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About an hour from right here

is Akron, Ohio, known as

the rubber capital
of the world.

Why do I care about that?

A mile down this road

is one of the craziest
homesteads ever

because this family
built their home

out of 30,000 used car tires.

But now they've got
more problems

and these people need help.

[narrator] Five years ago,
the Raneys responded to

an urgent plea
from the Broadhead family...

Never seen anything
like this before.

[narrator] ...whose
Central Ohio homestead,

a solar powered Earthship
made of 30,000 tires,

was at a breaking point.

[Morgan] That tree
and that line

are really what's keeping
the house from...

[narrator] The Raneys
helped tackle the home's
structural issues,

-invasive pest problems...
- [wasps buzzing]

[Matt] Have you ever heard of
the movie Animal House?

-This is the sequel.
-[thunderclap]

[narrator]
...and a bacteria-infested
indoor greenhouse...

[Marty] This is pretty crazy.

I mean,
your bed's right there.

Your kitchen's right there.

[narrator]
...getting the family
back on sanitary ground.

[Marty] All right, here we go.

This place will never,
ever look or be the same.

-[all cheering]
-[person whistles]

I'm simply overwhelmed.

[narrator] But in the
five years since the rescue,

an increase in powerful storms

and record rainfall

has caused
their vital berm to erode.

[Morgan] The wall's actually
starting to buckle.

I always say in my prayers

that the house
isn't gonna come down.

[narrator]
Making matters worse,

the storms brought
one of the most

violent tornado seasons
in the region's history...

[Wendy] We had one hit
a few weeks ago

that pretty much
leveled our area.

[Morgan] Couldn't even really
drive into town.

-Yeah.
-There was debris everywhere.

[Wendy] It looked like
a war zone.

[narrator]
...forcing the family
to second-guess

their off-grid dream.

[Morgan] Some of the work
that needs to be done,

so far beyond our ability.

[Wendy] It's gonna take
a Marty miracle.

[narrator] On this episode...

[Marty] I know
we're going fast.

[narrator] ...Marty returns
to the Broadheads.

[Marty] If the concrete
isn't strong enough,

it'll break in half.

[narrator] ...to ensure
their one of a kind
homesteading dream...

Whoo! What's that noise?

-[tree cracks]
-[narrator]
...doesn't crumble...

-[Morgan] There it goes.
-[narrator] ...and fall.

[Morgan] Oh, no!

Whoa!

[Marty] I can say two things

about this family
here in Ohio.

One, they care about
the environment.

We spent about a year or so

researching what kinds
of homes could we build

that would be self-sufficient,

and we decided
on a home like this,

using tire bales
and recycled materials.

[Wendy] And the south-facing
side of the house

is supposed to be all windows

to act as a passive solar.

[Marty] And two,

they're a very
close-knit family.

Kind of reminds me
of my own family.

It is a fact

that the weather here in Ohio

has gotten
exponentially worse.

I wanna make sure
that these hard working,

deserving homesteaders
are set up for success.

[narrator] Marty is
wheels down in Central Ohio

where recent years have seen
increased temperatures

-and heavier rainfall...
- [thunderclap]

...with up to
38 inches annually,

causing frequent flooding.

As summer grows hotter,

the impact is largely
felt in farming

with decreased yields
of corn and soybeans.

But the dramatic change
in weather

has brought along
a bigger threat.

The average number
of tornadoes per year

has nearly doubled
since the 1990s,

with 63 already
this year alone,

killing three people.

It's in this
volatile environment

that Marty revisits
the Broadhead family.

[car horn honks]

Anybody home?

[both] Marty!

Hey.

-What's up, man?
-[Wendy] Hey, man.

Nice to see you all again.

-[Ashton] How's it going?
-[Wendy] Good to see you.

[Marty] Seems like yesterday.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you, and you.

-How are you?
-[Camden] Good.

