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To: GraceG

Berm or underground homes have a lot of advantages like natural thermal insulation. Lighting is an issue but LED lighting is very efficient.


12 posted on 05/20/2013 2:54:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

If I lived there I would at least have a 20 ft shipping container buried,


35 posted on 05/20/2013 3:24:40 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (President Obma; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
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To: cripplecreek

They’re also bulletproof, and pretty resistant to fire and explosives. I remember reading about some fugitive that holed up in a concrete earth berm house, and the Feds had to pretty much incinerate the thing to end the standoff.


51 posted on 05/20/2013 4:58:24 PM PDT by Boogieman
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