That's kind of scary. I think these people are assuming that humanity will kill itself, but I do not think they know how or when it will happen. If they knew, they would have these kind of vaults all over in places more accessible. Not only that, they would have large bunkers for themselves to seek cover.

Possibly, they are desensitizing the people of the world to bunkers like these so they can build their own bunkers without people thinking anything strange.

dont know why but it gave me some minor chills when i read it. do they know something we dont? would the government provide unknow tech knowledge to the elite few that they can learn from it and reproduce it? ugh bizarre ideas popped when i read this.

maybe it's a good idea to save a snapshot of genetic diversity before monsanto makes more franken food.

You can bet that the Universities and Labs where the gene altering is going on, will be safe from the coming global catastrophes. I for one suppose it will be by natural occurring earth changes. Perhaps the early arrival of SunSpot24 and TU24 heralded in the beginning of the self fulfilling direction we as a Global community have helped to usher in for our selves. Nice huh? Find those deep caves systems away from public control and yes save non GMO non hybridized. When the dust settles he who has the seeds and the water, will do well.

Seed banks are not just for the apocalypse, no no no. Plants, like animals, also face extinction. They must be protected somehow.

There are numerous seed banks around the world. I think there should be more of them.

Could all of the erratic weather patterns we have been seeing have to do with this?
Is it happening faster than expected?
Is that why the seed vaults were filled last winter and not fresher seeds saved closer to 2012?

Here is the location of the Seed Vault:





Also, an artist conception of what the entrance will look like (minus all the military personnel that will eventually be assigned there to protect it's contents:

I hope they have good protection.
Once Monsanto gets big enough to have its own army it will probably set up a program to take out the seed banks because of "Copyright infringement."

They will be laying claim to anything that grows from seed soon.

My only question is, "Why now?"

We've feared Global Killer-events for some time now. From the 50's MAD agreement with the superpowers during the cold war to the more recent rise in awareness of planet killing asteroids.

Have we discovered something we should now fear? Perhaps a distant asteroid headed for Earth. Was this the reason the year 2012 has been stood out as a deadline for the end of humans reign on Earth? Who knows?

We have a Seed Vault now. Great. Where's the publics fallout shelter? I would think they would arrange for massive complexes to be built to ensure the survival of at least a fraction of the planets population.

It's my opinion that these facilities already exist. They're just not publicly known. It'll be the rich and powerful that are able to take refuge in such facilities. The general public will be allow to perish in the fallout of whatever ends up destroying this planet.

It's also my opinion that our species will perish if the only the rich and powerful are allow to take refuge in such facilities and are the only ones left when all is said and done. After all, these are the same people that allow whatever Earth destroying event to happen anyway.

most interesting line of events you have put together S & F. its a very good question to bring up... weve known and feared catastophic events for years and years and yet only in 06 do we build this seed vault... if nothing is going to happen then why build it at all. especially in these times when the world is on the brink of economic collapse.. that wouldnt make sense, so there has to be a reason why they built it and not the lame official story either..

natures global catastophies aside, these seed banks will be holding as many as possible natural seeds from the world over, and with the push for worldwide Gm seed production and planting, will give these powers that be total control of all grown food sources in the years to come.
Since these Gm seeds will only last for one crop cycle, then die, the only place to get more is from these Gm suppliers.
Who knows, Maybe once these seed banks have enough stored inside them, there might be some kind of virus/contamination spread that will globally wipe out the rest of seed producing plants the world over, giving 100% control to these powers that be.
It seems as though they are already experimenting with depopulation through humans by genetically modifying the bodies hormone/sperm counts with Gm foods and vaccines to stop or control pregnancies from happening, so who's to say they won't be looking at ways to control the seed growths of natural plants to further their control and supply of seeds.
pretty sure these people in power are not losing any monetry value by building these banks, and will end up seeing a massive increase of returns from their global planning of full market control with Gm products.