-[Marty] Good.
Nice to see you guys.
-[all chuckling]

This is strange because

I was completely shocked

-the first time I pulled
in here with the kids...
-[Morgan chuckling]

...and stood right here
and saw all that garbage.

You've gotta be kidding me.

[Matt laughs] Oh, my goodness.

I've never seen
anything like this before.

Ever.

Five years ago
in this homestead,

it looked a lot different.

It was unfinished,

and there were
tires everywhere, exposed.

-[Matt] How many tires?
-[both] 30,000.

[Morgan] It's all
recycled materials.

Plastic bottles, glass.

Anything that would
normally end up in a landfill,

we stuff in all
the cracks and crevices.

-Non-biodegradable.
-[Morgan] Yeah.

So nothing that can mold
or biodegrade in the walls.

[Morgan] This is
our insulation.

[Misty] This is, like,

-the craziest thing
I've ever seen.
-[all laughing]

[Marty] And I'm equally
as shocked

at seeing what you've done
since we've been here.

I mean, this place,
it's incredible.

It looks like
you've really taken

ownership and pride
in this homesteading dream.

But looking at
how beautiful it is,

I'm wondering
why I'm standing here.

-I'm Morgan Broadhead.
-Wendy Broadhead.

When the Raneys
came the first time,
we were struggling

getting to that
functional place.

It's kind of been a 24/7
anxiety attack for me

over the last year. [chuckles]

So, working with the Raneys
last time was really awesome.

Matt, Misty and Marty,

all three of them
were just amazing people.

[Misty] Okay, it didn't move

one hair.

-Whoo!
-That is amazing.

-Good job.
-Whoo-hoo!

[Wendy] They got done
in a short amount of time

what probably would have
taken Morgan and I

about five years
to accomplish by ourselves.

-[Camden] Oh!
-[Tessah] Oh, my gosh.

-This is so pretty.
-You guys, this thing's cool.

[Emberley] Oh, yeah,
they put my parents

-years above schedule.
-Several years ahead.

[narrator] But with 15
major storm events

-since the Raneys'
first visit...
- [thunderclap]

...new problems have arisen
on the homestead.

[Wendy] The berm has been

on the top of our priority.

[Morgan] Structurally,
everybody worked really hard

to get the berm in
to support the walls

that were holding up
the house.

But that berm has settled
quite a bit back there.

[Ashton] The berm has
gone down a couple of feet,

a variety of reasons.

Some of it, I think, is just

the amount of rainfall
that we get every year.

But there are critters
starting to burrow
back there, too,

which I think is why it's
starting to settle as well.

[Morgan] Yeah, it's like
a little condominium
for them back there.

-So we have chipmunks
back there.
-Chipmunks.

-We have groundhogs
back there.
-Groundhogs.

It's the structure
to our home,

so if they continue to burrow
holes in it, you know,

I'm concerned that
it's a structural issue.

[Morgan] The wall's actually
started to buckle a little bit

on the back side of the house.

We really need to shore up
the berm that was back there.

I always say
in my prayers that

the house isn't gonna
come down.

[narrator] The abundance
of rain

highlights another area
in need of a solution.

[Morgan] The original
design of the house

was to allow us
to capture rainwater.

[Wendy] Because of
bad weather, the gutters,

we haven't been able
to seal them up

or get them running
into the cisterns.

[Morgan] We have this well,

but there's a lot
of wasted water

that we would like to be able
to take advantage of.

We wanna do something good
for the environment

and direct that rainwater
back into the cistern

so that we can use that
throughout the house.

[narrator] But the threat
that the family fears most

is tornadoes.

[Wendy] Ohio has had
more tornadoes

so far this year
than any other year.

- [electricity sparks]
-We get them frequently.

We had one hit a few weeks ago

where we were
sheltering in place.

It just never
stopped lightening.

-It was almost like daylight.
- [thunderclap]

It pretty much
leveled our area.

[Morgan] Couldn't even really
drive into town.

-Yeah.
-There was debris everywhere.

[Wendy] It looked like
a war zone

for almost two weeks.

