Bunker Video with Great Tips
This two parter (the second video is at my 2012 Videos page) is not only a great way to see what a $170K bunker looks like (that’s delivered and installed, by NBC, if anyone is interested…), but I learned some things:
- Have sand above your emergency escape hatch – open the hatch, sand falls into your bunker. This means you have the protection afforded by the density of sand, combined with immediate escape.
- Make sure you have an 8-ton bottle jack, in case something heavy is lying on top of your bunker when you try to exit
- The NBC shelter has a protective grill around the hot water heater, so children don’t burn themselves. In a lockdown situation, kids will be bored, and there won’t be a hospital to take them to… so make everything super-safe!
- Pump the sewage out of the bunker, meaning the septic tank can be at the surface somewhere, rather than relying on gravity to a deeper pit beneath you.
