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North Korea’s known for its water-tight controls and relative isolation from the rest of the world. Here’s how to survive North Korea on the off chance you end up in the country.
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Living in North Korea isn’t an easy process, and many foreigners don’t even qualify to live there.
To get to North Korea, you need to have two visas:
Because North and South Korea are technically at war, it’s next to impossible to enter through South Korea.
Also, don’t try to enter North Korea through The Demilitarized Zone – border control guards can shoot you on the spot.
Anyone considering traveling to North Korea can only book an official group tour with a designated tour guide. A tour guide allows you to travel to North Korea and safely see the country.
One caveat: being on an official tour doesn’t protect you from the law, but it’s still better than nothing.
While you won’t experience too many health risks, surviving in North Korea means making sure to update your vaccinations. We recommend keeping on top of Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, MMR, and Japanese Encephalitis vaccines and getting boosters.
Make sure to remove any religious or political paraphernalia from your luggage and keep the blue jeans at home. Also, expect authorities to inspect everything from your mobile phone to any papers you bring in to check for any banned material before they let you in.
If you’re bringing medication, check first if it’s legal to get them in the country before packing it.
Once you’ve set foot in North Korea, there are certain things you need to be careful of that you may take for granted at home:
Essentially, don’t do anything that can put you or your tour guide at risk.
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Only take photos of places that the North Korean government deems tourist sites.
Taking other kinds of photos can be classified as spying in the eyes of North Korean law.
As always, ask permission from your tour guide before taking a picture to ensure you’re in the clear.
Being under constant surveillance means being a victim of significant crimes is slim. Still, petty theft can happen, so make sure to secure your belongings and always keep them close to your body.
It never hurts to be vigilant, especially in any foreign country.
Here’s a story of someone who survived North Korea and lived to tell the tale:
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Surviving North Korea requires taking precautions and measures you won’t otherwise have to do in other countries. Keep these guidelines in mind in order to survive North Korea and make your stay in North Korea as safe and uneventful as things can go.
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FILE PHOTO: A vial labeled “Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
One of America’s most well-known pharmacy chains, Walgreens. has inadvertently admitted that the COVID-19 “vaccines” are a scam in terms of protecting against COVID disease. The company released published data that proves the “vaccines” do not prevent a COVID-19 “infection.”
From Walgreens’ own data:
Note that those who have so far refused to be injected with the experimental gene therapy drug have the lowest rate of infection. How does that work if the shots are “effective?”
“Positivity Rate by Vaccination Status” data covering the time period from April 23, 2022, to April 29, 2022, shows that the demographic with the least amount of “positive” test results for the Fauci Flu is the unvaccinated. The worst-off group, as you might expect, consists of people who received two main doses of the shot followed by a “booster” shot.
Additonally, the Walgreens “COVID-19 Variant Tracker” claims that ever since January of this year, the predominant “strain” of Fauci Flu in circulation is omicron (moronic). Before that, it was delta that was supposedly in circulation. How they know this is anyone’s guess, seeing as how SARS-CoV-2 has never actually been isolated and proven to exist, let alone its many alleged “variants” and “subvariants.”
The CDC ADMITS: PCR Tests CANNOT Differentiate Between Coronaviruses!
The CDC admits that PCR tests can’t differentiate between Coronaviruses….
let that sink in…
that means that for the past year and a half colds and the flu have been diagnosed as Covid.
Let
that
— Dan Dicks (@DanDicksPFT) July 27, 2021
They Admit It: The Flu Has Disappeared Now That COVID Is Here
Many in the ruling class have already admitted that these shots don’t stop “transmission” and will only “lessen the symptoms” if you happen to get sick, something that is not provable. There is no way to prove what we are fed from the “authorities.” Not to mention, the evidence they keep releasing suggests those who get these shots are getting AIDS as their immune systems degrade.
Many websites have been warning that this injection is not a vaccine, to begin with.
