Considering everything that's happening, risk of volcanic eruption, power outages, no water, floods, cold...
How would you build and equip the house with regard to all possible disasters?
And no proximity to running water! That would be too easy!
How would you build and equip the house with regard to all possible disasters?
And no proximity to running water! That would be too easy!
Simple! The conventional answer to your question for many years has been "bunker". Find a high point and dig yourself in. Alternatively, build a concrete shell and pile up as much soil as you can around it. On top, have a pipe holder for a smaller wind turbine, radio antenna, or rain-collecting water funnel, which can be swapped as needed.
Volcanic eruptions are difficult to protect against. Let's hope that we are geologically safe from that. Power outages are more realistic to prepare for.kamilenski said:
A well-insulated house with some way to heat it by burning wood is a good start. A stove that doesn't rely on fans and on which you can place a couple of pots will serve you well for a long time. If you want to indulge, you can also build a root cellar.
Water is trickier, but if you want to be prepared, you can build a large tank for reserve water. For some reason that no one remembers anymore, the English often have large water tanks in the attic.
The English were the first to have water supply systems, if you disregard the Romans. The pressure wasn't really great in these old systems and could vary quite a bit, so having your own supply wasn't entirely wrong. I've seen a variant in the Balkans where the war meant that the water was turned off most of the day. A large plastic barrel of water in the yard was the common solution.
To be blunt, electricity is a luxury, heat can be arranged, flooding can be managed by building on a height, and you survive a volcanic eruption by fleeing, but without water, you die. A well or rainwater is what matters. Otherwise, you'll have to do as in poor countries, spending half the day fetching and purifying water.
To be blunt, electricity is a luxury, heat can be arranged, flooding can be managed by building on a height, and you survive a volcanic eruption by fleeing, but without water, you die. A well or rainwater is what matters. Otherwise, you'll have to do as in poor countries, spending half the day fetching and purifying water.
The end of the world according to some.
Regarding a bunker not being a house, well, yes, there is an intermediate version where you just build a basement without a house on top. You then put skylights in the ceiling instead of windows, and such a house actually becomes brighter than a regular one as the light comes from the right direction, and moreover, the house doesn't shade itself.
As someone said, it's water and heat that are the most important. Wood stove plus wood-burning stove and you've solved that part. With the wood stove, you can also boil water and thus achieve simple purification. A properly dug well is recommended along with a bucket on a rope. Simple and hardly likely to break.
Regarding a bunker not being a house, well, yes, there is an intermediate version where you just build a basement without a house on top. You then put skylights in the ceiling instead of windows, and such a house actually becomes brighter than a regular one as the light comes from the right direction, and moreover, the house doesn't shade itself.
As someone said, it's water and heat that are the most important. Wood stove plus wood-burning stove and you've solved that part. With the wood stove, you can also boil water and thus achieve simple purification. A properly dug well is recommended along with a bucket on a rope. Simple and hardly likely to break.
The Mayan calendar only goes up to 12-12-12, where many believe "end of days"öringen said:
But simply the calendar is not specified after that. The Mayan calendar is quite old, they couldn't write it forever..
I don't believe you can build your way out of the earth's end. But it's not wrong to be on top when it all goes wrong. I myself have two fireplaces, lots of firewood, a 220v generator, municipal water and my own, same with sewage. Now I just want a shelter that should be insanely insulated for that nice warmth. 
