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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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[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago (5 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 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

is a bunch of plants in a small bunker sufficient for making enough o2?

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