Got abandoned bunker network. They're building underground village
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2023
- In Paradise Valley (Montana) there are 52 underground bunkers, capable of housing hundreds of people. They were built in the 1980s to prepare for nuclear fallout. When Dean Anderson found one for sale by owner, he snapped it up for a good price since it was filled with 45,000 pounds of dried food.
“Basically to me it was like a million to a million and a half dollars worth of cement stuck underground,” explains Anderson. “I was thinking all this leftover stuff, gone, they’re going to bury it, so I could buy it for next to nothing and turn it into something cool.”
He’s now in the process of converting it into a series of apartments. The decontamination chamber alone is now a two bedroom apartment. The giant cement dome goes three stories deep. He has already created an apartment and huge communal living space on the top floor, after cutting holes in the sides to open it up to the views (they are 7 miles from Yellowstone).
There are still two floors of building to complete, but Anderson has not just created more living space, he has also turned food storage space into a source for geothermal heating and cooling.
Anderson has done all the work with a crew of young men in recovery. He believes in physical labor as therapy and years ago “an old man” helped him in the same way. Now 30-years-sober, Anderson has spent years replicating this work-therapy on his construction projects. He trains and pays the men who are often just off the street or out of prison in hopes that they will follow his path. “We’ve had 40 kids through here. The bulk of whom are clean and healthy and doing well.”
After five summers on this project two apartments already but there’s still more work to be done. Dean and his crew have been filming their experiences for a TV series. The Montana Society season two launches on October 20.
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Mr, Anderson really is one of the good ones. Not just because he recycles discarded humans and discarded bunkers, but because he doesn't treat either of them like trash.
yes.. tolerance perseverance & integrity.. supposed 2 be dudes like that running your whole country✔
Why dont they plant like 1000 trees. Looks like its on the edge of a desert.
@@Melicoy If I had to guess? The valley doesn't get enough rain to support lots of trees. It's probably not a desert situation where there's a seasonal deluge and then little precipitation - there probably just isn't a whole lot at all outside the winter.
You probably could manage to get some hardy non-native trees to grow, especially if you contoured the terrain to channel and retain groundwater, but this is likely not a location you can forrest.
TBH, though, I'mm pulling these ideas straight from my ass. I didn't feel like researching the climate in this valley, so this is a guess based on how the land looks.
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@@Melicoy It’s in an semi-arid environment. You’re correct by saying “edge of the desert” in that it is not a desert climate but quite dry. In that elevation there are several factors on how well trees can grow, including sun light and proximity to water. Areas can either get too much or not enough sunlight depending on the side of the mountain it is located on, and many areas next to a stream or a river tend to produce more vegetation.
What this person is doing to help others is an enormous kindness. We need more of this in this world.
I don't get it. Why ruin perfectly good survival bunkers? If you want a house, buy a house. It's the equivalent of buying an armoured personel carrier, and turning it into a Honda Civic. Why not just get the Honda Civic? It's such a waste of a good bunker.
Having said that, good on you for helping others get their lives back together, I applaud that.
Thank you Kirsten for putting this together!
Thank you guys for doing it and inspire others! Astounding project, keep it up. Great exploration of architecture, nature and the human condition.
We need more people like this guy! Thanks for showing his mission
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This is truly mind blowing. I don't know what else to say. 💯
Love the Pay It Forward attitude of Dean Anderson. We all must do this in our lives as RFK said, "For those who have been given much, much is expected" !
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"For to whom much is given, much is required" - the Gospel of Luke 12:48
Whoever originally built that really took their prepping way beyond the craziest 21st century prepper out there!
Yeah, we’d never go to war with Russia!
Too bad about the Yellowstone mega volcano neighbor. Oh well, next?
Wait, what? @@davebauman4991
Y2K was a serious concern
That is not a flame thrower, that is a blow torch and you would use it to solder pipe or heat thin wall pipe to bend it.
Yep. That's an old school turbo torch.
Very interesting. Holy crap that was a lot of food! And as someone who was an alcoholic, good effort helping out those blokes👍
💙goes out to the wonderful gentleman providing guidance and a tool skill to other’s wanting changes… Beautiful story and place right here…
The drive through Paradise Valley is breathtaking. Leaving Yellowstone under the Roosevelt Arch and driving to Livingston is a road trip worth taking.
