Instant Housing and Designing for Disaster
 

The link below provides a quick look at a dozen inexpensive shelters that can be quickly put into use when needed. That might be a solution for someone who needs to work in a city. Just buy or lease some land in a safer area and store the materials there for a temporary house. Then they need only to find a way to get there after TSHTF! :coolbeer:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifesty...nstant_housing

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ahahaaaaaaaaaa........some of these are interesting.....but most are just humorous.....you'd be better off with a sleeping bag, a ground cloth, and a tarp between a couple trees for a rainfly.

I loved these:

Snaps together with no fastners, to create a "14 sqft home"......I sure hope that's a misprint, as a queen size mattress has about 4 times that acreage.....ahahahaaaa

http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...using/DH12.jpg


or this one:

Wonder what the wind rating on that boy is ?.......and does it have a home theater for "in flight movies".......ahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...utureshack.jpg



or this one:

The Stockyard special.....NOT intended for area with rain or mosquitos, apparently....

http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...lletHouse3.jpg


or this one.....which wins "Best of Show, Wierd Category".....I honestly can't figure out WHAT it is.......Japanese, and Temple, are what comes to mind, but that's as far as I could get...

http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...ing/shrimp.jpg

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I hope the writer means it is 14 feet on a side.

LOL

It looks like one of those entertainment center for cats that you see at a pet store.

Where's the protection for 4 during a blizzard?
:banghead:

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Based on the photo showing doors, I'm gonna guess that is closer to correct.

But I still have that mental picture of that fairy tale about the Big Bad Wolf and how he blew down the house of straw, and then the one of sticks....Children today, apparently, don't get those read to them.


Best of Show overall was this popup tent.....I liked the fact the poles were sewn into the fabric....Eureka could take notes here......save dumping out that bag of poles in the dark trying to figure which one goes into which one and how that connect to the tent....followed by the appropriate amount of curse words...and the wife slipping little comments in about "how we passed a Holiday Inn back about 30 miles".....ahahhaaaa

http://www.wired.com/images/slidesho...g/design21.jpg

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This one sounded like it could be useful. Just keep it in the box until your in-laws show up and announce that they have decided to accept your offer of hospitality, but only until things "get back to normal" :haha: :haha:
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http://www.wired.com/culture/lifesty...=5&slideView=5

Many of these are quite good, and would serve quite well as a "foothold" at my bugout location until a more suitable shelter is built. That many of these kits can be carried by one or two people makes a way off-grid setup a bit more comfortable.

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The housing solutions at the link below may not be instant, but they do provide some interesting options for alternative housing. :wink:

Small and Fabulous: Modular Living as It Should Be

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