It can be difficult to know the best course of action to take when you’re in need of a shelter. So much depends on the current conditions and the building materials and tools that you have at your disposal.
Obviously, you need to consider if it’s safe to go out in search of materials before you start building. But you also need to consider the climate and weather – will a mud hut protect you against rain? Probably not. Will you waste time looking for grass to thatch your roof if you’re stuck in the snow?
And what do you have to build with? These are all essential questions to consider when making a shelter. Most of the time it's all about improvising, and having in the back of your mind what shelters are the easiest to make, depending on the situation you're dealing with.
One of the best tools you can carry is knowledge of options. Know your options based on your surroundings. Take a look at the next page for some examples of primitive shelters!
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I’ve used the debris and the A frame.
Yep…if nobody is attending to the plants…a meltdown will eventually happen
Like these
Looks like a page out of the head survival manuel
Snow shelter saved my$#%&!@*in North Dakota. Thanks to my USAF training
I was thinking about checking into the nearest Holiday Inn.
James Mcentee IV
David Collins..were you born a$#%&!@*or did you take lessons to become one??
Very good lessons learned in “The Walking Dead” t.v. show.
Scott Loyed
Yeah but when the bombs start dropping, you’d want to be outta the fallout zone.
The problem in a situation like this is knowing the good guys from the bad. There are a couple of good books out there.
And part 2 called one year after.
Also watch Jericho, only two seasons.
Jericho is with Skeet Ulrich made in 2006.
don’t forget your medicine & I don’t mean later, I’m talking like today
Gool idea
Robert L Snyder
Stella Mon Ey
Gotta look out for yourself and your kin. You are the first line of defense. I’d venture to say most people cant even build a fire.
In the TV show Jericho there is a scene were they find a path of ripped up ground coming from one city and it is going off to who knows where it was filled with mud, trash,$#%&!@*and dead bodies. If that mob found your town I am sure you would not stand there with welcome arms and feed them.
get L’ehamn’s non-electric catalog. http://www.Lehmans.com it costs $5 and is full of useful items the Amish buy not gimmick toys some survival web sights sell.
thanks for the link to Lehmans
I love there stuff.
Tony Gonzalez
Nick Lavalais lol I hope y’all take pictures
Anthoney Steward
Scott Dubay
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Rob Martin
When insulated from the air, ground temp in the arctic is +16f. That is below freezing, but well warmer than ambient air might be. Not sure why they’d want you on a bed of snow? Bed of boughs would protect your body heat. And at severe temps I’d get as much snow on top of me as I could possibly move, or dig into.
“Genius is simply the art of planning ahead.” Biovisor Brison
Where am I supposed to poop?
I thought you lived in a cave. Confirmed.
The stuff you post might be good…it might be…I wouldn’t know…
Because I’m not going to swipe through multiple pages of micro-info to get the overall picture.
I’ll prob just post up in one of the millions of foreclosed homes in America… thanks for the new fort ideas for the kids though!
So after the ‘collapse’ we’re all to believe that all the existing structures are just going to disappear? Why stay in an igloo when there’s an abandoned house or barn or rv or even an abandoned vehicle to stay in. Survival is about common sense, unfortunately most of society lacks this and they will die quickly.