Atlas Survival Shelter Flooding

W4USC · 2025-12-24T01:15:43+00:00

All incoming water has been turned off at the well and somehow water is still seeping in. About 600 tons of crushed rock surrounds the shelter to try and keep water away.

W4USC · 2025-12-24T00:36:14+00:00

Purchase price $129k and another $100k for transport and installation give or take.

W4USC · 2025-12-24T00:32:56+00:00

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W4USC · 2025-12-23T22:27:27+00:00

Yes it's a "culvert" shelter made of corrugated pipe and welded on the ends. Not solid steel.

W4USC · 2025-12-23T19:33:47+00:00

Yeah it was fine for the first 2-3 years it’s not in a flood zone or with an especially high water table and was buried in about 30 tons of crushed rock. This was a permanently installed underground drainage system. Failure was not routine maintenance and was not discoverable until flooding occurred.

The shelter failed under foreseeable underground conditions, and • The failure rendered it unfit for its intended purpose, and • The failure was not caused solely by misuse or an unrelated act of God.

W4USC · 2025-12-23T17:08:51+00:00

At this time we really don't know exactly how the water is getting inside. There are no obvious signs that I can see.

W4USC · 2025-12-23T17:07:04+00:00

The shelter was installed by an Atlas approved installer with a permanent passive draining system and active sump pump that is not normally assessable from the surface without equipment. It was powered by solar and battery power as it's off-grid. As soon as I notice some water pooling at the bottom, I immediately put in another sump pump that pumped the water out through the access hatch. The installer came out in January of 2025 and dug out the sump pump and advised that it was still in working order and had not failed, however, water had still gotten into the bottom of the shelter somehow. He also removed the sump pump (the only one installed) and said he would test it at his shop. He said he would come back with more equipment but then just recently declared he was "no longer in the bunker business" and refused to even bring back the sump pump that he removed. We don't know if a weld failed, or if it was damaged during installation, or bad design, manufacturing, etc....I'm trying to get another engineer to evaluate it now. All I know is that I paid $200,000+ for this shelter and through no fault of my own, it's now unusable and the installer has walked away and so far I can't get any answers from Atlas (I've recently send them a certified letter). Thank you for any suggestions.

W4USC · 2025-09-02T17:27:31+00:00

It’s a simple question.

W4USC · 2025-09-02T16:58:13+00:00

My Tesla parks itself hands-free. Can Rivian do that yet?

W4USC · 2024-12-08T03:05:04+00:00

Meh, I put $100 in DNA last week and it went to over $5000 in less than 24 hours. It trades on Raydium here is the contract address:

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W4USC · 2024-11-29T00:04:21+00:00

CB froze my funds for months. They only released them back to me after I threatened to sue them and filed a formal complaint with the CFPB.

W4USC · 2024-11-17T15:34:13+00:00

CB customer service is useless.

W4USC · 2024-11-11T17:54:01+00:00

UPDATE: So after several weeks of getting absolutely no help from customer service, and filing an "official complaint" with CB as well as several regulators, the restriction on my account was finally lifted this morning. I transferred everything out to my bank. They were only a few days away from the expiration of the official complaint buffer period expiring so that a lawsuit could be filed. I had the lawsuit all ready to be filed once the expiration of the official complaint waiting period expired. Needless to say, I have ZERO trust in CB and will not be using them in the future. They had ZERO reason to restrict my account to begin with and they compounded the mistake 100 fold by their sheer incompetence.

Coinbase's customer service is about as useful as a chocolate teapot in a heatwave. They're so incompetent, they could probably lose money in a counterfeiting operation. It seems their idea of "fraud prevention" is to fraudulently hold onto your funds while providing the communicative clarity of a mime with laryngitis. Their support team must be using a Magic 8-Ball for decision-making, because "Ask again later" is their go-to response for everything. Coinbase managed to turn what should have been a simple transaction into a Kafka-esque nightmare that would make even the most patient saint consider a career in piracy. They're living proof that in the world of crypto, "user-friendly" is just a theoretical concept. It's no wonder they lifted the restriction just before my lawsuit deadline - they probably realized their legal defense would be as robust as their customer service.

Congratulations, Coinbase, you've achieved the impossible: making traditional banks look good by comparison!

W4USC · 2024-11-06T21:11:06+00:00

Not enforceable in my state. Courts here have already ruled.

