For a typical, bare-bones, $50,000 shelter, Atlas says it will build the corrugated pipe structure, paint it white, install linoleum floors throughout, and add Formica finishes to the countertops.

A new billboard along Interstate 10 has sparked curiosity about Atlas Bomb Shelters, a company that claims to be the world’s ...

That’s where Atlas Survival Shelters comes in. Offering bunkers and doomsday rooms of all sizes, the company, run by designer and fabricator Ron Hubbard, is easing the fears of life after a ...

The particular survival shelter visited by NewsNation is still under construction, but when finished, it will feature 10-foot-tall ceilings, home theaters and working bathrooms and plumbing.

Atlas Survival Shelters CEO Ron Hubbard sits inside a model BombNado shelter at his Montebello, California factory. Libby Denkmann/for Marketplace Listen Now Facebook LinkedIn Hosted by Kai Ryssdal ...

Business has never been better at Atlas Survival Shelters, which ships bunkers to customers around the world from its U.S. factories. Among the best sellers: the BombNado, with a starting price of ...

Atlas Survival Shelters began in Sacramento, Calif., in the 1950s. It was then named “Atlas Bomb Shelter Distributing” and purchased ominous advertising warning about the “danger of a ...

Atlas Survival Shelters hasn’t turned a significant profit yet. Hubbard said it made no money in the start-up year of 2011, was modestly in the black last year and may show a profit for 2013.

There's a new customized survival shelter with all comforts of home that could save your life. Ron Hubbard of Atlas Survival Shelters came up with the idea three years ago, knowing the market was ...

There's a new customized survival shelter with all comforts of home that could save your life. Ron Hubbard of Atlas Survival Shelters came up with the idea three years ago, knowing the market was ...