Fw: Emergency housing

[John E. Johnson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John E. Johnson" <newageco at dbtech.net>
To: "J & D Goldman" <jmgoldma at dwx.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: Emergency housing


> we're on it pal. Got FEMA certified, and are really hopping. I see the
lack of cooperation and
> the severe "nut cutting" of the kit companies as being the chief culprit.
> That's ok. The little guys like myself and a couple of down-to-earth kit
> manufacturers are doing what they won't . Keeping it real. We had 3 (so
far)
> clients report in from the gulf their dome homes are fine while their
neighbors  boxes got
> blown away .
  Nuff said. JJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J & D Goldman" <jmgoldma at dwx.com>
> To: <domesteading at sculptors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:14 PM
> Subject: Emergency housing
>
>
> > So the climatologists are telling us we've had 50 years of unusally
> > good global weather and that things are really going back to "normal".
> > Their point is, don't expect the frequency of storms and earthquakes
> > to let up, we had our rest from them, and now its over.
> >
> > So, along with that, the need for emergency housing has never been
> > greater. FEMA buys how many millions of dollars worth of trailers?
> > Certainly an advantage having built-in utilities in a ready to live-in
> > format, but in some cases, people would be happy to just get under
> > cover.  I think those people in Pakistan, in the cold rain, would be
> > delighted to have one.
> >
> > One wonders what it will take to get domes to a point where they are
> > available and actually used.  I just placed an order for some samples
> > of plastic greenhouse pots made from PLA, essentially corn starch, and
> > have been visiting with some others about soybean resins used for
> > insulation and foamboard perfectly suitable for structures. When you
> > look at what is being done with honeycomb panels now, I think I can
> > see how this could really come together.
> >
> > I know some people are working on at least some emergency housing demo
> > projects to give domes  enough exposure to start the ball rolling.
> > Anybody see anything happening in domes for emergency housing?  No
> > lack of need....
> >
> >  Dan G.
> >
> >
>