Collapse Responses

[Keith_Indy]

I think this does a pretty good job categorizing the different responses to severe collapses, and some problems with those responses. FuturePundit: Personal Responses To Large Scale Collapse

 

[Bendrx]

Good post. Makes me want one of these:

 

[irishfan]

I just want a trident missile. If I am going then I want to go with a real big bang

 

[jsx1043]

Ben, your bunker looks remarkably like mine:

 

[E5RANGER375]

can i come kill all the zombies in your underground bunkers?

 

[E5RANGER375]

I bet it would be very cost effective if a group of several close and trusted people bought a bunker and installed it

 

[jsx1043]

Myz bunkerz iz zombie free!

I'm working on the group bunker...

 

[ATOMonkey]

I'm good at building stuff!!

<---- Has tools, will travel.

 

[jeremy]

Hmmm...

Great Idea...

I need to build me a Bunker to plot my Reign from...

 

[Blackhawk2001]

Lest we forget, while it doesn't happen that often, this is still earthquake country. There are prefabbed bomb-shelters still available; some of them are modular to fit to the size needed. Basically, all you need is a suitably-sized plot of land and a backhoe...

 

[Bull]

Lest we forget, while it doesn't happen that often, this is still earthquake country. There are prefabbed bomb-shelters still available; some of them are modular to fit to the size needed. Basically, all you need is a suitably-sized plot of land and a backhoe...

I have both LOL

 

[jeremy]

Wait a minute I thought only Evil Geniuses have Bunkers?!

 

[E5RANGER375]

Lest we forget, while it doesn't happen that often, this is still earthquake country. There are prefabbed bomb-shelters still available; some of them are modular to fit to the size needed. Basically, all you need is a suitably-sized plot of land and a backhoe...

i can rent the backhoe, but im lacking in the land department

trying to find some cheap, that I could hunt, camp, and shoot on. easier said than done.

 

[ATOMonkey]

i can rent the backhoe, but im lacking in the land department

trying to find some cheap, that I could hunt, camp, and shoot on. easier said than done.

Same boat. We're looking to move, but still about a year out, money wise. There are definitely some deals out there.

Buying 3 or 4 large shipping containers isn're really cost prohibitive and that's probably the way I'd go.

 

[grimor]

that bunker wouldn't work well around me, it'd be about 100' under water....

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

that bunker wouldn't work well around me, it'd be about 100' under water....

I wouldn't quite be that deep underwater if I had one here...but maybe I'll just build my bunker above ground, cover it with dirt and if the neighbors ask, I'll say "Shhhh...it's an ancient Indian burial mound"

 

[CountryBoy19]

Same boat. We're looking to move, but still about a year out, money wise. There are definitely some deals out there.

Buying 3 or 4 large shipping containers isn're really cost prohibitive and that's probably the way I'd go.

For a bunker? You do know that a shipping container isn't strong enough to be buried without additional support structure don't you?

 

[E5RANGER375]

For a bunker? You do know that a shipping container isn't strong enough to be buried without additional support structure don't you?

yeah, you would have to reinforce them, but it would still be cheaper than buying one pre-made the same size.

 

[silverbullet]

I have a Construction Management degree... can contribute a good bit to such a project!

 

[CountryBoy19]

yeah, you would have to reinforce them, but it would still be cheaper than buying one pre-made the same size.

If you have the time, knowledge, and resources to reinforce one enough to bury then certainly you also have the time, knowledge and resources to buy a large culvert and add a hatch and end-caps to it saving you a lot of money.

I guess my take on it is this, why not start from the ground up with something that is meant to be buried and then modify it to your liking? That would be opposed to taking something that isn't designed, nor fit for the purpose you intend to use it and then modify it to work for that purpose.