COVID-19 mRNA Shots Are Legally Not Vaccines
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Bill Gates, the “philanthropist” who helped push COVID “vaccines” on the masses said the worst of the COVID-19 scamdemic is still coming. He is warning of a more deadly variant next time.
“It’s not likely, I don’t want to be a voice of doom and gloom, but it’s way above a 5% risk that this pandemic, we haven’t even seen the worst of it,” Gates said. New COVID cases, brought on by the BA.2 subvariant of Covid’s omicron strain, are currently growing across the United States according to a report by NBC News. The country’s seven-day average of daily new U.S. cases is up to 54,429 as of Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. That’s a 9% increase over the week prior, with cases growing in 39 states over that time frame.
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“We’re still at risk of this pandemic generating a variant that would be even more transmissive and even more fatal,” the billionaire Microsoft co-founder and public health advocate told the Financial Times on Sunday. Even though Covid-related deaths are declining, leading White House Covid czar Dr. Ashish Jha to say last month that he’s “not overly concerned right now” about BA.2. Rather, its spread is more a reminder that Covid is still lurking. As Gates notes, the virus could potentially mutate again, resulting in a strain of greater concern.
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Gates’ solution to another “pandemic” is controlling the masses using the abject tyranny of the World Health Organization. One proposal, he says, is for the WHO to launch a global surveillance team, consisting of experts who can quickly spot new health threats around the world and rapidly coordinate with global governments to prevent future illnesses from growing into pandemics.
“It seems wild to me that we could fail to look at this tragedy and not, on behalf of the citizens of the world, make these investments,” Gates told the Financial Times on Sunday. The line echoed a comment he made at the TED conference in April: “We need to spend billions in order to save trillions.”
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Gates continues to warn that another pandemic is coming. And this time, it’ll get attention:
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Even though there have been so many problems with the economy over the last 12 months, many Americans continued to believe that everything would eventually be okay because stock prices remained stubbornly high. But now that stock prices are crashing, the cold, harsh reality of what we are facing is starting to set in for millions upon millions of people. Trillions of dollars in paper wealth has already been wiped out, and many experts are warning that the worst is still yet to come. I have always warned my readers that you only make money in the stock market if you get out in time, and unfortunately there are a whole lot of investors out there that didn’t get out in time.
On Friday, the financial carnage that we witnessed was quite impressive…
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell nearly 4.2% to 12,334.64, weighed down by Amazon’s post-earnings plunge. The S&P 500 retreated by 3.6% to 4,131.93. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 939.18 points, or close to 2.8%, to 32,977.21.
Of course this was just the continuation of a trend that has been developing for quite some time.
April was the worst month for the S&P 500 since March 2020, and it was the worst month for the Nasdaq since the financial crisis of 2008.
For the year, the Dow has fallen 9.3 percent, the S&P 500 has dropped 13.3 percent, and the Nasdaq has plunged 21.2 percent.
Overall, the Dow is now down 10.8 percent from the all-time high, the S&P 500 is down 14.3 percent from the all-time high, and the Nasdaq is down 23.9 percent from the all-time high.
Tech stocks were on the bleeding edge of this stock market bubble on the way up, and now they are also on the bleeding edge of the crash on the way down.
On Friday, the price of Amazon fell about 14 percent. That represented the largest single day decline for that stock since 2006.
As a result, Jeff Bezos is now 20 billion dollars poorer…
Jeff Bezos saw $20.5 billion of his fortune melt away after Amazon.com Inc.’s results left investors disappointed, helping fuel the worst month for technology stocks in years.
Can you imagine losing 20 billion dollars on a single day?
I can’t.
When asked about the market, Bezos was rather philosophical…
Most people dramatically underestimate the remarkableness of this bull run.
Such things are unstoppable … until they aren’t.
Markets teach. The lessons can be painful.
Of course it isn’t just Amazon that has been plummeting. All of the major tech stocks have fallen by double digit percentages from their all-time highs at this point.
