If I had the money, I’d build one I could survive in for a month…but for natural disasters (tornados and snowstorms). My requirement would be having enough to get by for a week which means I have to plan to get by for at least a month as I might have guests.
If nuclear war breaks out, I’ll be surface level hoping the first one to hits directly me in the face.
If nuclear war breaks out, I’ll be surface level hoping the first one to hits directly me in the face.
Seriously. I live in a college town. The university has a nuclear engineering program and a training reactor. Anything nuclear, including training facilities for nuclear engineers, is at the top of the list of targets in a total nuclear war. If the alert comes down that the nukes are flying, we’re loading the cats in the car, grabbing every mind altering substance we have, and heading over to hang out right outside the reactor facility’s gate. If the bombs start falling, I want to be close enough to ground zero to simply be vaporized. That’s the really the best fate you can hope for in such an eventuality. I’m not even kidding; we’ve actually talked about this. When the bombs hit, we’ll be hopefully drunk and high just a few yards from ground zero.
Having those supplies in your regular house is way more useful in a natural disaster. You’re likely to already be in your home with your family and pets, and don’t have to risk going outside to get to shelter, as your basement is already a suitable shelter for 99% of storms and weather phenomena.
The problems with bad storms is they usually disrupt power and cause flooding. Having a generator or home battery to power your existing sump pumps makes way more sense than spending tens of thousands of dollars on a bunker/storm shelter that will also need sump pumps and a power system.
Having supplies in your own home also means they’re more likely to be cycled through and checked on regularly, versus having to make the conscious effort to go out to a seperate shelter every year or so to inspect the food, water, and medical supplies there.
I guess the “bunker” I had in mind is much more like an deep, extended basement. Normal basements require egress windows so they’re partially above ground.
I’d want a half flight of stairs down from the basement into a “fortified” room for bulk storage (paper towels, toilet paper, etc), some beds, and survival stuff. I’d be in there for the supplies anyway to keep an eye on it.
I’d also like my IT closet in an attached room…which would definitely be running Grocy to keep track of supplies because I love that sort of thing
If I had the money, I’d build one I could survive in for a month…but for natural disasters (tornados and snowstorms). My requirement would be having enough to get by for a week which means I have to plan to get by for at least a month as I might have guests.
If nuclear war breaks out, I’ll be surface level hoping the first one to hits directly me in the face.
Seriously. I live in a college town. The university has a nuclear engineering program and a training reactor. Anything nuclear, including training facilities for nuclear engineers, is at the top of the list of targets in a total nuclear war. If the alert comes down that the nukes are flying, we’re loading the cats in the car, grabbing every mind altering substance we have, and heading over to hang out right outside the reactor facility’s gate. If the bombs start falling, I want to be close enough to ground zero to simply be vaporized. That’s the really the best fate you can hope for in such an eventuality. I’m not even kidding; we’ve actually talked about this. When the bombs hit, we’ll be hopefully drunk and high just a few yards from ground zero.
Yeah, it’s just not a world I’d really want to live in
Having those supplies in your regular house is way more useful in a natural disaster. You’re likely to already be in your home with your family and pets, and don’t have to risk going outside to get to shelter, as your basement is already a suitable shelter for 99% of storms and weather phenomena.
The problems with bad storms is they usually disrupt power and cause flooding. Having a generator or home battery to power your existing sump pumps makes way more sense than spending tens of thousands of dollars on a bunker/storm shelter that will also need sump pumps and a power system.
Having supplies in your own home also means they’re more likely to be cycled through and checked on regularly, versus having to make the conscious effort to go out to a seperate shelter every year or so to inspect the food, water, and medical supplies there.
I guess the “bunker” I had in mind is much more like an deep, extended basement. Normal basements require egress windows so they’re partially above ground.
I’d want a half flight of stairs down from the basement into a “fortified” room for bulk storage (paper towels, toilet paper, etc), some beds, and survival stuff. I’d be in there for the supplies anyway to keep an eye on it.
I’d also like my IT closet in an attached room…which would definitely be running Grocy to keep track of supplies because I love that sort of thing