People near us
lost their homes
and their barns.

We were lucky
in that situation.

Our entire south side
of our house

-is all glass windows.
-[Wendy] Yeah.

[Morgan] So my biggest fear
is always

that a tornado or high winds
are going to hit...

[glass shatters]

...and the glass from inside,

-shatters and blows
everywhere.
-Yeah. Yeah.

It's a stressful time
when the tornadoes hit.

And we have a room
that we had planned
as a tornado room.

The best we can do is just

go into the pantry
and hope for the best.

-[Morgan] We have...
- [Wendy] Seconds.

[Morgan] ...between seconds
and minutes

for everybody to get
into the shelter.

And Wendy's parents
live right across the driveway

and don't move very quickly.

Marty, you helped us out
so much before.

We're really hoping you can
come out and help us again.

[Marty] On that note,

let's wrap our heads around
what we can do in four days.

Kids, take a break.
Come on, Mom.

-Come on, Dad. Let's go.
-[Morgan] All right.
Sounds good.

-Holy moly.
-Come on in.
This is the place.

[Marty] Are you kidding me?

[Morgan] Probably
a little different

than the last time
you were here, huh?

[Marty] Look at these plants.

What in the world?

I'm getting a flashback.

The first time I

-came into this building...
-Right. Stomping through
all the mud.

[Marty] ...this thing
had water in the bottom.
It was gross, too.

[Emberley] Our planter's
filling up.

All this rain is coming
right up against the house...

-Collects right in front.
-[Emberley] ...where
this gutter is,

-and it's...
-Well, that's not
even sanitary.

-No.
-No. That's gross.

-That's pretty crazy.
-It's gross.

Right now, there's
eight inches of water

the full length.

It's crazy.

-It actually smells
gross, too, by the way.
-[Wendy] It does.

-It's nasty.
-[Emberley] I'm sure it does.

This is pretty crazy.

Guys, come on.
You're kidding me.

Twenty feet
from their kitchen table
is a health hazard.

And so this is...

This is aloe vera.
All of this is aloe vera.

She's very happy in here.

This is thyme.

This is turmeric.

This back here is ginger.

[Marty] I mean,
this is truly incredible.

-May I?
-[Wendy] Yep.

This is incredible.

I'm really impressed.
I'm proud of you guys.

Who does all the mowing
out here?

[Wendy] My dad actually
has a rider mower.

He likes to tinker
with the yard.

How long ago
did the parents move in?

They actually lived here
when you were here last time.

Since then, their health
has really declined,

so they're needing
a lot more help right now.

-But they're here full time.
-But... Yeah,
they're here full time.

So, originally, when we put
those metal sheets here

and we had attached it
to the walls,

when it settled, it actually

ripped all those metal pieces
right out of the wall.

You can see, like,

-this is the top
of the tire wall here.
-[Marty] Mmm-hmm.

[narrator] When Marty
first arrived...

[Marty] What's going on here?

[narrator]
...the Broadheads' home

was literally hanging on
by a thread.

Structurally, our house
started to lean.

That tree and that line

are really what's keeping
the house from moving forward.

When we rolled onto
this homestead years ago,

we put the dirt
over those tires,

berming it,

creating an earth battery.

But five years later,
the berm has shifted.

That's not good.

[Wendy] Groundhogs really love
this overgrowth.

They're living in the berm.
[chuckles]

Of course, you know,
the more tunnels,

animal tunnels
we get in there,

the more of that shifting
that we get.

[narrator] Groundhogs
create burrows

to not only
protect from predators,

but to give them a place

to both breed and hibernate.

Their boroughs
typically feature

one main entrance
with up to four exits.

Usually located near trees,
walls or fences,

other animals,
such as raccoons,
foxes and skunks

often make dens
out of old groundhog holes.

The multiple burrows
and tunnels

created by these animals

can result in
ground instability,

and quickly undermine
the integrity of a berm
like the Broadheads'.

Don't you guys have dogs?

