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Mostly cheerfully lifted from Sunstone's "Inspection Pit/BoltHole" idea, a trailer park operator digs out trailer-sized'ish brick-lined holes in the ground for use in case of impending hurricane, nukular and mother-in-law visits. "Ceiling" is strong enough to hold against a buffeting trailer-in-a-tornado.
Since
it's not meant to be full-time habitable and is usually simply a storage area there are very few bylaws involved in construction detail... it mostly just needs to be sturdy enough to have a trailer parked on it: bring your own water/sanitation/power and for the time being we'll ignore the fact that many trailers use propane for heating. Ideal access would of course be through the door in the trailer floor (wot, you don't have one?)... failing that some other not-quite-as-nifty system could be used.
Somewhat fancier
Dual_20purpose_20in...emergency_20shelter
[FlyingToaster, Jan 31 2009]
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A storm cellar works because you have a whole house on top of it protecting you. |
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This wouldn't be very effective as written. If there were some kind of concrete foundation it might work. |
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I wouldn't want to be under there in any case; trailers are prone to leaks, bad smells, and having things growing under them. |
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You are supposedly safer in a ditch during a tornado, so a nice deep hole in the ground sounds pretty good - not sure about a hurricane, though.
+ for secret fort potential. |
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It seems like if the trailer didn't blow away but it just shifted over a few feet, it would fall right into the hole crushing the occupants underneath. |
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How's about some sort of escape zeppellin on the roof? |
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[jscotty] post edited to emphasize that the hole is covered :) |
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