Emergency Sandbag Shelter plans PDF available for download at:
http://calearth.org/images/pdfs/Khalili-emergency-shelter.pdf
My Preparedness Manaul can be downloaded at:
http://www.tomeaker.com/kart/preparedness1h.pdf
Isn’t this where little Anny Skywalker grew up — in one of these?
Not something I want to be in during an earthquake.
It looks like the DICKER STACK-SACK method from the 1960s.
Sandbags are filled with dry concrete mix, dipped in water and stacked up. Then short leingths of re-bar are driven into them before they set up.
After it sets up, the whole thing is covered with gunnite to fill in the spaces.
There is a church near here that was built by this method back in the late 1960s.
Thank you very much for the information. Keep up the great work!
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I like Wofati which uses logs, earth, and plastic sheeting. This guy’s website has great info on many subjects:
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-612-paul-wheaton-on-hugelkultur-and-wofati-eco-buildings
Hmmm, cute kids’ playhouse but that’s about it. IMO. YMMV. First, if it were an emergency, you wouldn’t have those supplies. Second, why build one in your backyard when you have your nice comfortable house? Third, if not in your backyard, then you’d have probably already have grabbed your bag and gotten outta of Dodge so again you wouldn’t have the supplies. If it were that big of an emergency so you’d know you wouldn’t be back for a while, on your way outta Dodge you’d have grabbed a tent so you’d already have light portable shelter. Lastly, if it were built at your Plan B site, then I’d want to already have had a more appropriate shelter built. But thanks for sharing and I did print it out for the hit the fan folder.
bump for later read
Good for quick rebuilding!
These shelters are overkill for alpha and beta radiation which can be stopped quite easily (alpha by one sheet of paper, beta by 1/2 inch thickness of paper), but poor protection for gamma radiation. To shield gamma you need 4 feet thickness of slightly damp earth or (I think) 2 feet thickness of water (it’s the hydrogen in the water that interrupts gamma).
Also, gamma travels in a straight line, so entrances should be L-shaped or even Z-shaped to also allow an alcove for clothing removal to prevent hot alpha particles from entering the shelter piggybacked on clothing.
I think one of these barbie and sandbag shelters would make an excellent garden studio. tho. What fun to paint them!
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