There's no better time than now to be in the bomb shelter business.
Atlas Survival, a company in Montebello, California, sells products like the Bombnado — a shelter with a seating area, bunk beds, and plenty of storage, which is intended to be built under a house while it is under construction — and the Fallnado, designed to go inside a garage. Owner Ron Hubbard told ABC Los Angeles that ever since President Trump warned North Korea that if it attacked the United States with a nuclear weapon, he would hit back with "fire and fury," sales have skyrocketed. "Instead of calling me like they normally do, they've gone in their car and they've driven down here to see what is available," he said. "[They] buy them on the spot, and I've never seen that in my entire career doing this."
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