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How to build a cheap DIY underground bunker to protect you from nuclear fallout, in 6 steps
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | June 4th, 2023 | Adam Barnes

Posted on 06/04/2023 4:24:34 PM PDT by Mariner

Fallout shelters can cost millions of dollars. But this DIY underground bunker costs about $1,000.

You wouldn't want to live in this makeshift underground bunker forever.

In a pinch, this DIY fallout shelter would be better than an above-ground building, an expert said.

In the event of nuclear war, the ultra-rich can hide away in their luxury bunkers that cost anywhere from $35,000 to $14 million. But what about the rest of us?

Turns out, if a nuclear attack is imminent, you can build your own DIY fallout shelter for relatively cheap.

You would just need a couple of days' time, some equipment, and ideally a bunker-building buddy.

Equipment you'll need for a DIY fallout shelter

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: diy; falloutshelter; fubar; nuclear; nuclearshelter; preppers; preppper; shtf; survival; survivalist; teotwawki
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To: Mariner

Kearny’s Nuclear War Survival Skills is long out of print. Glad I have a copy.

L


61 posted on 06/04/2023 6:21:54 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: dfwgator

That’s such a great tune.

L


62 posted on 06/04/2023 6:30:02 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker
Cresson H. Kearny's 'Nuclear War Survival Skills' is available online for free by pdf:

https://www.oism.org/nwss/

or directly

https://oism.org/nwss/nwss.pdf

63 posted on 06/04/2023 6:33:39 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: 2001convSVT
Such a good movie, it just may turn out to be a guidebook, LOL.

Yep. I've got on it disk, watch it occasionally. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott & Slim Pickens were great in it.

64 posted on 06/04/2023 6:36:38 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: higgmeister

Their subway stations were fallout shelters.

If I ever get the chance to visit Moscow, going to those stations would be on the top of my list, they did a great job with those. No graffiti there.


65 posted on 06/04/2023 6:40:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; All
"A shovel or backhoe for all that digging you'll be doing Working by hand, two people could build this shelter in a backyard or wooded area in two days or less, "Nuclear War Survival Skills" says."

If you are going to do this by hand be prepared.
1) Have work boots NOT tennis shoes.
2) Have the right type of shovels.
Long handled shovels to own; Long Handled Diamond point and Square point shovel. Post hole digger or auger or both. trenching tool. Since you will probably also want to use these tools in the garden you might as well buy a Spading fork with a D handle too.
3) Have a good wheel barrow.

66 posted on 06/04/2023 6:42:53 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Mariner

Oh well, I live 4 miles from Macdill AFB.

If the balloon goes up, I’ll probably have 30 minutes to say goodbye.

5.56mm


67 posted on 06/04/2023 6:43:47 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: mass55th

I recall crawling under my desk a couple times. And two private bomb shelters in the better neighborhood adjacent to the golf course—and CD signs on downtown buildings.


68 posted on 06/04/2023 6:48:49 PM PDT by whistleduck
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To: Lurker

“out of print”

There’s a link in the main article to download a pdf copy copy for free.

A goldmine of knowledge.


69 posted on 06/04/2023 6:49:07 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

“Blast From The Past”
https://123movies.net/watch/7vNXg0GR-blast-from-the-past.html


70 posted on 06/04/2023 6:54:44 PM PDT by Bobalu (There was always going to be a reckoning....... and here it is.)
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To: Steven Scharf

The blast is the blast. The problem is the fallout and radiation sickness. If you survive, you want to avoid radiation sickness. It’s a nasty way to go.


71 posted on 06/04/2023 6:55:31 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: Mariner

Trust in God, not a hole in the ground.


72 posted on 06/04/2023 6:58:30 PM PDT by The Louiswu (PEDO JOE MUST GO!!!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Thanks.

L


73 posted on 06/04/2023 6:59:04 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: dfwgator

introduce me to that big blond


74 posted on 06/04/2023 6:59:59 PM PDT by dontreadthis (sometime)
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To: Mariner

Thanks!

L


75 posted on 06/04/2023 7:05:02 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Steven Scharf

The blast is the blast. The problem is the fallout and radiation sickness. If you survive, you want to avoid radiation sickness. It’s a nasty way to go.


76 posted on 06/04/2023 7:06:56 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: bigbob
"Problem is, the kind of people who build fallout shelters are the last people you’d really want to survive."

You're right. They should be the first ones turned into crispy critters.

77 posted on 06/04/2023 7:13:24 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Mariner

Better to get rid of the NeoCons than risk nuclear annihilation.


78 posted on 06/04/2023 7:26:58 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Mariner

Step 1: dig hole ...

[the next 5 steps are more complicated ...]


79 posted on 06/04/2023 7:47:49 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: whistleduck

“I recall crawling under my desk a couple times.”

did you do that last step after you crawled under where it said to kiss your ass goodbye?


80 posted on 06/04/2023 7:49:21 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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