Go Figure

We need something that summarizes what the engineer minded individual needs-to-know to properly build a survival site. If you have the answer to "xx" or "yy" below or have other useful items to add to the list, please let me know.

Water Needs:

• Distilled (to make colloidal silver, occasional DeTox of the sick (lead or mineral posing), replenish battery water): .5 gal/month (yy liter/month) per person minimum 2 gal/month (yy liter/month) per person optimum average. If used as drinking water then add about 1 gal/day.
• Reverse osmosis water (drinking, sponge baths, cooking, final rinses for vegetables and hands) 2.5 gal/day (yy liter/day) per person minimum 3.5 gal/day (yy liter/day) per person optimum average.
• Particle filtered, Ozone added, and Carbon filtered (source for reverse osmosis, washing vegetables, hands, showers, baths, clean up, laundry, hydroponics, fish, worms, and possible indoor gardening): xx gal/day (yy liter/day) per person minimum with xx gal/day (yy liter/day) optimum average.
• Unfiltered water (washing boots, prewashing clothing, gardening, and possibly hydroponics(?)): xx gal/day (yy liter/day) per person minimum with xx gal/day (yy liter/day) optimum average.

Electrical Power:

• Average Electrical power (food production lighting, task lighting, refrigerator-freezer, distiller, dehumidifier, electric water heater, and water pumps): xx Kwatts/hour per each person minimum with xx Kwatts/hr per each person average optimum.
• If wind and water are used to produce the power the minimum estimated size of the plant capability should be x times the minimum hourly needs.

Food Production:

• Minimum surface area for food growth is xx Sq fT (yy sq M) per person.
• Maximum rates of Photosynthesis are attained at 25-35% of full sunlight intensity or between 3.7 Lwatts(all light energy)/sq. meter (2,500 Lux) to 10.3 Lwatts/sq. meter (7,000 Lux) and in some shade species at even lower intensities.

Type of light EWatts/Sq Meter
LED (white) xx
LED (red & blue) xx
Tungsten Filament xx
Halogen flood xx
Florescent xx
Mercury vapor xx
Sodium vapor xx

Note: In the EWatts/sq meter column, EWatts refers to electrical watts or bulb input watts used to produce 1,000 Lux of light output at ground level). If one decides that it will take 4,000 Lux for the plants one decides to use then xx times 4 times the square area needed would give the electrical watts needed to power it and indicate the number of bulbs needed.

• xx cubic ft (yy cubic meters) of worm production or xx number of worms can support xx sq ft (yy sq M) of plant growth.
• xx lb or (yy KG) of fish production can support xx sq ft (yy sq Meter) of plant growth.

Survival Shelter:

• Withstand Hurricane force winds: estimate to be 300-400 MPH which result in a xx lbs/sq inch (yy KGm/sq meter) on the surface of a shelter.
• Withstand Fire: Forrest fires and flash meteor showers burning the atmosphere.
• Strong shaking forces lasting less than one hour: Magnitude 9-10 Richter scale.
• Average maximum expected amplitude of motion vertical (up and down) of bedrock to be 100 ft to 200 ft with a maximum of 5 G acceleration. Maximum expected amplitude of the motion of bedrock in a horizontal direction to be 200 ft to 300 ft with a maximum of 9 to 10 G acceleration.
• Possible liquefaction of all soils except hard clays and rock.

Communications: (by ham radios) (voice, data, CW)

• HF (1.8-30 MHz) for long distance
• VHF(144-148 MHz) and higher frequencies for short distance (local)

Offered by Mike.