It’s like driving through a postcard.
It's my favorite way from Colorado to Idaho. I've taken I-70 in winter more than once, but that I-90 route is beautiful and very cool camping in the summer. LOTs of places I've been through along that route look like Heaven to me. Not everyone can arrange their lives in such a way as to make it possible, and there're always trade-offs, because you can't expect all your friends and kinfolk to follow, nor can you expect to set up anywhere close to a good hospital. Plus women really like their social lives and culture, which there ain't that kind of culture out where life is simple.
I always felt that the
That is so true! Gorgeous road-trip
This channel covers all types of people, even the totally insane!
I love it
Living here in Arizona, I dream of going underground in summer when it can get up to 117 degrees. It's cooler down there. Underground is the best insolation from the heat coming in through your walls, windows and doors. It costs a lot of money running the A/C 24 hours a day trying to keep it liveable, only to have the cool air escape and the heat bake your home.
I saw a video a man who encountered that problem about 100 years ago. He moved from Italy to Fresno, California where he planned to grow citrus, but was futile. It was too hot and the top soil terrible for growing. So he started digging by hand. Since he came from Italy and familiar with Italy's catacomb system, he created his own. His catacomb system included several open air courtyards where he planted a variety of citrus trees. The soil underground was great for growing plants. The catacomb system with courtyards allows natural airflow. It was substantially cooler and liveable. He turned it into his life work.
I also watched another video where a man created a system to recycle collected water pumped into his home to bath, then toilet, filtered and water plants, thus reducing his use of city water for washing dishes and clothes. Sadly these kinds of ideas could be useful here in Arizona where it gets so hot that going underground would be a good option and homes could collect water from our seasonal monsoon season would be ideal, because our state has such a problem with water shortage and droughts.
I think building an underground village with containers, catacombs and water recycling systems would be something many would like to work on here.
I like these Montana folks! What a beautiful landscape too!
makes excellent use of local conditions. Good
Astonishing. Excellent rehab to rehab too.
The view from the new bit is second to none!.. truly , truly stunning..
Might want to keep a active bunker in the project. I think where at a time where nuclear is imminent more now than anytime before.
😂 but also 😢 because you’re right
That's what I was thinking! We're heading into WW3. They were digging the dirt off of the top of the bunker and I was saying "nooooooo!"
@@raineyday9066Me too! They should be reinforcing that dome, not digging it out and putting holes in it! 😱
Nuclear weapons are stronger that what they were back during the cold war, don’t you see millionaires investing in missile silos rather than these tiki huts under the dirt 😭😭😭
No it's not imminent. It was imminent back during the Cuban crisis and the Cold War. Back then nuclear submarines parolled near the USA and even clashed with a ship, but decided against firing the missiles.
Great guy, great purpose, great outcome
What a great guy! We need more problem solvers in the world.
Being productive / physical work, being out in nature is very therapeutic!
I am impressed by this recycling project. He is salvaging an overkill of panic-investment into something usefull to help actually salvage lives from limbo.
I hate sun radiation (I am a bit allergic to too much sunlight and heat), but living underground is more than digging a whole in the ground, at least here.
I tried to make my next house to be half underground, and that part made the house 2x as expensive as having the underground part just mostly above ground.
There is so much care you have to take with humidity and air quality.
As for air quality: radon and thoron gas will alway be excreted by the earth and most building materials. The decay of these radio active gasses can cause cancerous dust to be created that you will inhale. The gasses themselves are harmless, but the result of the decay isn't.
In a real nuclear disaster, that radon problem is of course less urgent. But just making sure you have enough fresh air is pretty hard.
Amazing project, thank you for helping people less fortunate💙
That is a truly amazing place. And a truly amazing gentleman.
Wonderful, very impressive. I would add a Aztec or bison etc tapestry on the dome from the new part to the bunker, to add color, warmth and absorb the echo.
You always have the best, most inspiring content. Thanks!
Loved this one guys. Let me rephrase, I love all your uploads and have been subscribed for years. This one is in my top 20 I think :)
This is at least the second feature about a recovery program for young addicts/offenders. Nice to see a program that builds people and projects.
Oh wow, Paradise Valley! Rode thru here Summer ‘74 with 17 horses & 7 of us from Wind Rivers to S Glacier park … such a special valley! And lol as either forgot or never noticed all of these bomb shelters … crazy! Dropping big love bombs on this guys for paying it forward! FANTASTIC conversion plus add on! And wonderful chronicals of entire project, thank you!
