I've ****ing had it. 4 floods, a tornado, a hurricane, a near wildfire, and now this just in 5 years. I am sick of my *******ed ranch turning into a full time hair on fire job every time the world isnt completely calm.

Am planning the next ranch. 100% off grid.

Direct hit from f5 tornado? No problem, pour another drink and video it for some youtube income. Polar vortex -20 degrees? Pour another drink and turn the heat up to 85 in the house. Flood? Who cares? Watch it all go by. Emp? No problem. Nuclear bomb? Well, ok, you gotta die sometime.

Bottom line i am never heating well tanks, hauling horse water, wrapping pipes, dripping faucets, hauling **** away from floods, trying to feed and water freaked out cows, running or barricading from hurricanes, having nowhere to go for tornados, **** all that.


Planning 2500 sq ft living
2500 shop
1200 barn
1200 attached tall shed

I guess probably 40kw running electrical load.
Should i look at a mix of wind/solar/propane for power? What is most reliable and easiest to manage/maintain - self-regulate? Internet/cell tower?

How do you keep well/septic/plumbing totally impervious regarless of fire, freeze, flood or anything else?
How much clearing do you need for a forest fire break? Anything better than a metal building for that?

Can all that be built for a 200mph sustained wind load?

Are there any contractors that build really durable *****

Ideas welcome. This is probably going to happen in the brenham-belleview-austin county-wharton county area.

Im also getting the **** out of any major county. If i have to shoot someone for real this time, or someone's animal on my ranch, or whatever, i am not going to be judged by a soros da or a jury full of foreigners or urban yuppies with no clue about life.

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Im also getting the **** out of any major county. If i have to shoot someone for real this time, or someone's animal on my ranch, or whatever, i am not going to be judged by a soros da or a jury full of foreigners or urban yuppies with no clue about life.

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you are too damn close to houston for that to work, you need to go at least 250 miles northwest

Weather wise: that's called California.

I think you need to move your search to SE Oklahoma or somewhere in Arkansas.

You're looking for an abandoned below ground nuclear silo in the middle of ugly nowhere.

Here you go.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/two-more-titan-missile-silos-for-sale-in-arizona.amp/

Well after all this I wouldn't rely too much on wind or solar!!

I don't think you want to sniff wind and solar if you are looking for reliable energy sources.

"Go west, young man, go west and grow up with the country."

Go where your money buys more land and more landscape.

I love our place on the river. Will be a sad day when we move on from it, but I know the feeling about fighting nature AND Houston.

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Weather wise: that's called California.

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Fires and earthquakes man. Not to mention commies.

I'd look at an earth-ship style home, a windmill feeding a water tank for water, a combination of solar and propane for power generation with a healthy battery bank to store excess generation.

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I'd look at an earth-ship style home, a windmill feeding a water tank for water, a combination of solar and propane for power generation with a healthy battery bank to store excess generation.

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Oh, and a wood stove for heat.

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Yeah I was thinking build up an earth mound on one side etc - maybe the first level with ability to provide light

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They tried that in Little House on the Prairie and a cow got on top of it an busted a hole in the roof.

You know, just Fyi.

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I've ****ing had it. 4 floods, a tornado, a hurricane, a near wildfire, and now this just in 5 years. I am sick of my *******ed ranch turning into a full time hair on fire job every time the world isnt completely calm.

Am planning the next ranch. 100% off grid.

Direct hit from f5 tornado? No problem, pour another drink and video it for some youtube income. Polar vortex -20 degrees? Pour another drink and turn the heat up to 85 in the house. Flood? Who cares? Watch it all go by. Emp? No problem. Nuclear bomb? Well, ok, you gotta die sometime.

Bottom line i am never heating well tanks, hauling horse water, wrapping pipes, dripping faucets, hauling **** away from floods, trying to feed and water freaked out cows, running or barricading from hurricanes, having nowhere to go for tornados, **** all that.


Planning 2500 sq ft living
2500 shop
1200 barn
1200 attached tall shed

I guess probably 40kw running electrical load.
Should i look at a mix of wind/solar/propane for power? What is most reliable and easiest to manage/maintain - self-regulate? Internet/cell tower?

How do you keep well/septic/plumbing totally impervious regarless of fire, freeze, flood or anything else?
How much clearing do you need for a forest fire break? Anything better than a metal building for that?

Can all that be built for a 200mph sustained wind load?

Are there any contractors that build really durable *****

Ideas welcome. This is probably going to happen in the brenham-belleview-austin county-wharton county area.

Im also getting the **** out of any major county. If i have to shoot someone for real this time, or someone's animal on my ranch, or whatever, i am not going to be judged by a soros da or a jury full of foreigners or urban yuppies with no clue about life.

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Your list looks like my list. I feel ya man. I feel ya...

In true OB form, OPs rural barndominium is gonna look like this and cost $12 million.

Run down to your local Northern Tool and grab a 100K kw propane Generac for $25,000

I know where you can get a gas turbine inside a 53' goose neck with a stand-alone 4160v transformer.

Let me put up in touch with this guy I know... His name is Tony Stark.

Rexter said:

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Run down to your local Northern Tool and grab a 100K kw propane Generac for $25,000

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this is my real answer plus a bullet tank

Well they are looking for volunteers for the mars mission...

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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In true OB form, OPs rural barndominium is gonna look like this and cost $12 million.

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Pretty sure your F5 tornado walls are going to be reinforced CMU walls.

Check out the TV show Homestead Rescue on Discovery/Discovery+. It is a little hokey but it is all about living off grid and their are episodes on all climates from harsh winter Alaska to hot Arizona desert. Since it is about Homesteaders it usually focuses on cheap, boot-strap solutions but might give you some good ideas. The biggest power source is solar but some use buried pipe geothermal or partial underground construction. Lots of info on self-contained food sources Gardens greenhouses etc.

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Can all that be built for a 200mph sustained wind load?

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Look into Insulated Concrete Forms.

My battery free solar water wells are pretty disaster proof. Of course no pumping at night but they still produce on really cloudy days.

Redundancy will be your friend and enemy. More cost, more work, more dependable.