Since last November, FANG stocks have collectively lost more than 1.6 trillion dollars in market capitalization.
That is one huge pile of money.
On Friday alone, the 500 wealthiest people on the globe lost over 54 billion dollars…
The world’s 500 richest people lost a total of more than $54 billion Friday amid the broader market rout, according to the Bloomberg index.
But not everything is going down.
April was actually the best month for the Russian ruble since 1993.
Needless to say, Joe Biden’s promise to crush the ruble has not exactly gone to plan.
As for our financial markets, we are being told that there is a variety of reasons why they are suddenly imploding…
“The market is worried about a very fragile economic outlook, as it should be,” said Joe LaVorgna, chief Americas economist at Natixis and former Trump White House economic adviser. “The economy is fundamentally soft: The Fed is going to hike next week, the situation in Ukraine is not getting better and high inflation is cutting into costs.”
And many are warning that even darker days are ahead. For example, the following originally comes from John Hussman…
Buckle up, buttercup.
The most challenging financial event for investors in the coming decade will be the repricing of securities to valuations that imply adequate long-term returns, following more than a decade of reckless and intentional Fed-induced yield-seeking speculation.
As I have repeatedly warned my regular readers, stock valuation ratios always return to their long-term averages eventually. Because stock prices have been so ridiculously high, getting back to those long-term averages will be exceedingly painful.
But there is also a danger that stock prices could ultimately fall much lower than that.
Here in 2022, we have been hit by one crisis after another. A major land war has erupted in Europe, we have been hit by plague after plague, and we are being warned that we are heading into the worst global food crisis since World War II.
We are definitely in the midst of a “perfect storm”, and we get more bad news with each passing day.
In fact, we just learned that a man in Colorado has the H5N1 bird flu virus. The following comes from the official CDC website…
A person has tested positive for avian influenza A(H5) virus (H5 bird flu) in the U.S., as reported by Colorado and confirmed by CDC. This case occurred in a person who had direct exposure to poultry and was involved in the culling (depopulating) of poultry with presumptive H5N1 bird flu. The patient reported fatigue for a few days as their only symptom and has since recovered. The patient is being isolated and treated with the influenza antiviral drug oseltamivir. While it is possible the detection of H5 bird flu in this specimen is a result of surface contamination of the nasal membrane, that can’t be determined at this point and the positive test result meets the criteria for an H5 case. The appropriate public health response at this time is to assume this is an infection and take actions to contain and treat.
As I discussed last week, approximately 35 million chickens and turkeys have already died during this new pandemic, but bird flu does not normally spread easily among humans.
However, if bird flu does mutate into a form that can spread easily among humans, everything will change.
COVID completely paralyzed our society, but it has a death rate that is well below one percent.
The CDC says that the bird flu can have a death rate of up to 60 percent in humans, and so we better hope that widespread human to human transmission does not become a reality.
This is a story that I will be watching very closely, because it has the potential to completely change the trajectory of the remainder of this year and beyond.
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To mentally prepare for whatever may come your way is very vital. It means having a plan in place for any potential SHTF situation.
Mentally preparing can reduce your stress and anxiety. It is also assuring that you are set for whatever comes your way. As a result, it can improve your mental health.
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To mentally prepare for the worst is something that all preppers do. Set yourself up for success by having a plan. It can reduce your amount of stress and anxiety.
By being ready for anything, you reduce the anxiety with SHTF situations.
Knowing that you have planned what you need to survive allows you to let go of some of the fear and panic. Anxiety and panic can come with shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and conflicts.
As preppers, we tend to view catastrophes and tragedies through different eyes.
First, we’re preparing ourselves should anything like what we see out there happen to us where we are.
Second, the anxiety about these events motivates us to prepare.
Preparing is a bit of a coping strategy for many, as insurance is an investment in peace of mind.
Having it allows us to let go. Having a plan lets us let go of the stress and anxiety of the dreadful things that could occur. Then, if something worse happens, we’re ready.
