When it comes to ?prepping?, many among the elite take things to an entirely different level.

The following comes from an article that was just published a few hours ago by the London Evening Standard entitled ?The paranoid world of London?s super-rich: DNA-laced security mist and superyacht getaway submarines??

"Business is booming because billionaires are a paranoid bunch. Take one who recently moved to Mayfair. ?He wanted everything, from protection from cyber hacking through to physical intrusion and kidnapping,? says Bond Gunning. ?We ended up installing fingerprint-activated locks for family members and programmable keys for staff that limit the time they are allowed into the property and the rooms they are able to enter and exit. ?Inside and outside we installed 24-hour monitored CCTV cameras that are so hi-tech they can tell the difference between a dog, cat and a person. In the garden there are thermal-imaging cameras that can detect heat sources in the undergrowth. One thing intruders can?t hide is the heat of their bodies.

Should an intruder evade the cameras or ignore the warnings they automatically broadcast, the property itself is protected by bulletproof glass and alarm sensors in all rooms. There is a bullet, gas and bombproof panic or safe room, with its own food and water, medical supplies and communications, and an impregnable supply of fresh air. Just in case the family cannot make it there in time, key rooms are sealed by reinforced shutters."

"The ultimate vehicle of choice is no longer an armoured limousine or a private jet. They?re so Noughties. If you want bragging rights these days, you need your own submarine, which floats out of a sub-sea compartment in your superyacht. ?It?s a toy, but if the worst happened, it could also be an escape route,? says one prominent London tycoon with a weakness for Monaco-berthed superyachts ? provided they have military-grade radar jammers and missile and torpedo defences."

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