Bomb Bed
Published August 11, 2004
When I was in California at the end of June, I went by my friend Ken's new house in Rolling Hills Estates, and among the points of interest was a classic bomb shelter dug into the side of the hill (Rolling HILLS) at the bottom of their property in the early-'60s. It had been sealed, but he opened it up and found an amazing time capsule of supplies, foodstuffs and artifacts of the era, an era when we believed, or at least hoped, that the world could be shut out and kept at bay.
Spurred on by very real threats of domestic terrorism, the dream lives on in the form of the Quantum Sleeper - the bed for the paranoid who has everything (fully equipped at a mere $160k):
1.25" Polycarbonate Bulletproof Plating/Shielding
Bio-Chemical Filtered Ventilation
Rebreather
Control Panel Mode Selection (i.e., Basic System Ops., Intruder Setting, Energy Status, Lock Down, etc.)
Cover & Door Actuators w/ Emergency Release
One way see through head cover (reflective mirror on 2 sides and front)
Safety Features (Proximity Sensor, O2 Sensor, Smoke Det., Motion Det. Ect,)
Emergency Communication system (Cellular, Short-wave Radio, CB ect.)
Audio Amplifier (Amplify sound from out side unit)
Air/Water Tight Sealing
External Override Key Pad & Remote Control
Battery Backup Power
Mattress/Box springs
I hope your bedroom is on the ground floor:
- The installation requirements for the Quantum Sleeper will vary depending on what attributes you select for your unit. The following is set forth as a guide for minimum requirements for the installation a queen size Quantum Sleeper Unit.
BASIC QUEEN SIZE UNIT:
Closed Position:
Dimensions of the basic Quantum Sleeper Unit in the closed position - 74" wide x 73" high x 110" long
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- Published: August 11, 2004
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- Writer: Eric Olsen
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Post-terror survival is clearly not for the claustrophobic.
Cozy indeed! I hear they rejected "Safety Sarcophagus" as a brand name.
The information on their website is fascinating. Let me see if I understand this correctly. This unit is supposed to keep you safe in case of a biological or chemical terror attack. It might be plausible to assume that one would have to spend more than a day entombed in this thing, right? And apparently you can opt to have a fridge and microwave installed, which makes sense if you're going to be in there for a day or two. Am I missing something, or did they forget to provide for a means of waste disposal? I mean, talk about bioterrorism...
damn, good point, that would appear to be a serious turd in the punchbowl
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And what's cool is that if a nuclear bomb does go off in a neighborhood near you, you get to stay in your bed for 60,000 years!