How to build a nuclear fallout bunker

[Jared]

Nearly everything is radioactive. Potassium contains radioactive isotopes, so anything with normal potassium in them will be radioactive. For example bananas are radioactive as they contain potassium.
People are radioactive too.

Yeah, there is a certain amount of background radiation.

Its like carbon dating, its all done by the radioactive carbon-14 isotope.

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Ya gotta see this !!

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/walking_house_can_run_away_fro.php

" A walking house to escape floods"

 

[jojo]

Ya gotta see this !!

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/walking_house_can_run_away_fro.php

" A walking house to escape floods"

But does it float

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Dunno if it floats

Just a word of warning, if you look at the link, some of the comments left may not be work/child frendly, Just a word to the wise here !

 

[jojo]

Blimey, did you see how fast it runs.....:yikes: My land snail runs faster than that, you would not want to get caught in a flash flood

 

[jojo]

Life in the bunker.....

 

[Jared]

Ya gotta see this !!

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/10/walking_house_can_run_away_fro.php

" A walking house to escape floods"

Looks like an amateur Bond villian secret hideaway.

 

[Chips]

Surely a houseboat would be a better alternative to a walking house? Or even a househovercraft?

 

[dwardo]

Take off any spare doors and lean them against a sound internal supporting wall. Paint the outside white to reflect the heat and radiation, line the inside with newspaper so that you have something interesting to read before you fall asleep. Use the old Spiderman duvet cover to create a flap at the end to again stop nuclear rays penetrating into your shelter, Spidey is a super hero so they won't get past him. Fill empty milk bottles with water and store them in your shelter, also keep as many tins as you can.

If caught outside during a nuclear strike, duck and roll. In this way you will avoid being incinerated by the fireball, will dodge all of those nasty gamma rays and pieces of flying debris/veghicles being whipped around by the blast and positive and negative pressure winds. Don't forget to close your eyes, it might be a little bright at first and when the wind blows a bit of grit could get in your eye and potentially you could end up with a nasty case of conjunctivitus. Don't worry about any hair care products, combs or brushes: in a week you'll be bald, as will everybody else.

You missed out covering your self with tinfoil Cracking response lol I think you should make up a kind of picture card that shows these steps, like the ones you get on a plane, you know the ones that never mention kissing your a**e good bye.

 

[malcolmc]

Back in the 60’s we were told if you heard the 4 minute warning the idea was to lie down in a ditch and cover yourself with a thick layer of dead leaves. It would'nt do you much good but at least you left the place tidy!

 

[Mike Ameling]

Years ago, I had a couple friends who lived in San Fransisco, and we got talking about nuclear war and preparing for it. They all said that they did not have to do anything because they would all die in the initial blast because of where they lived. I then carefully explained to them the blast radius of a typical Soviet or Chinese missile, and the pointed out that for them to die in the initial blast they would have to be within that 1 to 3 mile circle. Otherwise they would survive it - for anywhere from a few hours to a few days to many weeks. So for them to all die in the initial blast, their city would have to be hit with somewhere between 20 and 30 typical nuclear missiles evenly spaced to cover all the area - not counting the numerous suburbs. It finally sunk into their minds that to truly die in the initial blast they would have to live/work within a mile or two of one of those primary targets - and hope it actually hit its target.

I've got friends here in NE Iowa that also say they want to die in that initial blast - even though we have no primary targets within 50 miles of us.

To survive that initial fallout, you just need a layer of dirt 2 to 3 feet thick between you and it. That layer of ground absorbs the harmful particles being emitted by the fallout. A good root cellar will work. And then you need to filter any radioactive dust out of the air you are bringing into that shelter from outside - so you don't bring them inside your "shelter". And that initial fallout is only really dangerous for a couple days - in most cases. If you hold out for 3 to 5 days, the majority of the danger is past.

There is much hype and hysteria out there concerning nuclear fallout, and radiation in general. A little careful research on it helps a lot to dispell the boogieman.

Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands

 

[rik_uk3]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C0K_LZDXp0I

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Zgyp4HgNU