Hurricane/Tornado/SHTF Bunker

[TheDishDoc]

Here is what a guy in my town did. He made a tornado shelter out of a fuel storage tank. I'm thinking about putting one on my property but I doubt I'll advertise it in the paper. I hope you can see the article, it was in our local paper and I tried to scan it but it didn't scan very well. I'll try to go by and see if he minds if I take some pictures of it. If he doesn't mind I'll post them here.





UPDATE:
I went to see this guys bunker at the address listed in the article and he had moved. His neighbor was working out in the yard so I asked him if he knew what happened to the guy with the bunker and he told me where he moved to. I found his number in the phone book and called him up out of the blue (my wife said he was gonna think I was lunatic ) and asked him if he would mind if I came over and took a look and he said sure. So I went and checked it out. Where he had moved to was not on a hill and he said he had a problem when it had rained one day that the tank had floated up out of the ground so he poured a 3 yard slab under it and sunk mobile home tie downs into the slab and secured the tank into the ground with straps over it. That will probably help hold it down in the event of a tornado also. He has a squirrel cage blower bringing air in and another fan exhausting air. It also has a landline phone, a television and a microwave oven. It's wired with 110 power but he also has a battery and 12 volt lights in it for when power goes out. He bought this tank for $500.00 so it's a pretty cheap shelter. I asked him why he didn't bury it all the way underground and he said he didn't want to have to climb down a ladder because of his age but he told me of another guy close by that has a tank completely buried so I'm going to look him up and see what his setup looks like if he will let me come look at it. If so I'll post some pictures of his setup here also. Man I want to install one of these at my house. He mentioned fiberglass tanks might be a good choice also. Here’s a couple of pictures I took.

That’s me in the bunker.




Inside the bunker.



He can chain the door closed to keep it from flying open or to keep the zombies out.



Four big sets of hinges hold the door on.



When he had it at the old location is was more underground but in the new location the water table is much higher.


Another shot of the outside and his antenna, siren and flashing light




He has it right beside his house so he can run out and jump into it if he needs to but I would worry about getting trapped in it by debris. I'm gonna put mine out in the middle of a field but not too far from the house but far enough away from anything that could fall onto it and block the door. All in all it's a pretty nice setup for $500.00 and it gave me some ideas about what I want to do. Plus it motivated me to get mine done. He also gave me the name of another guy in our area that has done the same thing with another tank but his is completely buried in the ground with only a pipe coming up and a ladder to go down into the shelter. I’m going to contact him and see if he will let me come out and see what he has done. If he will let me come look and take pictures I will post them here also. Also I’m hoping to acquire a tank myself and begin my project. When I do I’ll post pics of my project.

[blind & Lost]

Thanks for the post and pictures, is this Sneads, FL?

[TheDishDoc]

Yes Sneads, Fl

[wolfracer]

Pretty cool and thanks for the pics!