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Comment by Howard P Reynolds on September 11, 2015 at 18:00

Fantastic stuff, Shlomo.  Great forethought.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on September 11, 2015 at 16:39

There are many variants of the design.

We have dark slate for the floor and south facing wall of the greenhouse but instead of rocks/masonry we used 55 gallon oil drums, painted black, filled with antifreeze 

The south wall of the living quarters was done in local limestone (called Tyndall stone) which also retains heat due to its mass.  -20F, we many times have to open the windows to cool the place down.

We heat with wood although we have a ground water heat pump as a backup but that is used more for the A/C then anything--hasn't been turned on in about 6 or 7 years.  We use a combination of a Russian fireplace ( a big stack of masonry in the centre of the house) with Kachelofen and/or Swedish wood burning stoves attached.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater

http://rvharvey.com/kachelofen.htm

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Comment by Clint Thompson on September 11, 2015 at 15:56

By the way, Fear The Walking Dead show (The Walking Dead spin off) gives some visual insight on what happens when society breaks down.  One scene showed a cop with his patrol vehicle backed up to a store.  He was loading all the water he could into the back of his vehicle.  If you see this....you better get back to the house and implement your bug-out plan.

Comment by Clint Thompson on September 11, 2015 at 15:53

I see lots of good ideas here.  I take my bug-out bag with me when I leave the metro area.  I have a case of MRE's in my pickup tool box.  Also, tools, small ax, machete, para-cord, heavy nylon rope, tie downs, sleeping bag and tarp.  Of course I am packing all the time and have numerous mags with me.  I am gearing up my lever action .44 mag. Marlin with a sheath.  My Rem. 870 with extended tube and 20" slug sighted barrel is already set up in this manner.  Bandoleer of 50 rounds of buckshot at the ready.

As are as a bug-out situation, if you are alert with new feeds and check the right websites, you can get a good idea if things are going south in your area or across the nation.  Be alert...stay alive.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on September 11, 2015 at 14:27

That is smart!  What a concept!

Comment by Jan Carter on September 11, 2015 at 14:20

Shlomo,

Had to look that one up

True genius!

Comment by Jan Carter on September 11, 2015 at 14:15

JJ, you know us well.  If I bug out so does Case!

Comment by Jan Carter on September 11, 2015 at 14:14

Howard, Let me know how that works out for you.  I am thinking it will be a good fit for kindling hatchet 

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on September 9, 2015 at 20:53

Shlomo,

I haven't made a move on a double bevel Japanese hatchet because on a rare visit to the local grocery store, they were selling a Farberware cleaver for half price.  $6.00 seemed like a very reasonable price for a "kindling hatchet".  Will give it a try this Fall.  It's front heavy so it should work.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on September 9, 2015 at 18:50

Charles, never thought of lefties with the hatchet.  Two daughters are and it seems to work okay for them but then again it is almost always used for firewood so precision chopping isn't a factor.

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We don't have bug out bags but we carry survival packs in all the vehicles and those remain the same winter or summer.  With the equipment inside they're actually geared for winter but in summer you just don't use or need all the extra socks and long johns.  About every three month we change out the food stuffs and yearly the meds.

We don't have any natural disasters to speak of in my area and for ice damage or freak snowstorms we just hunker down and let the events blow themselves away.  We heat with wood, have backup solar and wind battery system for electricity, super insulated house with solar heat panels and a Trombe wall opposite side of the attached greenhouse.

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