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As in any community, Hall predicts problems. He says he's prepared for almost any scenario. The first: the bathroom.
"Do you know how much storage space you would need for toilet paper? It is staggering," he says. "I would need another silo just for toilet paper to even have something like a 10-year capacity."
Bidets take up too much space. The solution: the toilet of the future.
"There is a company called Toto that makes these electric toilets that has a built-in bidet in the toilet. They're $2,500 toilets. But we have the best of the best. So we have eco-friendly bidets that warm your butt and clean you off in a single motion, without having to change platforms."
Hall, who says he sleeps four hours a night, bats away other potential problems that could arise for the subterranean upper crust. What happens if a resident gets pregnant?
"Typically they have a baby," Hall says with a dash of arrogance.
Hall says the life-support system in the silo would allow for the community to grow, if needed, and he has planned for variations in oxygen and food consumption.
"The equipment has specifications, but it's typically within a 15 percent variation," Hall says. "Infants are going to be well within that variation. So does that mean that we want to, right off the get-go, start letting 15 percent more people in, to be operating at 110 percent or 115 percent of our capacity? No, but that's in our contingency planning because that's something that could happen."
What about crime?
"We have a two-cell holding area that we can use for either medical isolation or incarceration," he says and adds that tasers would be used.
Hall has also prepared for threats from the outside world. The one he mentions most: roving gangs seeking food and shelter from whatever hell was on the surface. Those trying to penetrate the silo would be met with serious firepower. Hall says there will be a formidable cache of weapons inside the silo.
"I can say this: There's well over 10,000 rounds of ammunition," he says. "And there are multiple kinds of guns and multiple calibers of guns, some of which are completely automated. We don't even have to go outside to shoot somebody.
"It's like a video game," Hall continues as he takes a bite of his chicken-salad sandwich.
Hall scoffs at the notion that condo owners in other parts of the country or world wouldn't be able to get to their condos in the middle of Kansas. He says the condo's usefulness comes down to preparation. When he lived in Florida, he says, he had a written plan in his go-bag of supplies that outlined various ways to get to the silo. One plan was to drive as far as he could, then hike for weeks. Another involved borrowing a friend's airplane. Now, he says, he's going to fit his truck with an extra fuel tank, so he'll be able to drive his family to the condo from their home in Denver without stopping for gas.
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