-We do have dogs.
-[Morgan] They love
to get in there,

but even they
can't get in through

-all the overgrowth back here.
It's too much.
-[Wendy] It's, like, solid,

like brambles.

[narrator] This isn't
the first time the Broadheads

have struggled with critters
burrowing on their homestead.

[Ashton] Right over here
is where the minks
got into the house.

[narrator] But five years ago,

they were burrowing
into something else.

My mom filled it
with spray foam.

[Matt] Spray foam,
it might be worse than dirt.

-It's easier to get through.
-Right.

We've seen raccoons,
groundhogs.

I know there's bats
that have got into the house,

minks, wasps
and different types of bees.

This hole right up here is
one of the main problem spots.

I would hope that, somehow,

we can figure out a way
to get all the animals out.

When they're active at night,
there's no sleep.

-They just crawl
right through this rubber.
-Yeah.

They're all crawling around
right where we're sleeping,

so you can hear them
in the wall.

Between the settling,
the over-growing

of thorny blackberry bushes,

and gophers and other animals

that have
recaptured that land,

we've got our work
cut out for us.

So, we have these cisterns
buried back here,

but as you can see,
it's so overgrown

we can't really get to them

to do anything
with them right now,

and it's really hard to just
take care of all this up here.

[Wendy] It's steep
and dangerous

to get up here and down.

[Marty] Okay. [sighs]

It's one thing
to design a system

and say you're gonna
catch water

off the 3,000-square-foot roof

and then that captured water

goes into five different
2,000-gallon tanks.

But as of today,
not one drop of water

is coming off that roof
and going into any tank.

Now what we have to do
is think about

-what's really
the most important thing.
-[Wendy] Sure.

[Morgan] Two weeks ago,
we actually had a tornado.

[Wendy] Did a lot of damage
near us.

There's been over 30 tornadoes
in Ohio just this year.

It feels like, now,
it's almost constant,

and if you look at
the statistics,

so many more for Ohio.

[Marty] What was your plan
for a shelter from tornadoes?

-[Morgan] Wanna see it?
-[Marty] Of course.

-[Morgan] Let's take a look.
-[Marty] Mmm-hmm.

[Morgan] Let's head down here
to the pantry.

It's never really
gotten finished

as it was designed to do.

[Morgan] I mean,
if we had to stay in here

for any kind of an extended
period of time,

we've got water in here,

we've got food in here,
we've got blankets in here.

-A critical piece is missing.
And what is it?
-[Wendy] Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

-A reinforced roof
or ceiling in here.
-[Marty] Yeah.

On that note,
we've got some work to do.

There's a lot of work

that needs to get done
on this homestead,

and I'm scheduled
at another homestead

in just a few days.

But where do I start?

We have a very rigid schedule
of four days,

and I hear rain is coming.

There's a good chance
that not everything
is going to be addressed

-and that you guys...
-Oh, absolutely.

-...you guys might have to
talk amongst yourselves...
-Yeah.

-...and see which one of
these things you really need.
-[Wendy] Right.

I've got equipment coming.

I got the tools arriving.

I gotta address that,
and I got to get working.

So I need some decisions
out of you guys.

-Okay.
-I'll meet you at the front.

[narrator] In Central Ohio...

[Marty] All right, folks.

[narrator] Marty begins
his re-rescue

of the Broadheads' homestead.

Five years ago,

the family was at risk
of losing it all

due to a failing foundation,

lack of a viable garden

and animals that were
getting through
their tire bales

and into their home.

Today, the family faces
new hardship

due to worsening weather

that Marty must address
from the ground up.

[Marty]
I know it's short notice,
you didn't have much time,

but what are you guys thinking
about doing while I'm here?

[Morgan] Wendy and I both have
our top one priority.

[Wendy] With the close call

we had recently
with the tornadoes,

someplace safe
for the tornado situations.

The rest of you guys
aren't here.

Do you guys
worry about these guys

-with all the
tornadoes happening?
-Yeah.

