What should a good safe house have, where is a good place to have it? What kind of conditions to preapre for?

Question

I'm interested in purchasing a safe house just in case the worst possible scnario occurs (apocalypse). It isn't for religious reasons, I just remember my grandfather always keeping at least one unregistered gun at home and at his office, survival supplies etc, just in case the s**t hit the fan. I think that it is a wise investment, and I have the money, but want to know what to spend it on. I figure there are three major things; weapons, food, shelter. The shelter should be in a remote location, and I live in Anchorage, so maybe central AK? WY? what is a wise amount of time to prepare for? More than a year? If you overstock, and leave the food, it may have gone bad by the time you need it. What are the things that should be prepared for? Anarchy? Opressive government? WW3? Natural disasters (Yellowstone)? Food shortages? Any input would be appreciated. No rush for answers (yet).

Answer 1

IF you ask 1000 people what a "safe house" and the best location you'll get about 2000 defferent answers.

But here is a general guideline I go by>

Water source, is there a reliable one nearby?

Wild game and hunting? You need the supplies.

What kind of inconvience are you willing to put-up with? Me, I think an area without a Domino's is the end of Civilization.

Remember, that remote locations provide their own set of problems, such as availability of (put your list here). Oh yeah, higher gas prices for sure.

Where do you feel comfortable? It doesn't do you anygood to go somewhere you feel uncomforable.

How far are you willing to travel? 10, 20, 30 miles? Get a map, take a string, and draw a circle within that radius, study the roads, travel them, and see how they'd handle whatever traffic might come thatway. Search-out the area and see what's for sale. If you're comfortable in driving the extra 30 miles, why not make your homestead there, instead of where you're at? If you can't rationally answer that question, plan on moving. Just remember the further the distance the more you might have to travel on impassable roads. The safest place in the world won't help you if you can't get to it.

Why not just stay put and make your house safer?

You might want to check Joel Skousen's site:
http://www.joelskousen.com/index.html

As he has books out for the subject you're writing about, plus a short consice list of strategic relocation:
http://www.joelskousen.com/Strategic/strategic.html

And the secure home:
http://www.joelskousen.com/Secure/secure.html

Now before this answer gets deleted for spamming, I just want to say that Joel is a resource, and I am in no way associated with him or his website.


One other thing, I would like to reiterate, that everyplace has it's own challenges, it's just what you're comfortable with and what your scenario of the acopocalypse is should dictate where you should go.

I strongly promote the fact that there is no safer place than the one you know so I strongly advise people to make the place they're in the safest possible and most secure possible, if you feel you can't then and only then move.


DK


If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck and you vote for a duck thinking it's an eagle, you're going to find yourself ducked!

Answer 2

My suggestion first refers to the type of house to buy.
I would suggest that it be in a location where BLOCK houses are, and it should be a basement home. My suggestion also is to do some remodeling, Building an even lower level under the basement level is a tough job but well worth the investment when the proverbial S**t hits the fan. As far a weapons go, Get loaded. Wyoming is a great place to do this, both the house and the weapons.
Remember this one rule of life. "Perfect Paranoia is Perfect Awareness."
Hope any of this information might help you in some way or another.

Answer 3

Wood residences are strangely well withstanders of earth quakes. Wood has an overly mild weight so it has much less inertia and likewise wooden could be very bendy! If a wooden apartment is good developed, it's going to face up to. The shorter the apartment, the larger. A tall apartment will desire to rock on its groundwork and the additional weight can extra without difficulty purpose fractures. Concrete may also be a fair more secure fabric to make use of, if it is developed proper. By itself the concrete might be terrible. Sudden surprise lots and flexing will purpose it to crack. However reinforcement may also be further via utilizing steel bars. The concrete might crack however the steel within may not holiday, for this reason retaining up the constitution. Overall I might say concrete might be the quality, however it needs to be bolstered. I have no idea precisely what you imply via rolling....? Like a apartment on wheels? If so, that might be even larger considering the fact that the intertia might purpose the constructing to be at a stand nonetheless even as the bottom underneath movements ahead and backward. Up and down motion is one of a kind.

Answer 4

Whew... No offense. You might be overthinking this.

I will offer two cents and a quote I'll paraphrase.

2 cents: We truly live on a very tiny planet. SAFE is very likely as "Relative" a word as GOOD or CONDITIONS.

Quote: "I don't know how we will fight World War 3; but I know we will fight World War 4... with sticks and stones."

A. Einstein