This is a very old thread I know, but ran across this article on CNN about companies selling doomsday bunkers to the wealthy.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/luxury...ers/index.html
One guy has bought a couple of nuclear hardened old missle silos and has already converted one to condos, and is he's going to do the other one. Immmediately reminded me of the Silo series.
I for one, find all this rather disconcerting. As a species, have we thrown in the towel?