When was the last tornado?

-Wasn't it?
-Like two weeks ago,

they sent us pictures
of them all

hunkered down in there.

Mom was just texting,
saying, like,

"I really hope
everything holds."

-It's kinda scary, though.
-[Tessah] Yeah.

And then we talked about
this berm settling.

It's gonna be a problem.

-We're gonna have to
address that this week.
-[both] Okay.

[Morgan] The last
important thing for us

is getting those cisterns
cleared out

and at least accessible,

and take advantage
of the water

like we've planned to do.

We've never been able to.

[narrator] To re-rescue the
Broadhead family's homestead,

Marty and his small team

will divide and conquer.

Marty's foreman, Clint,

will add dirt
and regrade the shifting berm

to ensure
the Broadheads' house

is structurally sound,

while a local animal trapper
will be brought in

to rid the berm
of burrowing groundhogs.

Next, a member of
Marty's build team

will seal the existing gutters

and connect a water line
to the unused cisterns.

And finally, Marty will build
a storm shelter from scratch

that will provide protection

from Ohio's increased threat
of tornadoes.

What if we built
a storm shelter

somewhere between your home
and your parent's home

somewhere in this area?

I think it's a good idea.

Tell me why.

It's right in the center.

It would take half the time
to get everybody together.

[Wendy] We have to be able
to fit all of us, plus dogs.

How many dogs, please?

That's five dogs.

-Eight people.
-People.

And to wheelchairs.

Are you telling me
your parents are
wheelchair bound?

To get them to move that fast
in a tornado situation?

-I have to put them
in wheelchairs, yes.
-[Marty] Okay.

Do you have any cats?

Oh, yes.
My parents have a cat.

-[Wendy chuckling]
-Okay.

We had a meeting of the minds

and we said X marks the spot,

and now it's up to us

to build the structure
on X marks the spot

that will be safe for all.

Do we have to cut any trees

or will it be
to the left of that tree?

I think, probably, we're gonna
have to bring some down.

[Marty] Okay, let's hit it.

It's evident that we have to
make room for a storm shelter.

Our first step,

clearing trees.

We're gonna build
a storm shelter.

That building
is gonna start right here.

So just tear
this tree out of there.

No chainsaws. Tear it all out.

Stack it here for now.

Thank you. [whistles]

[narrator] As clearing begins
with the excavator,

five years ago,

the Raneys brought in
two excavators

to fix the leaning
tire bale house.

[Marty] The tires
were leaning.

What do you do?

Straighten it back up.

Do what should have been done
the day they set these tires.

Put an earth damn
on the back of them

and lock it all in
with the soil.

All right, we're ready.

-You're gonna hit the cable.
-[Misty] Dad!

-[Ashton] He's stuck.
He's stuck.
-[Matt] Dad!

-Dad!
-He's stuck. He's stuck.
He's stuck.

-[Matt] Dad, lift it up!
-[Wendy] You got stuck.

-[Matt] Dad!
-[Wendy] Okay, you gotta stop.

It's gonna snap the cord.

If they break my house,

I mean, that was the last
four years of our lives,

and there's no
going back for us.

-Straight out?
That straight out?
-[Misty] Straight.

-[Matt] Straight out.
-Okay.

There's no margin for error.

[wood cracking]

[wood creaking]

[Misty on radio] Stop!

-Stop. Stop.
-[wood cracks]

Let me go up and check it.

Hopefully, the whole house

doesn't come
crashing down on me.

Does it look like it's
straight up and down?

[Misty] Man, It's close.

What's it need?

[Misty] It needs
about an inch,

and I don't know
if you can achieve that

unless you start berming.

Okay. I get it.

-[Misty] Okay.
-Matt, stick in your brace.

[Matt on radio] All right.
Here I go.

[Marty] I like it. Let's go.

Morgan!

[narrator] Later that day,

before Clint can repair
the sinking berm,

Marty introduces Morgan
to a local trapper

who can help solve
the critter infestation

causing the berm to falter.

