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One of your top priorities when SHTF will be getting shelter.
You could be in danger of dying within a few hours in severe weather conditions if you don’t have shelter to protect you from the elements.
Ideally, your sanctuary should be made to last to increase your chances of survival.
Here is the good news. There are a number of ways to make your shelter out of quality materials and make it last.
Once the SHTF, you will definitely want to be prepared for the long haul.
This not only includes the obvious choice of what should the exterior of the shelter be made from (concrete, steel, wood, hay?), but also the interior construction needs to last as well.
What about windows, should you have them?
There are a number of considerations to take into account. Take a look at the article below to learn more:
Emergency Shelters: How to Make Yours Last
Bonus: Root Cellar That Can Be Used as a Bunker
Do you remember the old root cellars our great-grandparents used to have? In fact, they probably built it themselves, right in their back yard.
If you want to learn how to build a backyard bunker like your grandparents had, without breaking the bank, then you need Easy Cellar.
Easy Cellar will show you:
- How to choose the ideal site
- Cost-effective building methods
- How to protect your bunker from nuclear blast and fallout
- How to conceal your bunker
- Affordable basic life support options
Easy Cellar will also reveal how a veteran, with only $421, built a small nuclear bunker in his backyard.
Also included:
- America's Natural Nuclear Bunkers: Find the Closest One to Your Home
- 56 Items to Stockpile in Your Easy Cellar