Finally, we can acknowledge that we have what we need to deal with anything that has it bad.
We hope we never need our prepared trauma kits, but it will mean the difference to us or someone else the minute we do.
Having it allows us to let go of the stress and anxiety of the horrific things that could occur.
If something worse happens, we’re ready.
We can acknowledge that we have what we need to deal with anything that has it bad.
But what if our preps are never enough?
Anxiety can be a huge hindrance when it comes to SHTF planning. It can put us in panic and release stress hormones that can ramp us up even more frantic.
But, by acknowledging that we have what we need to deal with in any situation, we can let go. We can let go of some of that anxiety and focus on what’s important.
In this blog post, let’s examine the common anxieties that go hand in hand with prepping. Then, I’ll give you tips on how to prepare mentally. So you can do your prepping goals without feeling overwhelmed or crippled by anxiety.
Social learning is one of the things that exacerbate our anxiety.
We witness other people panic buying and suppose that there must be a disaster on the horizon. But this may not always be the case, and the panic buying will cause a pandemic.
Consider the COVID 19 Toilet Paper shortage.
People who stockpile influenced panic buying more than any proximity to real danger.
After all, the Shortage of wood pulp was not on the list of Covid symptoms. But we still see the herd of people snapping up the inventory.
And we reflect on our supply and wonder if we shouldn’t grab whatever else we can.
Should you grab a little extra toilet paper, food, hand sanitizer, or cleaning products?
The panic-buying leads to empty shelves. It then leads to supply shortages. It is causing the feeling that the problem is more significant than it is.
We function as a herd but don’t have to live in a herd mentality.
Most prepared people explain what brought them to prepping. And they explain how they managed through a disaster.
It often begins with – everybody was panicking.
When you see everyone running away from something, you bet – that we are in a herd mentality. So we join stampedes even before knowing why we’re running. We instinctively do this because it’s survival behavior.
Prepping allows us to go beyond much of this herd thinking.
It is wise to apply wisdom if we know that the storm is coming from the gathering clouds. So use the knowledge of – what happens with gathering clouds – and get on higher ground.
When we look at the world, we are stricken with anxiety.
Because we see so many people unaware of the same threats we perceive, it is wise to shed our herd mentality.
We plan our preps and security.
So run with the herd when you have to – but understand why you are running. And do not let the anxiety of the pack change your course!
Spoiler Alert: You won’t be able to prepare for the world’s future end.
Your preparations won’t matter.
Your efforts won’t matter when the apocalypse occurs. It won’t count on some other great global catastrophe.
If a comet hits a planet and creates an extinction-level event, what you stored in your bug-out won’t matter. How many beans and ramen you’ve stockpiled would not count.
Don’t spend all your time prepping for some massive collapse or disaster.
The disaster most likely to occur is more local to you.
The name extinction-level event is such because it leads to extinction.
It is the process of a species, family, or other groups of animals or plants becoming extinct.
Given this information, don’t expect a mass extinction event. Nor prepare for armageddon. It will fill you with unendurable dread.
Something like this could happen. But what you have on your shelves will not likely matter to ease anxiety.
In your preparation, concentrate on the most probable disasters you’ll face.
An Icelandic volcano erupted and released enough ashes into the atmosphere. As a result, it shut off sunlight in Europe in 536 CE.
Byzantine historian Procopius saw it. He described it as the sun giving forth its light without brightness like the moon. It lasted for 18 months.
Pestilence raged in the form of the Justinian plague.
It later came again and became the bubonic plague.
It was one of the worst periods in history: with no sun, food, or known cure for the disease. Societal Declined.
There have also been conventional wars. It was terrible if you were a Roman!
But, things weren’t too bad for you if you lived somewhere else. Even major global events don’t always spell Romans’ end of the world a decade later. Things got back to normal even though its government collapsed.