[Marty] I found an expert.

Meet Brian Coots.

-How you doing?
-Brian, nice to meet you.

-Morgan.
-Nice to meet you.
I'm nuisance animal control.

They told me you got something
going on in your berm.

[chuckles]

Yeah. We got some stuff
going on in the berm.

Okay. What do we got?

Back here,
it's a lot of groundhogs.

-It's a good idea
to try to get him out of here.
-Yeah, for sure.

[Marty] All right, so,

I've got work to do,
as you know.

-Give me
a report later, please.
-Okay. Will do.

-[Marty] Thank you.
-Thanks, Marty.

We know we have a lot of
groundhogs and chipmunks,

in that berm back there,

but it's been very difficult
to try and find

where those homes actually are

because the berm
is so overgrown.

We're gonna have to
cut this out with the machetes

-and find those holes.
-Okay.

When we find them,
we'll just set a trap
next to each one of them

-and we'll go back
and we'll bait them.
-Okay.

So, right now,
we're trying to find

where the groundhog holes
are actually at,

and they're burrowing,
actually, down underneath
our cistern.

So hacking our way through
just to find them,

and then we'll set traps
in each of the holes,

and hopefully
catch the groundhogs.

[narrator] The Broadheads
take the first step

to saving the berm
from groundhogs...

[Ashton] I got one over here.

[narrator]
...but five years ago,

they faced a smaller nuisance

getting too close for comfort.

-[Ashton] Perfect.
-[Matt] Yeah!

All this heavy equipment
we're using

is gonna scare
all the wild animals away,

but it's not gonna
scare away the wasps,

so we're gonna have to
remove those by hand.

-You see that?
-[Ashton] Yep.

-[wasps buzzing]
-[Matt] You can hear them.

Making itself a home in there.

[Matt] I'm going in.

Whoa. Okay.

-All right.
-Okay, bigger than
what it looks like.

[Matt] A lot bigger
than what it looks like.

It's definitely a hive
that we have to relocate.

There's gotta be
a queen in there.

[Ashton] They're starting
to come out.

-[Matt] They're not happy.
-[Ashton] Mmm-mmm.

-[Matt] We're getting swarmed.
-[wasps buzzing]

I'm gonna try to close
that entrance real quick
to the bag,

and then we're gonna take
the whole bag,

-put it in here.
-Okay.

[wasps buzzing]

-All right, you ready?
-[Ashton] All right. Yep.

[Matt] Over here.

Ready?

[wasps buzzing]

Well, we lost one.

[both chuckling]

-All right. That went well.
-[Ashton chuckling]

[Brian] We'll get this thing
baited up,

throw some more cover over it.

[narrator] While Ashton
and the trapper

finish setting
the groundhog baits...

[Morgan] Wendy, you wanna
come take a look at this?

[narrator] ...back at
the foundation,

Marty meets with
Morgan and Wendy

to discuss his plans
for the storm shelter.

Yeah. What's going on?

[Morgan] You think
this is gonna be
a good spot for him?

Yeah. Kinda right in between
the houses,

facing out that way.

[Marty] So, just so you know,

this entire box, foundation,

is going to be
solid concrete...

-Oh, wow.
-...by this time
tomorrow night.

-[Wendy] Really?
-In fact,

we're gonna try to get
a special mix

where we can pour this,

wait just a little bit,

and then start building on it.

-Wow.
-[Marty] Right after
it's poured.

[Wendy] That sounds
incredible.

[narrator] To provide
a safe haven

from the growing
tornado threat,

Marty will first lay
a concrete foundation
for a storm shelter,

complete with
reinforced rebar,

as well as a concrete roof

which will be poured into
a form in the driveway to set.

Then he'll raise
cinder block walls

with rebar inserted
in the holes

and filled with grout
for stability.

Finally, he will bring
the concrete roof
into position,

making sure the structure
doesn't crumble.

[Marty] What's the
weather forecast?

[Wendy] Cloudy tomorrow,
rain the next day.

