Doomsday Haven Available in Mojave Desert

Doomsday Haven Available in Mojave Desert
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A Del Mar-based company called Vivos is establishing an underground safe-haven in the Mojave Desert.
The shelter will include a nuke-proof bunker, an atrium, a full menu and even a jail.
The facility is among several popping up across the country as fears of doomsday mount.

A company with a doomsday plan is taking money for what it promises will be a comfortable, nuke-proof bunker under the Mojave Desert, with an atrium, gym and jail, and sloppy joes and pearl potatoes on the menu.

Robert Vicino, who runs the Del Mar-based company called Vivos, has collected deposits on half the 132 spaces planned in the 13,000-square-foot bunker in Barstow.

The facility is among several popping up across the country as fears of doomsday have been fueled recently by strong earthquakes, terrorism and predictions of the world's end in 2012 when the ancient Mayan calendar is said to end.

"I'm careful not to promote fear. But sooner or later, I believe you're going to need to seek shelter," said Vicino, a real estate salesman whose career started with advertising and moved on to timeshares