Don’t over-prepare for some imaginary collapse or calamity. The disaster that will occur is closer to you.
If you live in a storm-prone region:
Prepare for the worst storm before considering unlikely possibilities,
If you live in the countryside:
You won’t have to worry about civil unrest as your city relatives will need to do so.
If a nationwide power outage occurs every ten years for the last three decades:
It is more critical for you to prepare for a tragedy than any spectacular but less probable event.
Doomsday may be looming on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean you have to go down without a fight.
By preparing mentally for the world’s end, you can face whatever comes your way – with courage and strength.
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The end of the world is a scary thought for many people. For some, it’s a passing worry that comes and goes; for others, it’s a full-time obsession. No matter where you fall on the spectrum, it’s essential to be mentally prepared for whatever may happen.
We’ve outlined some tips for getting your mind in the right place to face whatever comes your way.
Comment below and let us know what your favorite mental preparation strategy is!
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Are you looking to build your own cheap DIY underground bunker? With all that is going on in the world, I’m not surprised!
NOW is the best time for it, and not a moment too soon!
That’s why today I want to go over ALL your DIY Bunker options. From cheap DIY Bunkers to expensive ones – with ALL the Pros and Cons for each.
Because everyone should have a plan when an invasion or cataclysmic event happens.
We’ll be covering the following DIY Bunker topics:
The term “Bunker” comes from the Scottish word for “bench, seat”. This is odd because that is NOT what I think when I hear the word “bunker”.
However, it was also used as the shortened form “bunk” which was used to describe a “sleeping birth”.
And the Old Swedish term “bunke” meant “boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”.
So, if you combine these original ideas of a “protected sleeping quarter” you can see how this term evolved into the modern idea of a “survival bunker”.
To be clear, a bunker IS NOT a “She-Shed” or a “Man-Cave”. It’s NOT a backyard hut where ladies’ have lunch or “the guys” watch the big game while eating finger sandwiches or chicken wings.
A bunker is a personal self-defensive fortification.
One that should be well-built to withstand entry from anyone who intends you harm.
Most are often located underground to:
1) remain hidden (i.e., you can’t attack what you don’t know is there)
2) avoid any above-ground dangers (bombing, nuclear fallout, infections, other humans, etc.)
The bottom line:
The primary goal in a homemade bunker is to protect the ones you love. And to survive an extended period of danger in a safe (often underground) location.
These were designed to protect industries essential to the German government during WWII.
They were primarily used as mining sites, data storage centers, food storage areas, and occasionally used as living quarters.
This bunker is a smaller structure made of concrete and is partly dug into the ground as part of a trench system.
They were crude, open-aired-shelter to provide some protection for soldiers during Trench Warfare.
Staying hunkered down in the trench prevented soldiers from being sitting ducks for machine-gun fire from the enemy.
A munitions bunker held explosives and was typically built into the side of a hill. They were not designed for human occupancy.
This was a secure place for weapons and ammunition. These types of bunkers were usually built on coastlines for large-scale wars.
Personal bunkers are often attached to homes or located on personal property. This helps to protect regular folks from bombing raids, nuclear fallout, or severe weather.
Today, those who want to live a resilient life, use these bunkers to protect themselves from:
Basically, a DIY underground bunker is the ultimate bug-out location ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY!
One where you can immediately shield yourself from ANY above-ground conflict.
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Let’s face it, preparing for a future catastrophe isn’t cheap.
You must spend your hard-earned money on the right equipment and supplies. This investment is made not just to survive but to thrive in a variety of catastrophes.
That’s why we acquire guns and buy ammo, right? It’s why we spend money on Ham radios and building bug-out bags, get-home bags, and TFAKs.
And the super-rich can afford a high-tech bunker. Something that makes your BEST vacation look like a dump. But the rest of us need to build our own DIY bunkers on the cheap.
All you need to focus on is making sure your DIY bunker is safe and secure. And that CAN BE AFFORDABLE!
