Teresa Priley

thanks guys... and Wayne I will have to go find that episode of Doomsday Preppers to see what they did....thanks.  Sounds similar to what I was thinking... but maybe tad bigger...

thanks for your reply and ideas William.... yea I am not too keen on living in a mobile home again either(had one when I was younger and living in town) but am looking for a way to inexpensively create an underground home. Some here have talked up the shipping container method but don't see much difference... they are both steel buildings and the mobile home comes equipped with all that one needs to start living in it.
The idea about moving one into a greenhouse sounds good but not too much safer in tornado prone area such as Michigan.... which is why the idea to start.
thanks again....

hi all..... In Mike Oehler's book he made a short statement ...a couple pages ... about placing a mobile home underground with beamed support system surrounding it. My question... has anyone ever done this or investigated it enough to know if it would be a sound idea??? Since reading his book a few years ago, this idea has been milling around in my thoughts off and on. There is no information like it anywhere I have found on the net. SO I thought maybe someone here may have an idea.
My idea would be setting/backing a mobile home(which would already have all wiring, plumbing etc..as opposed to shipping container) under a beamed and concrete walled structure that has been earth bermed. The structure would be built with openings somehow for the windows( for emergency escapes system and light). Then with the front being open it could be turned into an enclosed greenhouse of some sort. This may then be a cheaper way to have an underground home/mobile home(used mobile homes can be found relatively inexpensive) and a safer mobile home living.  Any thoughts or ideas???
thanks for any input...
Teresa