The Nuclear Bunker Experiment

 The Nuclear Bunker Experiment might be over but this video, recorded inside the bunker the day before departure into the apocalyptic world, highlighted ten lessons learnt while taking part in the experiment.....

  After a nuclear bomb blast, the temperatures suddenly drop as dust clouds cover the sky, blocking the sun. Mix this with the harsh British winter weather and you are set for very cold nights - especially as gas and electric supplies ceased when London was struck in a surprise attack.  Luckily robmacca had been in the mid stage of preparing a bunker for emergencies. While there was food, water and warm clothes - there was no generator yet, not satellite services installed. This means, at times it can be colder in the underground bunker than outside in the radiation filled environment. Isolated inside a small bunker comes with many challenges during the #NuclearBunkerExperiment - but will the freezing temperatures be too much? Watch the video and see the effects of living inside the nuclear bunker......

 On Day 4 gunfire and shouting could be heard outside the nuclear bunker and as we enter Day 5, the question remains unanswered - did robmacca survive or was the bunker discovered with all its food content? Life is becoming risky on the outside as lack of water supplies and food quickly run out after the shock nuclear attack. Being tucked underground behind a metal door is no guarantee of safety, but it would be a safer place than on the outside, where risk of radiation remains dangerously high, even after 120 hours. How safe is robmacca inside the #NuclearBunkerExperiment ?  - watch the video to find out if he survived this latest twist. Life for those surviving the sudden nuclear bomb a 100 miles away is already becoming hell on earth as normal daily life has been replaced by anarchy and lawlessness. No electricity (except for generators), petrol stations are now empty and those left alive are forced into a battle for survival. The caring, companionate society has vanished a...

  As the hours and days go by locked away inside the nuclear bunker, slowly the power banks and batteries begin to die. While there were plenty of batteries stocked up, the first casualty of being unable to reach working electrical power points, is the spare tablet computer. The fear of losing years of memories before the nuclear war become very apparent. There is no more cloud services and the data could be lost forever.  Will all the memories from before the nuclear war vanish like the people that were killed as the bombs dropped around the world?

  Living in a bunker to escape disasters could still end up with accidental death if you don't have proper ventilation installed (especially during a nuclear war). We still have to breathe but that means carbon monoxide could become dangerously high within a confined, unventilated space. One simple action that could save your life, would be fitting a battery operated carbon monoxide alarm. At least then you could become aware of the dangers before they become potentially fatal. The alarm would also detect carbon monoxide from gas cooking appliances, thus warning you of any danger and allowing you to find a solution.

  Hygiene while trying to survive inside a bunker is of paramount importance - especially since clean running water and toilet facilities will not be available if a nuclear emergency took place. According to the book Nuclear War Survival Skills , "water-borne diseases probably would kill more survivors of a nuclear attack than would fallout- contaminated water." Therefore the storage of clean fallout free water would be life saving. Bottled water can be purchased cheaply and stored for quite a long time. Care should be taken once opened or using alternative means of water storage.  We all need to go to the toilet and take it for granted how easily waste products are removed from our homes each time we need to use the toilet - but imagine if the power supplies vanish and flushing no longer works. Added to this, imagine you are trying to survive underground in a bunker without running water or proper toilet facilities...... the smells, the germs and the danger to health are all...

  When you are prepping for a disaster, there will always be other problems that come along the way. The nuclear bunker is meant to be a safe place from war, but you also want to be safe inside from health risks. The discovery of mould in one corner of the wooden roof required urgent action.   Imagine if there is were a leak in the roof and radioactive water enters the bunker, this would be disastrous for anybody inside trying to live and survive during a nuclear war. The word inside the bunker is untreated so applying bleach sprays would damage the wood. Thankfully there are alternatives we can use and this video highlights this.  Being locked away inside the bunker for an unspecified time with mould could be very hazardous for breathing. That is why urgent action was needed. Any leaks or breaches to the exterior of the nuclear bunker would have to be repaired before a disaster struck, because any exposure to radiation could result in serious heal...