I think the lesson here is if you build a shelter make it into something you are living in and with so you get to enjoy your labor and hard earned money.
Jesus, That's not a flamethrower, it's an old fashioned blow torch. What plumbers used before propane torches. I used kerosene, pressurized by a little air pump. Since kerosene needs to be vaporized before it burns cleanly, there was a cup below the burner. One dribbled kero into it, lit it, and after it burned out, the burner could be lit; voila, blue flame.
Whatever he saved on upfront costs, he surely spent on labor and materials to make it habitable.
As someone working on sobriety.....for the third time.... I love his perspective and giving opportunities to those young men.
Some of us have faith that the world will be fine, that cooler heads will prevail in all the tensions going on right now. As it has in the past.. No one wants nuclear war to happen. Instead of freaking out this man is helping people who were lost find a new life. Give him the credit he deserves. Nice video, thank you
It's a pretty cool project.
remember, 4 billion year old planet......a tad arrogant to think we can save it.
Absolutely love this … such an Amazing man 🙏🏻♥️
Thank you,great man and vision. I would love to hear from some of the guys who have worked there, and what its done for them...follow up please.
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I enjoyed the video with one little exception. The yellow overcast from the incandescent lights could have been prevented with the correct white balance setting. This guy seems like he would be awesome to hang with and talk to for a bit. I like that he takes these kids under his wing and mentors them.
Honestly, i could live there. I've been through that area many times. Spectacular!
It is called “Paradise Valley” for good reason!
love what you guys are doing. love the videos and the stories
Thank you!
Beautiful all around! ❤
I manages the construction of a 200+ person shelter there. In the early 90s. It was a life-changing experience for many. When you take seriously the old adage, 'Prepare for the worst and hope for the
best, " you quickly find out who's hands you can put your life and who you can't.
right on .good for you. was done for me . years ago .......
Very cool ! Great video so far 👌 ❤
Great program and project.
These bunkers make perfect sense. Malmstrom AFB is in Great Falls and for miles and miles outside of Great Falls are or were long range nuclear launch complexes ICBM's. Most of Montana would have been a target during the cold war. I was stationed there in the early 80's myself. With age comes wisdom. Not to be a downer but I'd just go outside and enjoy my last 30 minutes or less of life and nature, grateful to God for the hope I have found in faith.
My son was 6 years ago at Malmstrom. For 1 year he was manager of nuclear facility were he flew on helicopter for a week stay. He had to make sure that everything works, policeman and underground crew are happy. The place looked from outside like old , metal barn but had Minuteman underneath. He volunteered for the job to avoid desert deployment in war zone. Today he is retired from Air Force but this 1 year of being nuclear facility manager got him well paid job at Oak Ridge Laboratory(Manhattan Project) for Dept. of Energy.
The same god that found it OK to blow ourselves up? To kill billions of innocents?
It's a scaresly populated state. Probably not a major target for anything, unless those state secrets you just leaked were already known to the russians. 🤣
Pure awesomeness
Glad you enjoyed it!
Kirsten, you should show him that amazing hydraulic lift fridge in the Earth-integrated house in Canada that you spotlighted a while back. It would be ideal for this project!
What a cool idea.
Man, that place echoes like crazy.
Very cool! Love it ♥
That's just amazing! Wow!
I really like this guy and have SUPER respect for what he's doing and the commitment to helping others.
I dig his desire to honor the values of the people who built all that originally while still being free to imagine something greater and more expansive. So great.
I'd like to be able to meet him and have some in-person conversation even if it required some hearing protection, lol. That cats volume knob is at ELEVEN
Off the charts cool!
This is truly a great project. It helps to put those with bad habit to be back on the right track, and at the same time provide them with a very valuable skill to earn back their feet and ground. Good karma. ❤
I wasnt expecting much from the thumb and title but this is a classic. Great project. Thanks for documenting it.
❤ Glad you enjoyed it!
@@montanasocietyYea, complete insanity on show right here
@@bobdillon7832 It’s a crazy project for sure.
Amazing!
"...Mister...aanderson... " he has mastered the matrix. very nice. earthship very cool. mung beans...
Love it!!
