I've seen a few ideas of long-term survival shelters in some books, such as log cabins etc, but do y'all know or have built other types of long-term survival shelters?

I can see by your name you'd be interested in that sort of thing. But this board is more about short-term survival situations.

RobinsonCrusoe:

Have a good lawyer write you a really good bulletproof pre-nuptial agreement for a solid long term survival shelter. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Bountyhunter <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I'm not interested in long-term survival itself, just being prepared in case of long-term survival situation, which hopefully will never happen, but I want to be prepared just in case.

Always,always look to the native people of a given area and what they used before the 'advantages' of refined flour, fortified and presliced bread, 40 hour + work weeks and Government housing projects. Homeless people often create ingenious solutions with the 'junk' we threw away along with them. Anything over 72 hours IS longterm survival. It's a given that creating a secure living area greatly increases a person's survival odds and mental well being. I'll crawl into my sleeping bag/tarp combo for 3 days, no problem. day 4 I start building a celtic hillfort with my swiss army knife.

What kind of scenario do you have in mind?

When I lived in Las Vegas, NV, many of the homeless people lived in vancant lots just outside residential & business areas in holes in the ground, covered by a piece of plywood or a tarp. Not great when there's a gullywasher, but the rest of the time it worked. And, unless they use a blue tarp, they're mostly invisible until you're nearly right on top of them.

Sue

My scenario would be one where you've been lost, and surviving in the woods for more than two weeks. You haven't given up hope of a rescue yet, but you begin to realize that you'll be here for a while. You"ve also experienced some rough weather conditions,[strong winds, coldness, extreme heat, or heavy rain] and you know that your lean-to tree shelter, or your tarp shelter isn't going to hold out to anymore bad weather. You need a more long-term shelter to protect you against the elements until a you're are found. What type of shelter are you going to build?

RB:

There is a website somewhere that shows plans for a very expedient slightly domed cover that can be made from any tarp or poncho and some fiberglas or aluminum tent poles. Very practical and easy to construct with an insulating ground cover the only thing necessary to supplement it. It is portable, wind resistant because of its design, and quick to assemble and disassemble.

Sorry I do not have the link to it.

Bountyhunter

Is this web page
what you are looking for ??