Now let’s investigate the different types of DIY bunkers you can construct. We will start with the cheap underground bunker and work our way up.
Your house may already have the makings of a cheap DIY underground bunker. Some DIY bunker ideas for the home are:
If you are building a new house, consider designing a homemade bunker within or underneath it.
Many folks leave the area under a front porch as a hidden panic room.
This option is the most affordable of all the DIY Bunker options. But with THAT comes big tradeoffs.
Here’s a video series from Lumnah Acres, where he builds a “root cellar” in his unfinished basement. This same general idea can also be used for a “basement survival bunker:
A small backyard root cellar is one of the most affordable DIY Bunker options.
And it’s not attached to your house but still very close by.
Plus, it’s underground – so it naturally stays warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. It can also protect you from bomb blasts and nuclear fallout.
A root cellar (by design) is made to keep fresh foods shelf-stable for long periods. And they don’t take up much space (depending on your space needs/family size).
Here’s a video that goes over why a small root cellar makes for a wise DIY Bunker:
If you own some land, perhaps you have a property with a natural void in the ground. This has the potential to be turned into a cheap bunker.
It may be an abandoned mine or an old den for wild animals but whatever the case, you can put it to good use.
When going into a cave, you need to be cautious. You don’t know what’s inside and how stable the roof and walls are. You’ll need structural support for it, but this is true of all bunkers.
You can even dig your own cave if your land is suitable.
Here’s a video of a “makeshift” bunker built into a cave/burrow on public land:
Now we’re moving to more complicated DIY Underground Bunker builds. If this is the direction you’re going to go, I recommend you invest in some solid bunker plans.
Here’s a product that provides excellent bunker plans: Family Bunker Plans.
The culvert DIY bunker option is using a large, steel culvert buried as your escape pod.
These heavy-duty pipes are engineered with a corrugation profile. This design helps to maintain structural integrity and then buried in the ground.
Culverts can stand the force of the earth on top of it, so you are able to easily bury them to your required depth.
Like with all your DIY bunker ideas, you will have to build out the living and storage areas inside. And you will also need to weld both ends and fashion a proper exit going up to the surface.
It’s easy to find a shipping container to convert to a cheap DIY underground bunker. Used ones are rotated out of service all the time. And there are several companies that sell new and used ones for home use.
Often, folks add them to their property for secure storage of tools and equipment. But they can also have a greater purpose.
A shipping container already has the structure built and is made of steel. The doors are already steel too, making them very secure.
You will have to reinforce the sides and roof when burying it. That way, it won’t cave in and then you can build the interior how you like.
This is a cheap DIY underground bunker that you get to build piece by piece. The excavation won’t be as deep so if you don’t have access to a machine, you can hand dig it yourself.
This homemade bunker requires a solid, concrete footing. With a solid foundation, you can pour yourself with a bit of lumber and concrete. Then you build up bricks or cinderblocks layer by layer.
When the walls are complete, build a form inside for the roof with lots of rebars and pour the concrete on top.
You may want to add some rubber peel and stick it to the outside before you backfill. That way, you avoid any issues with water seepage. And then it is half in and half out of the ground, ready for you to camouflage.
This is a bunker that has already been cast and is made of concrete with structural rebar in it. There are several companies that sell different sizes of bunkers.
This is still a DIY bunker because you need to dig the hole and pour a concrete base. Once the bunker is in place, you’ll need the exterior backfilled and interior buildout.
You’ll also have to put in a strong, steel door.
A hill bunker takes advantage of a property that’s sloping or has a hill. This DIY underground bunker will take extra planning and know-how. Why? Because it can be dangerous to excavate.
As you start digging into your hill you will need to shore up the roof, so it doesn’t cave in. Pressure-treated wood or steel works well but make sure it is secure before going inside.
Once dug out and made sound you have a great bunker that can only be penetrated from the front. This is where you should form a concrete entrance with a steel door, so no one is getting in.
