Hi all, New to the forum but like what I see. I would like to know if anyone would recomend books or websites that would help me find info. on "Bomb" Shelter Construction. I am interested in the subject but am unable to locate anything that speaks of the construction details. ie materials, design and how to.

Andy, welcome to the board. This is a little beyond the scope of this forum but here is a site that will get you started.

http://www.disastershelters.net/index.html

Ray,

Thanks for the link. I have looked at their web page several times. I guess I am looking more for details or even advice from "do it yourselfers". I wanted to share this pretty good example of a shelter that one man built. There was a special on Discovery about it. web page
Pretty nice work, makes me feel like getting away from the computer and doing something with my hands besides typing.

Thanks for the info.

rocky mountain survival group has links and references for everything you could want in terms of long term survival and preparations from solar to shelters. Huge site. Many good links and some busted ones. Let them know of the busted ones. Also check out the Ark II

I recommend these books: Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson Kearny, How To Implement A High Security Shelter In The Home by Joel Skousen, and Principles Of Protection by Walton McCarthy. Tons of info whether you DIY or contract it out.

HTH,
Ed

These are more dated ideas but they're simple:

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/shel/shel.html

Chris

Check out the Frugal Squrrel forum it has ALOT on that

Very impressive. Even the bucket collection was noteworthy.

I don't really know too much about building underground shelters, while it is interesting to me it doesn't have a practical application down here in Florida. If you find a place that is not old swamp land (very high water table) you have to run dehumidifiers year round to keep the humid air from turning a earth cooled concrete room into a mold and mildew farm.

This might be kind of what you are looking for, Fema has a list of "safe rooms", including the tornado shelter developed by Texas Tech. I think it can withstand 300 mph hits from telephone poles, or something like that.
< http://www.fema.gov/mit/saferoom/>

Hello again,

Thanks for all the help. I wanted to include a follow-up with a few links that I have found with your help. survival books This one is a list of survival books with a section on bomb shelters.

This next link is to frugal squirrels survival library tons of great info. frugalsquirrels library

Thanks again


Andy