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The First Zombie-Proof House. Somehow, ritual drunk-conversation concerning team captains for the apocalypse has become a major part of the lives of 20-somethings. Having been matured in the Grandaddy-crowned masterpiece film (put “A.M. 180” on and forget that you have a job) 28 Days Later and the best-selling Zombie Survival Guide, we’re all a little too ready to deal with the 2012 zombie apocalypse of our dreams. “The Safe House,” designed by KWK Promes, starts to get eerily close to something I could work with, if say 200 bludgeoned members of the undead army came over to eat their way into borrowing some sugar. “The most essential item for our clients was acquiring the feeling of maximum security,” begins the designers’ website in the summary of the structure. Who wouldn’t feel safe in a concrete rectangle that folds in upon itself to become completely sealed?

Even the windows are covered with a slab of concrete when the structure is on nap time. Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading by Jackie Clay. Many of us have a garden and enjoy fresh vegetables during the summer and fall. Maybe we even have a few chickens for eggs and meat. But many of us may want to extend our homesteading to what I call "hard-core" homesteading. This is serious homesteading, aimed at being able to provide your family with nearly all of its basic needs. Luckily, most of us with a piece of out-of-the-way land can become nearly "store-bought-free," raising much of what we need in nearly the same way as did our ancestors.

There is a vast difference between this type of survival homesteading and stars-in-the-eyes, back-to-nature, recreational homesteading to relieve stress and provide enjoyment. The survival garden It has been said that one can raise enough food for a family of four in a 50- by 50-foot space. When one needs a garden to put up food, not only for the winter but possibly for a year or two, we're talking about at least an acre of intense cropping.

You can't grow everything, everywhere. 2012 Base :: Survival Bunkers > Make Your Own Bunker. The people behind 2012 Shelters are dedicated to helping people, not only survive, but thrive during hard times, whether it be a storm that knocks out power or the events of 2012. We are highly trained in Construction, Construction Management and the fields of field fortifications, security, ballistic designs and catastrophic event preparation and post event recovery. . ~ Details Safety from A-tomic, B-iological and C-hemical weapons, shelter manufacturer based in Germany Deep Earth Preparedness and Survival Shelter. Prices on application. Site has interior pics, and pics showing how happy customers installed it ~ Details Modular bunkers made from prefabricated concrete, starting at 8 feet thick.

. ~ Details A true steel reinforced concrete underground bomb shelter. . ~ Details ~ Details. Index of How to Survive Hard Times - by Robert Wayne Atkins. Geodesic Domes | Survival Gear & Supplies. Survival/Emergency Domes. Low cost emergency housing for disaster stricken areas. Shipped from Texas, USA to any where in the world. A basic dome home shelter can be built by 2 people in less than 1 day. It consists of a wood dome frame, insulating rigid plastic cover, floor, door, windows, heating and cooking stove, tools for assembly, emergency survival tools, water purification unit and instructions in native language. Sizes based on our "Garden Dome 2" and "Garden Dome 3" design. The dome shelter is much more permanent than a tent shelter. No power tools are required to assemble the SURVIVAL DOME package. Requirements for the SURVIVAL - EMERGENCY DOME HOME are relatively level ground to build on and basic mechanical ability.

Items such as wood/propane fuel systems for heating/cooking, , rain water collection/storage/purification may be included in the SURVIVAL - EMERGENCY DOME HOME package, or changed as needed to supply the needs of families and communities- o Disaster Relief. Geodesic dome. Typically a geodesic dome design begins with an icosahedron inscribed in a hypothetical sphere, tiling each triangular face with smaller triangles, then projecting the vertices of each tile to the sphere. The endpoints of the links of the completed sphere are the projected endpoints on the sphere's surface. If this is done exactly, sub-triangle edge lengths take on many different values, requiring links of many sizes. To minimize this, simplifications are made.

