak spreads panic around the world.
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However, many are not hiding away from the killer virus they are running scared about what may happen in the wake of the pandemic.
"People are buying not specifically for the coronvairus, people are buying the shelters for what the coronavirus can bring," said Gary Lynch of the Rising S Company,
"The United States is very vulnerable economically and if there were a collapse we would see civil and social unrest.
"What you are going to have is people going door-to-door trying to do harm, trying to steal, trying to take food and trying to take possessions.
"So what my clients want to do is go hide underground then they don't have to worry about what is going on outside as they are
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Many of the shelters are built from protective steel and have bullet-resistant doors,
They are fitted with state-of-the-art air filters which can even remove nuclear dust in the wake of a missile attack.
They have huge food storage rooms which can hold up to six months supplies of tinned and freeze-dried goods.
Many have huge underground greenhouse gardens so the occupants can grow their own food when their supplies run dry.
Mr Lynch revealed some of his clients even have shooting ranges fitted.
Texas-based Rising S Bunkers start at $50,000 but can run into millions.
The largest they have built measured 13,000 square feet for a mystery client.
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Last month we reportedupon arriving at his top-secret second home - as he couldn't even figure out how to get in.
Mr Lynch revealed: "He wanted to verify the combination for the door and was asking questions about the power and the hot water heater and whether he needed to take extra water or air filters."
New Zealand has become a top choice for tycoons looking to hide out.
It is the ideal place to hunker down in a global emergency, say experts.
Mr Lynch told Bloomberg: “New Zealand is an enemy of no one. It's not a nuclear target. It's not a target for war. It's a place where people seek refuge.”
But while some want to bunker down alone with their loved ones, other companies have cashed in on our desire to be in a community - and feel closer to the real world, even in the face of disaster.
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