In “How Much Bunker Could Tom Cruise Get for $10 Million?,” Joel Johnson of Boing Boing [singlepic=120,320,240,,left] Interviews, Leonard Henriksen, maker of high-end shelters:

While Tom Cruise may not be building a bunker under his Telluride estate—his spokespeople have denied it—it got me thinking: How much underground bunker could one get for $10 million?

Before he put his mind to designing underground survival shelters, Leonard Henrikson, a gentle Oregonian proud of his Swedish descent, built presses for radioactive waste for the government. But after 9/11, there was again a market for underground survival bunkers. “You couldn’t build them fast enough,” Henrikson told me.  Continue reading →