The result is a compromise of triangles with their vertices lying approximately on the sphere. The edges of the triangles form approximate geodesic paths over the surface of the dome. Geodesic designs can be used to form any curved, enclosed space. History[edit] The first dome that could be called "geodesic" in every respect was designed after World War I by Walther Bauersfeld,[1] chief engineer of the Carl Zeiss optical company, for a planetarium to house his planetarium projector.

Methods of construction[edit] Dome homes[edit] is: You Can Build a Straw Bale House. Straw-bale construction. Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (commonly wheat, rice, rye and oats straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This construction method is commonly used in natural building or "brown" construction projects. Research has shown that straw-bale construction is a sustainable method for building, from the standpoint of both materials and energy needed for heating and cooling.[2] Advantages of straw-bale construction over conventional building systems include the renewable nature of straw, cost, easy availability, naturally fire-retardant and high insulation value.[3][4][5] Disadvantages include susceptibility to rot, difficulty of obtaining insurance coverage, and high space requirements for the straw itself.[6] Research has been done using moisture probes placed within the straw wall in which 7 of 8 locations had moisture contents of less than 20%.

History[edit] Pilgrim Holiness Church in Arthur, Nebraska Method[edit] See also[edit] 50 straw bale house plans. The Draw Permaculture Sanctuary - Bayfield, WI. Bullock's Permaculture Homestead, Orcas Island. Missile Base Properties for Sale. Retreat Security. Physical Retreat Security Providing adequate defensive measures must be given priority in the planning and development of any survival retreat. The threat of incursions by refugees and/or armed gangs is real and prudence requires that efforts are applied to minimize their potential for harm. In this paper an ‘event’ is any disaster, natural or man-made, in which there has been a complete national (and international) breakdown in society, law and order. The use of ‘booby traps’ in any other situation is undoubtedly illegal.

The approach I have chose is based on the ‘onion theory’ in that there are several ‘layers’ of defence which must each be overcome for an invader to reach the ‘core’ of your retreat. The suggestions are based on three central ideas: camouflage, misdirection and practicality. Whilst it is recognised that a retreat could be styled as a pillbox, bunker or fortress the needs of pre-event living suggest these are not practical, nor probably comfortable. How to Effectively Evacuate a Big City Without a Car by Robert Wayne Atkins. How to Effectively Evacuate a Big City Without a Car Copyright © 2007,2008 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All Rights Reserved. If you live in a major metropolitan area then you may not own your own vehicle. The city's existing mass transit system will take you anywhere you need to go within the city.

However, during a major disaster event some of the problems of living in a big city would be: (1) the mass transit system will probably become unreliable or simply stop, (2) deliveries of food to the restaurants and grocery stores will stop, (3) the electricity may become intermittent or stop, (4) the water and sewer systems may fail, and (5) it would only take one fire to burn the city to the ground.

If you would like to read James Wesley Rawles observations about the feasibility of attempting to survive in a big city during a disaster then please click on the following link: Hunkering Down in an Urban Apartment in a Worst Case Societal Collapse. Choosing a Safe Destination Sleep on the floor. SurvivalRealty.com. Retreat (survivalism) A retreat is a place of refuge for those in the survivalist subculture or movement. A retreat is also sometimes called a bug-out location (BOL).

Survivalist retreats are intended to be self-sufficient and easily defended, and are generally located in sparsely populated rural areas. With the increasing inflation of the 1960s, the impending US monetary devaluation, the continuing concern with possible nuclear exchanges between the US and the Soviet Union, and the increasing vulnerability of urban centers to supply shortages and other systems failures, a number of primarily conservative and libertarian thinkers began suggesting that individual preparations would be wise.

Harry Browne began offering seminars in 1967 on how to survive a monetary collapse. He worked with Don Stephens, an architect, survival bookseller, and author, who provided input on how to build and equip a remote survival retreat. For a time in the 1970s, the terms "survivalist" and "retreater" were used interchangeably.