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Preparing for Doomsday: The Prepping Industry is Booming, Even in Kansas

By Kansas News Service
Published March 15, 2017 at 8:45 PM CDT
Survival shelter developer Larry Hall stands outside the blast doors of his luxury bunker near Concordia, Kansas. The former Atlas missile silo has been converted into high-end apartments that sell for millions. Hall says this shelter is sold out. (Photo by Frank Morris)
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A guard patrols the perimeter of a survival bunker near Concordia, Kansas. (Photo by Frank Morris)
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Swimming pool inside the former Atlas missile silo turned luxury bunker.
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An apartment deep in the missile silo features video 'windows' showing the view from above ground.
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There have always been Americans worried about some pending religious, social, or natural cataclysm. But the business of catering to those fears -- and helping people prepare to survive the next big calamity -- have changed dramatically. Reporter Frank Morris, with the Kansas News Service, went underground to find out how doomsday prepping has morphed in the age of Trump.  

Frank Morris is a reporter for KCUR Radio in Kansas City and a contributor to the Kansas News Service, a consortium of stations collaborating to cover news of interest to Kansans.

Want to learn more this?  Check out this article from The New Yorker.
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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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