Blogs

If you are familiar with the ZetaTalk trench shelter, please read this first blog as it talks about the deficiencies inherent in that design.
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/zt-analysis-are-trench.

These next blogs are culminations of group efforts and cover as many scenarios as we could think of and modifications that could make the shallow trench shelter a more secure shelter. 

A Plastic Tunnel -- A Way To Avoid Electrocution by Ground Electricity
earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ideas-for-bunkers-a-plastic-tunnel-portable-ideal-for-those-who

 
Another Idea For A Trench Shelter
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/another-idea-for-a-trench

The issue of radiation (solar or nuclear) was raised and this blog talks about it and how to protect yourself:

Yet More About The Inadequacies Of Shallow Trench Shelters
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/zetatalk-yet-more-about-the-inadequacies-of-shallow-trench

This was my original version of a enhanced shallow trench shelter, with a ferro-cement dome:
My Idea Of A Trench Shelter
https://earthchanges.ning.com/group/survivalinformation/forum/topics/my-idea-of-a-trench-shelter 
(Sorry, the link to the sunlife site still works but the information is no longer available.  You can look around for another site with plans to build a ROUND dome--don't go geodesic, it is reported there are high divorce rates associated with it, thus it seems to amplify bad vibes.)

Other options:

Mini blast & fallout shelter-good for tornadoes, storage, etc.
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mini-blast-amp-fallout

Earthbag Structures
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/shelters-earthbags
Resistant to earthquakes, flooding, severe weather

Ferro-Cement Structures
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ferrocement-shelters-amp-boats
Extremely strong.

DuPont's Kevlar Bunkers

https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/duponts-kevlar-bunkers-offer

Tornado Safe Room
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tornado-safe-room

Pet Shelters
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/pet-shelters-the-1000-year

Mini Noah's Ark Shelters
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/09/30/noah-ark-japan-tsunami.html
https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tsunami-fears-fuel-sale-of-mini-noah-s-arks

Download  Free Google Earth Nuclear  Power Radiation Plume Maps

http://nuclearpowerdanger.com/google-earth-radiation-plume-free-download.php

I am working on a new site nuclearpowerdanger.com I  have created some radioactive plume maps  based  solely on wind. Working  on more specific map methodology.

http://www.nuclearpowerdanger.com/plume-maps/sitemap-nuclear-power-plant-plumes-25mi.php 

These are existing plumes of radiation caused by "normal" releases. 
My methodology is outlined here 
http://www.nuclearpowerdanger.com/plume-maps/methodology.php

Jorn

Would it work for EMP/Solar shelter, as well?

Relatively cheap and easy...

http://www.radshelters4u.com/mini-blast-shelter.htm

I'm starting this blog so we can post all known ways to deal with radioactive fallout in one place. 

NEWEST

5 Steps To Protect Yourself From Radiation Exposure

http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2011/03/31/5-steps-to-protect-yourself-from-radiation-exposure/

Homeopathy May Offer The Best Radiation Treatment

http://www.naturalnews.com/031968_radiation_homeopathy.html

Apple Pectin Used For Radiation Protection After Chernobyl

http://www.naturalnews.com/031969_apple_pectin_radiation.html

Find Protection With Calcium Bentonite Clay

http://www.naturalnews.com/031967_bentonite_clay_radiation_exposure.html

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CONCERNED ABOUT RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT? 

http://www.oism.org/nwss/

HOW TO DETOX RADIATION: 

htttp://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/detox-tips-for-radioactive

Urgent Radiation Preparedness

https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/urgent-radiation-preparedness

Protocol for Nuclear Contamination:  Iodine, Glutathione, Chelation, Clay, Baking Soda

http://www.naturalnews.com/031728_nuclear_contamination_glutathione.html 

Radiation Toxicity Antidotes

http://doctorapsley.com/RadiationTherapy.aspx

French Green Clay--How To Use This Radiation Protocol

http://rense.com/general93/french.htm

DIFFERENCES AND DANGERS OF POTASSIUM IODIDE AND IODATE

http://rense.com/general93/potass.htm

See Section on Overdosing

http://preventdisease.com/news/11/031411_radiation_health_effects.shtml

No allergies if iodine taken transdermally (on the skin).

