"the facility is built into a the side of a mountain, into solid granite, it was actually ascavated by a company interested in the rock and later 'finished' out by an outfit out of canada that typically turns old mines, caves, and rock quarries into refined spaces for use as storage, tourism, research, and reclamation. it really isnt as qild as it sounds the bulk of the facility was made in a large rectangle where the stone was quarried from. to be honest, the cost of the workl versus the value of the stone allowed me to make several thousand dollars. it was a very lucky benefit.

but because of the in the stone construction, to help with heating, protection from elements, fallout, and concealment, the facility inst in a good place to allow for a deep well. I can tap several natural fissure, aka caves, and near surface water also. i have two clandestine routes into the facility and a source of water that can provide several hundred gallons per day during the wet seasons."

"how much do you feel is required to properly stock you big in location?

do you keep 1000 rounds per gun, 10000 rounds? or food, say for six people to eat two 900 calorie meals per day, for 180 days, one year? the average person will need upwards of a gallon of water per day, so say six people for 180 days is 1080 gallons of water, maybe even 1160 gallons for a year.
what about extra clothing, shoes, med for months of constant use, hygene products, fuel for stoves, cars, generators, how about lubricants and cleaners?

i sat down about four years ago to design and build what my wife calls my bunker, or our bug in location on the back of our property. it is modeled after a fifties era bomb shelter and is designewd to house 10 people for six months. it can handle twenty five people in a pinch for two months at full capacity.

it is built into a hillside, well camouflaged, and complete with water, stores, garage, barracks, armory, shop, communications suite, entertainment center, infirmary, classroom, gym, and internal decon facilities. it is nice in a very utilitarian and ugly sort of way.

the facilities are stocked, and we often recreate there as a family to familiarize ourselves. it cost me a fortune, 10 years of saving and research went into it. i could have bought my entire home, property, and all three calls again for what i invested in this place.

i have a shelf of binders with basic plans for securing information, refugees, prisoners, supplies, carrying out tactical operations, and so on. the shear amount of items that are needed to equip such a facility is staggering to contemplate on any bughet unless you are just made of money. so i had think long and hard about what i will keep stored, how much of it i will store, and schedules to cycle my inventories to keep my stock of items up to date.

it took two years to really complete the facility and finalize the plans.
how much is ehough."

"Water seems to be the largest, if only, drawback, and even that is covered to some extent.

What kind of rock is the water filtered through? Karst formations don't really filter it, so I would be wary of water from that, particularly if you are preparing for biological disasters.

Stockpiles are great, particularly in a bunker for nuclear disasters. What tools and seeds do you have for a sustainable life once you leave the bunker?

I would love to see this written up on a page."