“Even if there’s no bomb shelter, you can keep the fallout out of the soft tissue of your lungs. It doesn’t include the needed concrete blocks and concrete, and excavation and building costs that could run roughly $15,000 to $20,000, Duvaul estimated. The kit is for an 8.7-by-20-foot interior space, 7.3 feet high, designed for six adults.Īmerican Safe Room’s small kit starts at $16,000, and includes steel trusses, a hatch and a nuclear-biological-chemical air-filtration system. Miyagi, speaking at the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Military Partnership Conference, responded that he advocates “individual resilience.” But when pressed, Miyagi said: “If a person has the wherewithal to go do that, go do it.”ĭuvaul estimated the cost for a small underground shelter would start at about $40,000, including $5,000 for shipping to Hawaii. 12, the day before the false alert, former HI-EMA Administrator Vern Miyagi was asked whether he should build a bomb shelter in his backyard. Instead, it urges residents to identify existing places where they may find shelter.Īn outdated 1985 list of fallout shelters, some of which no longer exist, indicated a shortage on most areas of Oahu. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency has said a nuclear disaster is highly unlikely, and is not promoting construction of fallout or bomb shelters. The missile alert snafu was a wake-up call for most Hawaii residents who found themselves uninformed and ill-prepared to survive the real thing. The company, founded in 2001, has shipped about 40 to 50 air-filtration systems and some blast doors to Hawaii over the years - but never a shelter kit. Most were for an underground shelter kit, which includes an air-filtration system and steel hatch, American Safe Room sales manager Brian Duvaul said. Some Hawaii residents rattled by the false missile alert are considering doing more than leaving it up to chance that they’ll be able to find shelter should a ballistic missile head their way.Īn Oregon bomb shelter company has received about 65 inquiries, and counting, from Hawaii residents since the Jan.
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