Originally Posted by
chris lee
My mother lives in a rural area, and I have set up a 'dooms day' shed, been a project for about 3 years, finished last summer.
Nothing to crazy, but about 6 months of tinned food for 6 people, 2,000 liters stored drinking water, diesel generator with stored fuel, solar panels.
the house also has a wood burning stove (which can be cooked on)
so I have aprox 6-8 tonne bags full of dried logs.
loads of stored medication, first aid supplies.
The house could easily operate completely of-grid for a significant amount of time.
My idea was in a worst case scenario I can take my family up to my mothers and be pretty solid for 6-12months, which is long enough for most things to pass.
People may think it is unnecessary, and I really do no expect anything to happen, but considering the financial costs are not that crazy, and the stuff is useful to have around anyway, it seemed like a cool project to work on and to have for some piece of mind.
When I have my own property with land, I plan to emulate it with an underground bunker, will do it one year hopefully with my kids, during a summer holidays, will be a good project they can learn lots from about construction ect. They can just use it as a den then for their friends, put a pool table or something down there.
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