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Escaping underground: the eerie new age of bushfire bunkers — With concrete walls, flame-proof doors and wine racks, bushfire bunkers offer the promise of safety, at least for those who can afford ...::With concrete walls, flame-proof doors and wine racks, bushfire bunkers offer the promise of safety - at least for those who can afford them

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No real mention of the main enemy, oxygen..... A brush fire can deplete the local oxygen levels even if your nice and cool underground.

[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These are basically small concrete boxes sunk into the ground. They're only meant to stick out a bushfire for a few hours.

You could probably just keep a few bottles of oxygen or a carbon dioxide scrubber stashed in there, just in case. If you can spend $10,000 on one of these bunkers, spending a few hundred more isn't going to make a difference.

Anything longer than a few hours would get dicey anyway without room to move around, without room to stash water or food, without a toilet or beds.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They could put in a bunch of high-O2 producing plants like mother-in-law's tongue and be relatively okay-ish.