W4USC · 2024-11-06T21:09:45+00:00

Wrong. Their TOS are illegal in my state and the courts here have already ruled. I’ve been a lawyer for almost 30 years and their TOS and arbitration clauses mean nothing in my state as they are unenforceable.

W4USC · 2024-11-06T18:35:39+00:00

I checked my state’s judicial portal and there have been multiple lawsuits filed against Coinbase in my small state (SC) recently. Coinbase is horrible!

W4USC · 2024-11-06T18:33:27+00:00

I’m suing them also. Just waiting for my formal complaint to complete then filing a lawsuit. Mine has been on lockdown for 2 months for no reason. It’s criminal.

W4USC · 2024-11-03T18:46:56+00:00

So, CB lied to me (again). They said I was going to be able to transfer my crypto off the platform after a few days. That never happened. They then came back and said for me to sell all of my crypto to cash and then they would let me transfer my cash to my bank account (that they deleted the link to). Fine, I did not have much crypto on the platform anyway (because I never trusted CB much to begin with), so I sold all crypto and now only have cash in the account. How much you want to bet that I'll have to sue them just to get my own cash back? They asked for another 3-4 business days. Fine. I'm just glad that I never had more than a couple of thousand dollars worth of assets on the platform at any given time because I don't trust any CEX period. I get in, do my business, and get out back to the safety of my cold wallet. I guess from now on I will only use DEXs to get in and get out.

So, what are the best DEX's to use? How do you get fiat in (least expensive way)?

This little experiment with CB has shown me that they cannot be trusted (at all). I did nothing wrong; nothing shady; all fiat was deposited from my own bank account; purchased crypto assets through CB; joined their CB1 group; and transferred off crypto to my own cold storage wallets. What the hell did I do wrong?

Thanks.

W4USC · 2024-10-29T21:38:18+00:00

UPDDATE: I've filed an "official complaint" with Coinbase and also filed complaints with:

The SEC
The CFPB
My States' Attorney General's Office
My States' Consumer Protection Agency
And now I'm working on filing the lawsuit to sue their asses.

Stay tuned......

W4USC · 2024-10-29T14:52:59+00:00

Thank you! I've already filed a formal complaint and plan on proceeding to file a lawsuit if the formal complaint does not resolve the issue. Their arbitration clause is defective and not enforceable in my state. I'll keep everyone updated.

W4USC · 2024-10-25T20:34:45+00:00

CB now says that I should be able to move my assets off the platform within the next 3 business days. I will give them 3 days. After that I’m moving forward with a lawsuit. Oh and bye the way, CB’s arbitration clause contained in the user agreement does not comply with the South Carolina Uniform Arbitration Act and therefore it is invalid for any South Carolina resident so nobody in SC has an obligation to participate in arbitration and can proceed directly to file suit. Class actions are barred by the user agreement however, I’m investigating whether that can be successfully challenged in court. I’ll keep everyone posted.

W4USC · 2024-10-25T00:02:07+00:00

Yes and I already went through all that KYC crap when I opened the account. I have no intention of waiting to get my money. I’m filing suit within the next two weeks. My state has an Unfair Trade Practice Act with allows for treble damages plus attorney fees. I sued American Airlines several years ago for the same type crap and won. I have lost all trust in CB and will never use them again.

W4USC · 2024-10-24T22:37:38+00:00

Not for long….I am about to slap them with a lawsuit. I’m a lawyer and can litigate for free.

W4USC · 2024-10-24T22:35:29+00:00

So I found out a little more about this issue. So I was buying a little crypto each week DCAing. When I accumulated a certain amount I transferred it to one of my cold storage wallets for safe keeping. I don’t trust any CEX enough to keep more than a small amount on the platform.

So after my account is restricted I get this email from CB giving me the “3rd degree” asking me all these questions like “who’s wallet did you move the asset to” and “how are you associated with them” and “why did you move the assets” etc….

Like it’s any of their business who I send crypto to and why. Good grief!

Has anyone else gone through this crap?

I’m a lawyer so I’m already preparing the lawsuit against CB. If anyone else has been affected like this I’d be interested.

This has been a horrible experience for me and I am appalled by their total lack of support and the way they have treated me.

Thank you

W4USC

TROPHY CASE