Preparing for Nuclear Fallout (talks about how to take iodine)

http://www.jonbarron.org/detox/preparing-nuclear-fallout-Japan-iodine

Precautionary and Restorative Measures to Take in the Event of Radioactive Contamination

http://www.naturalnews.com/031727_radiation_contamination.html

"Nuke Pills" (Potassium Iodide or Iodate may not be the best thing...judge for yourself)

https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/radiation-fallout-protection

What You Need To Know About Iodine

http://www.naturalnews.com/031725_iodine_radiation.html

Chlorophyll Said To Counter Radiation

http://www.cleansing-raw-food-diet.com/benefits-of-chlorophyll.html

Iodine Links from the Health Ranger

https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/iodine-links-from-the-health

Chlorella Used To Counter Radiation Treatments

http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-chlorella.html

Wheat Grass Juice And Diet For Radiation After-Effects

https://earthchanges.ning.com/profiles/blogs/radioactive-fallout

I have no way of knowing if this is true or not, so investigate for yourself....

http://www.wewant2live.com/site/811618/page/1840437

Here is a link about the author:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aajonus_Vonderplanitz

And here is a rather critical article about the author...so buyer beware...

http://180degreehealth.blogspot.com/2010/05/aajonus-vonderplanitz.html

Japan Battles Nuclear Meltdown

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6600348-4dbb-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a.html#axzz1GX8M0Dcf

Japan Races To Avert Multiple Nuclear Meltdowns

http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=6897685677472710

Japan Says Second Blast Possible At Plant; Radiation Falls

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-13/japan-says-second-blast-possible-at-plant-radiation-falls.html

US West Coast In Path Of Fallout

http://www.prisonplanet.com/if-there-were-a-reactor-meltdown-or-major-leak-at-fukushima-the-radioactive-cloud-would-likely-be-blown-out-towards-the-us-west-coast.html

This just in from PatR....

Topic started on 14-3-2011 @ 01:58 AM by AllSeeingI

US Air Force WC-135 Detects Deadly Radiation Over Pacific (US in 24hrs)

Special USAF aircraft have detected large amounts of Radioactivity over the mid-north Pacific region. The radiation cloud could make landfall in western North America within 24 hours.

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions. It is also informally referred to as the “weather bird” or “the sniffer” by workers on the program.

Still working to get other sources. The article did point out that during the Hydrogen Explosion earlier the cloud reached a height of 800m during the initial blast.

More to come....

UPDATE: The original author claims to have been given an anonymous insider tip from a contact friend of his inside the military. He himself is attempting to find out if this story is true. He asks for any possible leads be emailed to him. Mentioned in the source article.

If you have a basement, take off enough doors in your house and lean them up against the basement wall, from a corner to as far down as you want protected space.  Put every mattress you have up against the doors.  Put anything else large you have up against the mattresses.  The more bulk you put between you and radiation, the more protection you will have. 

In the room right above the corner of the basement you are making a shelter in, turn bookcases over and throw as much bulk on the floor as you can.  Tape plastic to the windows to keep radioactive dust and debris from coming in through cracks. 

Put food, blankets, light, water, medicines, whatever you need inside your shelter so you don't need to come out.  Don't forget a chemical toilet.  If time is too short, you can make a sawdust toilet:  5-6 gallon plastic bucket, a toilet seat, and a lot of sawdust, plus thick garbage bags.  Line the bucket with a bag, use it, then throw in sawdust which will absorb much of the odor.  Throw the bag out of your shelter when it becomes obnoxious.  Remember, you will probably be in the shelter for a while, several weeks is not unthinkable, so bring games, toys, whatever to keep busy.

Block the entryway to your shelter with another door/mattress or whatever you have.  You can also use sandbags filled with dirt to make a door too.

Make sure your radio works from your basement or you won't know when it is safe to come out.  Have a cell phone with you too.  You can get hand-crank rechargers at http://beprepared.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_CL%20L530_A_name_E_Wavelength%20Emergency%20Radio,%20Charger%20&%20Flashlight.

Print out a copy of the Nuclear War Survival Skills manual at http://www.oism.org/nwss/.  (It's probably cheaper to buy one.  You get the most current copy and most importantly, the pictures are better quality.)  It instructs you how to make your own geiger counter and much, much more, including an expedient fallout shelter that you can dig in the ground (if you don't have a basement).

Other large mass objects you can use to block radiation is dirt, water barrels, columns of tires filled with dirt, bricks, cinder blocks, whatever you have around the house...sofa, refrigerator, washers, dryers, etc.