Could you try again with that link please?
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http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread435307/pg1%27
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Blessings,
If there is a south slope of any significant size at all . . .
You could build a concrete insulated trough . . . glazed over with double or quadruple polycarbonate sheets . . . say about 1 sheet’s width worth . . . Have a large somewhat filtered air intake box at the bottom . . . and an electric generating fan at the top . . . some wind current will occur on even partially cloudy days in lots of varied weather conditions.
The heated air could also be piped into even an underground living space depending on the terrain.
Gave it a little more thought, sounds like you’ve got just about all of the bases covered. But, communications. Cell reception. Availability of internet - via dish?
Other means of communication, shortwave?
They’ll matter.
Soil - red clay? Growing a decent garden in it is an acquired skill, ask your friends from whom you’re buying the land. Acidic usually, so lime, compost to break it up, maybe even a little sand. It’ll bake hard as a rock in the summer. There’s a reason so much brick is manufactured in the south, and that it’s red.
Also, tornadoes are different in the south. Smaller, less frequent than midwest, but much more likely to occur at night. Shelter arrangements for that until you have a solid structure, and a means of getting advance warning. Those little hand-crank/solar weather radios are cheap.
Most people will be better off staying put, but it sounds as if you and your wife are well equipped, psychologically and skills-wise, to make a go of it.
Good luck.