E-Books: Additional Fallout Shelter Designs And Information

 Your best bet for constructing a basic shelter from radiation and fallout for a modest budget is if you have an unfinished basement and then converting a section into a fallout shelter. This can be as fancy as building the equivalent of a thick walled "safe room" in the basement or as simple as constructing an expedient lean-to type shelter in a basement corner. The booklet, "Fallout Protection for Basements" contains ideas for in-basement shelters, although it does not have specific plans. It is more of a book on available options.

    The booklet, "Family Shelter Designs" has plans for 8 types of shelters, including three in-basement shelters. The designs included are:

1. Basement Sand-Filled Lumber Lean-To Shelter
2. Basement Corrugated Asbestos-Cement Lean-To Shelter
3. Basement Concrete Block Shelter
4. Outside Semimounded Plywood Box Shelter
5. Belowground Corrugated Steel Culvert Shelter
6. Outside Semimounded Steel Igloo Shelter
7. Aboveground Earth-Covered Lumber A-Frame Shelter
8. Belowground New Construction Clay Masonry Shelter

    The booklet, "The Family Fallout Shelter", covers in more detail the construction of the concrete block basement shelter and underground concrete shelter, as well as some additional detail drawings for some of the shelters described in the "Family Shelter Designs" booklet discussed above. It also has a list of suggested items to have stocked in your shelter. 

    If you farm or raise livestock, this one is definitely for you: "Protecting Family And Livestock From Nuclear Fallout." This has information on radiation and the dangers posed by it, as well as a discussion of shielding requirements and what existing structures would be adequate. It also discusses calculating the amount of feed for animals and, since it may not be possible to shield all the animals, advice on what animals to protect and which to abandon. Another section lists specific items to store in a shelter (for humans) and addresses common issues for shelter including waste management and air circulation. Finally, it has a section on shelter construction. 

    Another for farmers and ranchers is this one: "Fallout On The Farm" which discusses dealing with fallout both as to crops and as to livestock. 

    Although not on building shelters, "Guidance for Development of an Emergency Fallout Shelter Stocking Plan" has information on stocking food and supplies, including a list of foods showing the amount for a single serving and for 100 servings, and information on the amount of water that you would be able to collect from water heaters, pipes in buildings, and similar. 

    Finally, you should be sure to read the booklet, "You Will Survive Doomsday" because it covers some "myths" regarding nuclear survival, including some misconceptions relevant to shelter construction and surviving in one.