Return to cave man times?

[peejman]

An interesting idea.... 

 

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I like the "Survival Shelter and Resort" name.  Makes it sound like Club Med. 

[Timestepper]

Reminds me of the caves in East K.C., Mo. that they use as grocery warehouses: Don't know exactly how many acres they consist of, but the ceilings are high enough for a 13' 6" tractor trailer with several inches to spare. And the last time I delivered there (in '91, I think) the facility I delivered to (just one of several) had a shipping/receiving dock with 10 bays.

 

Very neat and my claustrophobia didn't really flare much during the two hours it took to unload, but I'm not sure if I actually live in something like that. Great name, though! (And if one of the faults along the Missouri River should screw the lid on permanently while it's filled with people, future archeologists will have a heyday!)

[peejman]

Reminds me of the caves in East K.C., Mo. that they use as grocery warehouses: Don't know exactly how many acres they consist of, but the ceilings are high enough for a 13' 6" tractor trailer with several inches to spare. And the last time I delivered there (in '91, I think) the facility I delivered to (just one of several) had a shipping/receiving dock with 10 bays.

 

Very neat and my claustrophobia didn't really flare much during the two hours it took to unload, but I'm not sure if I actually live in something like that. Great name, though! (And if one of the faults along the Missouri River should screw the lid on permanently while it's filled with people, future archeologists will have a heyday!)

 

 

Interesting that you've actually seen one.  The only mines I've ever seen had very low (5' or less) ceilings.  Wouldn't be fun living there. 

 

I also wonder about the stability of the mine itself.  Sure seems like mines dug more than 100 years ago wouldn't exactly benefit from the latest methods and safety standards.  But the pictures of it look pretty nice. 

[UncleJak]

I wish I owned one!  Caves were here before humans and will be here after we have gone.

[Guest ab28]

Reminds me of the caves in East K.C., Mo. that they use as grocery warehouses: Don't know exactly how many acres they consist of, but the ceilings are high enough for a 13' 6" tractor trailer with several inches to spare. And the last time I delivered there (in '91, I think) the facility I delivered to (just one of several) had a shipping/receiving dock with 10 bays.

 

Very neat and my claustrophobia didn't really flare much during the two hours it took to unload, but I'm not sure if I actually live in something like that. Great name, though! (And if one of the faults along the Missouri River should screw the lid on permanently while it's filled with people, future archeologists will have a heyday!)

Be good to remember where these are for SHTF.

[Guest USMC 2013]

An earth covered home is a dream of mine.  Think hobbit/little house on the prairie dugout.  Seriously though, the benefits are many and there are more than a few builders around specializing in them.  Steady 68 degree weather year around ends the need for cooling and heating!  Some properly placed solar lights, insulate it right and you'd have a home with a pretty small electricity bill.  Install a solar water heater and a 1.5kw solar array and you'd have a home that could be ran completely off grid with the flip of a switch.

 

Oh yeah, the builder I spoke with in Oklahoma said the earth covered homes he builds can withstand a F5 direct hit.  I don't know what that relates  to in terms withstanding nuclear blast, but I am damn sure it would be safer than a typical modern built home.

 

Joe

[Moped]

Be good to remember where these are for SHTF. to

Long dang way to be traveling in a SHTF situation.  Got quite a few rivers to cross and not a lot of bridges.  Those are natural choke points and points of control for whoever has the power to control them.

Edited June 23, 2013 by Moped

[whitewolf001]

Reminds me of the caves in East K.C., Mo. that they use as grocery warehouses: Don't know exactly how many acres they consist of, but the ceilings are high enough for a 13' 6" tractor trailer with several inches to spare. And the last time I delivered there (in '91, I think) the facility I delivered to (just one of several) had a shipping/receiving dock with 10 bays.

 

Very neat and my claustrophobia didn't really flare much during the two hours it took to unload, but I'm not sure if I actually live in something like that. Great name, though! (And if one of the faults along the Missouri River should screw the lid on permanently while it's filled with people, future archeologists will have a heyday!)

I would actually really like to see those, that would be awesome as I LOVE cave diving.

Really? Never expected you to be of that variety after having met you, lol but then the mind will fear what it fears I suppose and at least your fear is reasonable, haha. I myself have Phagophobia and no, that is not the fear of gays, lol, it's of being eaten.

[whitewolf001]

Long dang way to be traveling in a SHTF situation.  Got quite a few rivers to cross and not a lot of bridges.  Those are natural choke points and points of control for whoever has the power to control them.

Gotta have the manpower AND firepower. ;)

[Timestepper]

Reminds me of the caves in East K.C., Mo. that they use as grocery warehouses: Don't know exactly how many acres they consist of, but the ceilings are high enough for a 13' 6" tractor trailer with several inches to spare. And the last time I delivered there (in '91, I think) the facility I delivered to (just one of several) had a shipping/receiving dock with 10 bays.

 

Very neat and my claustrophobia didn't really flare much during the two hours it took to unload, but I'm not sure if I actually live in something like that. Great name, though! (And if one of the faults along the Missouri River should screw the lid on permanently while it's filled with people, future archeologists will have a heyday!)

I would actually really like to see those, that would be awesome as I LOVE cave diving.

Really? Never expected you to be of that variety after having met you, lol but then the mind will fear what it fears I suppose and at least your fear is reasonable, haha. I myself have Phagophobia and no, that is not the fear of gays, lol, it's of being eaten.

 

Actually, my claustrophobia seems to be pretty selective. I'm just not always sure what it'll select; having been born and raised on the High Plains of Western Kansas, I sometimes get claustrophobic just being in East Tn. with all the trees and hills. Other times I can curl up and sleep under a canoe. I suppose it has something to do with whether or not I know there's an easy escape route.  :shrug: