If you find yourself in a long-term situation where you must shelter in the wild, you must find resources and materials that will serve the purpose of surviving the elements. Though time consuming, if left to our own devices, it is possible survive the elements. All that is needed is where to find the supplies for a shelter and the ingenuity of how to make it. Using naturally occurring materials, this video shows that sheltering in the wild is possible. This daub hut can be made solely from items found in nature.
I built this hut in the bush using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools. The hut is 2m wide and 2m long, the side walls are 1m high and the ridge line (highest point) is 2m high giving a roof angle of 45 degrees. A bed was built inside and it takes up a little less than half the hut. The tools used were a stone hand axe to chop wood, fire sticks to make fire, a digging stick for digging and clay pots to carry water. The materials used in the hut were wood for the frame, vine and lawyer cane for lashings and mud for daubing. Broad leaves were initially used as thatch which worked well for about four months before starting to rot. The roof was then covered with sheets of paper bark which proved to be a better roofing material (*peeling the outer layer of bark does not kill this species of tree). An external fireplace and chimney were also built to reduce smoke inside. The hut is a small yet comfortable shelter and provides room to store tools and materials out of the weather. The whole hut took 9 months from start to finish. But it only took 30 days of actual work (I abandoned it for a few months before adding bark roof, chimney and extra daub).
I don’t know about you, but I am preparing for the “inevitable” market crash. Best hedge is physical gold, but barter items and skills such medical knowledge like first aid, medical supplies as well as food water and shelter. The greatest of these is water. Find out how to stock and purify water. Lots on the internet. Veterinary supply stores are places you can meds without a prescription. Be sure to factor in human dosage. “Black Out USA” and the “Physicians Survival Guide” are 2 good references. “America 2020” is also worth reading. While an economic crash would be terrible, there is another scary scenario. An EMP attack either by a Rogue Nation or even a big Solar flare. Find out how destructive it would be, and find out how to build and build a Faraday Cage to protect radio, batteries, etc. Hope we all get to the other side of these current threats, and if we do, GO Trump! Not “classy”, but a truth teller. I also like Carson a lot. Neither are politicians which is just what we need.