Panic Rooms
...ng safe rooms, “It is supposed to be just a safe place, and if it prepared properly, it is just that.” Few would dispute that America’s mentality since the terrorist attacks has been one of protection and concern for our own security. However, how much is too much? If you need a room designed with Kevlar-enforced walls and special vents that trap airborne pathogens to make you feel safer in your own home, then maybe it’s your life that needs a change and not the house. Although these panic rooms are scattered across the United States, the biggest concentration of these rooms are located right in our very own City of Angels. As the writer of Panic Room David Koepp comments, “There are a lot of safe rooms here, especially in Hollywood, where good liberals need a place to protect themselves and their goods". Often enough, when wealth is accompanied by fame, it’s a breeding ground for paranoia, especially in the glitzy ra-ra town of our very own Hollywood. Still oddly enough, there are skeptics that question the necessity of safe rooms. "I will say, I don't really get it," says Tom Murphy, president of upscale Coastal Homes. Murphy’s built homes for high status celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone and Oprah Winfrey, and knows that feeling safe in your home is something that everyone wants. However, he still questions why people would go as far as to have a modern day bomb shelter installed in their house, “I think many folks want one because the guy next door has one.” Yes, we are that immature. Panic rooms have become so popular in America that even hospitals, libraries, schools, and big businesses are asking about what kind of secure rooms they can have built for their workers in the instance of an actual emergency. Fe...