On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM, lance95 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This is my first day on this discussion board. And I want to thank > everyone for the work that they have done. I am impressed. > > I’m very interested in empowering myself and others to survive in a > battered economy. I have, for the last couple of years, studied a wide > range of options for those with only minimal resources. > > I am very involved with alternative medical treatments, especially > those associated with Qi Gong. I believe medical issues to be very > important area since our quality of life depends largely on the state > of our health. > > My research suggests to me that one might be well advised to remember > that threats to one’s plans to survive a calamity can arise from many > sources, which include the federal, state and local governments. > Consider the harassment that can come for simple vagrancy. > > In regard to semi permanent shelters, I’m greatly interested in both > the traditional yurt designs and the hexayurt. Has anyone extensively > tested the hexayurt in cold climates where there is the possibility of > heavy snowfalls? > > And what about heating the hexayurt? Wood gasification stoves—forced > air stoves—are fine for cooking out in the open, but the don’t meet > the needs of someone cooking in a hexayurt that lacks some kind of a > chimney. > > I realize that there are archives. And I will try to access them. > Possibly concerns such as mine have already been fully addressed. > > Thanks again. > > Royce One idea is that a certain level of insulation will allow body heat alone to warm the hexayurt enough to make it comfortable, or at least survivable, without any stove or other heat source. I made some quick calculations and found that a double-thick wall (2" or even 4") would be enough to do this. Here's the spreadsheet I used to play with these values, it's public and you can edit this version collectively online (I don't know what happens if everyone does this but we will find out?): http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rmQX7jB6fyQyIiupDv_JW-A Play with that, see what happens :) And the non-editable source version is here, which you can view, and export for your own use offline: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=peGYuk9F27fr7LwntwVZEDA Basically, if the walls are insulated enough and you control air exchange enough, and you have enough people in the shelter, then it is warm enough with only body heat. Thinking about "Day Zero" or "Day 1" scenarios, people need to survive the first night as easily as possible. Also, a 'body heat only' shelter eliminates the danger that a stove creates (fireball). Richard Ginn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