Most of the bunkers above are bunker ideas that you can afford without too much cost. If you are looking to step it up a notch and you got money to burn, why not build in some luxury.
DIY Bunker doesn’t have to mean cheap. You can go online and find plans to construct your own multi-room bunker. And then buy your materials and get building.
Outside the structure still must be solid so it can be buried and out of sight. Inside is where your luxury starts.
You can make it look like a high-end home with full bedrooms and a state-of-the-art kitchen. You can even put it in a movie theatre and games room.
There will be extensive ventilation, heating, and electrical requirements. As well as challenges dealing with water and waste.
The ground is the limit so go as far as your money will take you.
For a bunker on steroids, you can build an underground shelter community. A group with multiple bunkers attached and private residences with common areas.
You need to get a lot of people involved and ready to spend their money with you. It takes a shared vision, a willingness to compromise, and a community spirit.
There are companies out there already doing this but to buy in costs big dough.
We are finishing off here with some vital information for all your DIY bunker builds. Whether you have a cheap underground bunker or a luxurious one, there are must-have items to build in and stock.
You need to bring in power from the grid or use off-grid solutions. Power is necessary for illuminating your DIY underground bunker at a minimum.
And if you want to power a water pump or a ventilation fan, you’ll also need power as well.
In small applications, you may be able to get by with a power station and some solar panels – like what I use when I go camping.
Everyone needs fresh air to survive. So, consider how you are going to access above-ground ventilation.
You’ll need an outlet vent with a small fan sucking the stale air out of the bunker. And an inlet-vent with a filter that will allow fresh air in from outside.
Make sure the filter is good enough for nuclear fallout, stockpile several, and make sure you can change them out easily.
DIY bunker projects tend to be small so don’t forget you need lots of room for food and water.
Canned meats and freeze-dried foods are great as well as home-preserved food.
Make sure there is plenty of water to drink, wash, and bathe.
I recommend a minimum of 2 weeks of food and 2 weeks of water. If you can do more, great, but if you’re just getting started, now you have a target amount to shoot for.
If you are heading to your bunker, you may already be injured and need medical supplies to treat wounds.
Accidents while underground can happen too.
Have a robust IFAK kit (individual first aid kit) with lots of extra trauma supplies on hand.
My go-to medical kit vendor is MY MEDIC. They have high-quality kits for all skills levels and needs; from IFAKs (individual first aid kids) to ITAKs (trauma first aid kits) everything in between.
Let’s be real, one of the major reasons you’re thinking about building a bunker is to survive a nuclear blast and fallout, right?
Well, what happens if you’re forced to go outside, for supplies, or in an emergency while it’s still dangerous to do so? That’s why everyone should own at least 1 gas mask and several filters.
My go-to gas mask vendor is MIRA SAFETY. If you don’t have any gas masks, get some on order right now.
If you wait, you won’t get one later, they sell out almost immediately at the start of a crisis (like in the spring of 2020 and the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine).
You may not need any money while underground. But once you exit your DIY bunker for supplies or to reemerge into society, you need a way to buy things.
Cash is usually great but if things really go south, you should have gold or silver as a reliable backup.
That’s why I’m currently acquiring Silver Rounds through SD Bullion every month…
You can go stir crazy quick so consider what you want to do while in your DIY bunker.
TV and radio are great to keep up with the catastrophe above but they require electrical power…Same for music, unless, you make your own music via an acoustic guitar, harmonica, etc.
Make sure to have games for the kids and stock lots of physical books. Board games and card games are fun too as well as puzzles.
I can play it for hours and never get bored.
Having a DIY bunker is an essential survivalist item you hope you never need.
But those who have one will be able to weather whatever shit storm comes their way!
Prepare, Adapt & Overcome,
“Just In Case” Jack
P.s. Do you know where the closest nuclear bunker is from your home?
There are a lot of natural nuclear shelters in the US that are absolutely free. And one of them is near your home.
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