Survival communities – like the ’60s all over again

The trouble with panic rooms is that they can be terribly isolating. So why not make them bigger, with modern comforts, and encourage your neighbors to build one, too, in case you need to borrow a cup of sugar after the world ends?

Some thought the end of the world was at hand in October 1962, when the Soviets parked those nuclear missiles off Key West. Still others thought it might happen Jan. 1, 2000. If you’re reading this on Monday, we know it wasn’t May 21, as a Denver-area billboard recently proclaimed.

When confronted with potential global doom, the natural reaction…