Nice save!
Absolutely 👏 wonderful
Preppers watching this like, "you ruines perfectly good shelter!"
It's just a bit more "homely" and comfortable now 😂
I would never put a prepper down. There will be a time where you wish you had a prepper friend of the family. Where living in the scariest times now more than ever . Cold war was race to create nukes! Now every country is getting them and threatening to use. Before it was only the main power houses but not no more and where closer to WW3 now more than ever.
Plus if ît is to every go down you know where the mad rush will be and that's to these old bunkers. People will do anything to survive so not sure I want a former bunker turned home but would want a beautiful home with a bunker still in it.
Well Done😊
Thank you👍🤓🇫🇷
I love this area! I need to go back. Tried to go down south. Not going so great!
what an amazing man!
Main takeaway from this highly entertaining video? People are funny animals indeed. Layers of oddness. Any strange thing we will eventually do.
Great video work, as always, but there's no joy to be found, so can't finish this one.
Amazing project ✨️
Manpower at its best, impressive!
Wow this is amazing and creative
The food is still good right
Bunker might be kinda useful these days... awesome job.
Cool concept and property as well as mission. However, i think some planning of the layout would have gone a long way. Also so much labor that may not have been needed or could have been better spent.
Nice
So tired from life it always amazes me there will to live through end of times.
Impressive in so many ways.
Another great story. What will the apartments be used for? How much did he pay for the bunker?
Big big fan❤
His mug shot is hilarious 😂
"Doesnt make much sense to be underground."?? Says everything about the mindset at work.
Government has thousands of miles of tunnels underground and still building. What you think they are preparing for?
😮 How do you find these people? This guy is a genius and works so hard too! When you think you've seen everything!
The notorious CyberBunker was also an ex NATO bunker that even had security doors and it sold for cheap. I love these repurposed buildings.
In 2013 large bunkers could be had for 350k euro... At that time and in that area that was a lot of plot and housing for that price. Now even more.
Of course the CyberBunker is notorious due to what they did with it. But in the end it was repurposed and the inside looked cool and modern and that at minimal costs.
Brilliant.
Nice build, great design. Kind of nice to just have your host to narrate a video once in a while.❤
Remarkable- I thought there was a skylight where they painted blue with blue tinted lights. Such innovation.
I thought the same thing. Funny what can trick your eye.
Damn, that's cool.
GOD BLESS THAT MAN !!!!!!!!
Incredible views
You should do a house tour of the Mennonites in the US, if you are able. That would be interesting to see how they live. And an interesting contrast with you interviewing them
That would be really cool and very culturally educational.
Is that Ceiling Tight?
"DuckButt" 👌
Workaholics
The house feels like a space ship once they opened the walls and built around it.. neat idea.
Earthship Solar Gains
With all the large Tanks and concrete everything.. you could Store Compressed Air.. from the heat of the day release in the evening.
Passive large Volume of air/Heat
I wish the students,would start many Eco villages an or help him - to do More to help him 🤔😇
LOUD dude!!!
This is one of your best -ways to help the planet-Human care.🤔😇
Been in the exact same place on a motorcycle pulling a trailer 👍
What a cool house
Lol,that object you use as a door stop is not a flamethrower per say,it's an old gasoline blow torch.
Why would they go there to get away from nuclear fallout when they're sitting on top of a mega underground volcano.😮
They bought the property from someone who built it for apocalyptic purposes. The goal of this guy’s project isn’t to build a shelter for the apocalypse, rather to try to make a structure meant for the apocalypse habitable.
If you're referring to Yellowstone and its rep as a super volcano; it won't have a massive, explosive eruption as most people think. The pressure doesn't have a chance to build up because of all the geysers, springs, etc. It will just spew out effusively, so you're mostly safe unless you're right next door. Cheers!
Awesome your helping people clear their minds and work toward goals moving forward too better their lives.
I'm glad to see repurposing!
Good to know I can go shopping there, when the zombie outbreak happens !
This really shows how much the leadership of the world has failed in their jobs for such a long time. This also, shows how much fresh clean earth we still have. In ancient times a good leader made preperations to keep his people safe and secure. If he had caused fear in the people the way todays leaders do, to cause people to spend their life's savings on bunkers and storing food they never enjoyed. That kind of a leader would have been out and a good leader put into kingship.