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For most people, an alarm and a deadbolt are all we need to feel secure at home.
But if you’re looking for extra protection, you might be inspired by the safety measures used at the world’s most secure locations.The U.S. Government’s Cheyenne Mountain complex in Colorado has a command center for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD.
Built in the 1960s inside a mountain, the complex is protected by blast doors weighing 25 tons, which are designed to withstand a 30-megaton nuclear blast – around 2,000 times stronger than the one from the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima in World War II.
Colorado is also home to ADX Florence Prison. Nicknamed “The Alcatraz of the Rockies,” the maximum security prison has around 500 male inmates, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols. In addition to attack dogs, steel doors and motion sensors, the prison utilizes disorientation as a means of security. The only view from the cells is of the sky through a narrow window.
This means prisoners don’t know where their holding cell is located within the complex, making it extremely difficult to plan an escape.But not all secure locations protect people.
The Svalbard Seed Vault is located on a remote island in northern Norway and contains plant seeds. Built by the Norwegian government, the vault’s cold temperature and above sea level location protect it against climate change, allowing the preservation of vital crop seeds that would need to be regrown in the event of a global disaster.
Since 1965, the Mormon Church has kept its records safe inside a mountain vault located near Salt Lake City. There’s no public access to the vault, which contains over 3.5 billion documents.So to make your home extra secure, all you have to do is live inside a mountain. I wonder if cell phones work in there…
http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-secure-locations-060000803.html
But if you’re looking for extra protection, you might be inspired by the safety measures used at the world’s most secure locations.The U.S. Government’s Cheyenne Mountain complex in Colorado has a command center for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD.
Built in the 1960s inside a mountain, the complex is protected by blast doors weighing 25 tons, which are designed to withstand a 30-megaton nuclear blast – around 2,000 times stronger than the one from the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima in World War II.
Colorado is also home to ADX Florence Prison. Nicknamed “The Alcatraz of the Rockies,” the maximum security prison has around 500 male inmates, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols. In addition to attack dogs, steel doors and motion sensors, the prison utilizes disorientation as a means of security. The only view from the cells is of the sky through a narrow window.
This means prisoners don’t know where their holding cell is located within the complex, making it extremely difficult to plan an escape.But not all secure locations protect people.
The Svalbard Seed Vault is located on a remote island in northern Norway and contains plant seeds. Built by the Norwegian government, the vault’s cold temperature and above sea level location protect it against climate change, allowing the preservation of vital crop seeds that would need to be regrown in the event of a global disaster.
Since 1965, the Mormon Church has kept its records safe inside a mountain vault located near Salt Lake City. There’s no public access to the vault, which contains over 3.5 billion documents.So to make your home extra secure, all you have to do is live inside a mountain. I wonder if cell phones work in there…
http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-secure-locations-060000803.html
