Photo by Steve Sanford
2. Quintze Hut
Properly constructed, this poor man's igloo can be body-heated to above freezing on a 20-below day, higher if you light a candle.
According to Homestead & Prepper, you can build a Quintze hut by following these steps:
1. Pile snow to a depth of about 8 inches. Pack down firmly to make the floor.
2. Make a pile of branches or leaves. Pile snow on top and pack firmly. This will create a cavity which you will dig out.
3. Tunnel through the mound at opposite ends to dig out the branches and leaves you added in step 2, close one entrance with snow, then crawl inside to shape the interior. Ideally, the Quintze should be narrow at the foot end, with a bed long enough to lie down on, and just tall enough at the head end for you to sit up. The walls and roof need to be at least a foot thick (check this with a stick).
4. Poke out an air vent overhead and dig a well at the entrance for the cold air to settle into. Cut a snow block for a door. Glaze interior walls with a candle to prevent dripping.
On the next slide learn how to construct a shelter that can be built virtually anywhere. It'll keep you safe from the elements and it's relatively easy to build!
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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
!!!
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.