-[Marty] Nothing can stop us
from working.
-Okay.

So, if it rains,
we'll build a tent over this.

-Okay.
-[Marty] We'll cut some rebar,

we'll lay it in here,
we'll get it ready,

and then we're going to
get some mud on us.

-[Wendy] Okay.
-You guys afraid of
getting mud on you?

I love mud.

[Wendy laughing]

[Marty] So, we're pushing
the limits.

I don't think this family
knows what I'm doing,

but I'm fully aware
what I'm doing.

I'm cutting
a very serious corner.

-[metal cracks]
-Stop right there.

[narrator] On the re-rescue
of the Broadheads'
Ohio homestead...

-[Marty] Everybody ready?
-[Morgan] Ready.

[narrator] ...Marty puts
Morgan and Wendy to work

on the roof
of the storm shelter.

-Feel free to build this box,
and then square it up...
-[Morgan] Okay.

...and then we're gonna
put rebar in here.

[narrator] A storm shelter
is a bunker

designed to protect against
severe weather,

including heavy winds,

-[glass shatters]
-...and flying debris.

To achieve this,

structures are often built
underground,

utilizing the earth itself
for protection,

but in areas where
this isn't feasible,

an aboveground storm shelter
can be made

by using concrete
reinforced with rebar

to withstand wind pressures
up to 250 miles per hour.

[Wendy] I think this was
the outside one.

[Morgan] Yeah, it goes
on the outside.

Measure twice, cut once.

[tool whirrs]

[Marty] Years ago,
when I set foot
on this homestead,

I learned that
it was all clay.

You see that pond behind me?

I dug a hole,
and it did fill up with water,

and now they have
a heart-shaped pond.

This time around,

that is going to work
against me.

I would love to go
in the ground

and build a storm shelter
in the ground,

the best place I can do it.

Everyone goes in the basement
when there's a tornado.

I don't have that luxury.

I dig a hole here,
it's full of water

and they have two ponds.

We've got some issues here.

If all that plywood
fits perfect,

that roof's gonna be perfect.

Start bringing
that rebar over there

and we're gonna
lay it out here.

We have tornadoes
every single year,

and there's a season,

and the season seems to
stretch out longer every year.

So I would rather have

for people to be safe

-and not die.
-[Wendy laughs]

We can't replace people.

[Marty] A lot of people
will run the rebar
right to the edge.

Not good. Over time,

water will get in there,

it'll rust that steel out,

so you always leave
a little space,
about four inches.

That looks amazing.
I like the way you guys work.

That's a piece of art.

We've built
a whole house together.

We've learned,
kind of, the hard way
to work well together.

[both laughing]

[narrator] While Marty,
Morgan and Wendy

continue laying rebar
for the storm shelter,

Emberley, Tessah
and a member
of Marty's Build crew

do their part by re-sealing

and cleaning out
the rain gutters,

ensuring captured water

doesn't go to waste
on the homestead.

When we were up there
on the roof,

there were piles of leaves
in there

that were growing
their own vegetation...

-[laughing]
-...they had been up there
so long.

So we were
scooping all that out,

tossing it over the edge,

and then clearing
all that standing water

that was sitting in there,

so that we could go in
and fix the gutter

so that we quit leaking
all of that water

just down onto the ground.

All right, so, I think we set
six traps yesterday
with Brian, so...

[narrator]
Before the regrading
begins on the berm,

Ashton checks
on the groundhog traps

that were baited
the day before.

[Ashton] There is
nothing in this one,

not even a little nibble
on some of the closer fruit
it looks like so...

I guess we'll go check
some of the other five traps

and see if there's
anything else.

[narrator] The Broadheads
are all too familiar

with the struggle to capture
their homestead's wildlife.

[Matt] Follow me, kids.

Look at all these tracks.

There's so many.

But, unfortunately,
we didn't catch anything.

Okay, so here's the trail cam.

There's definitely got to be
something on here.

-[man] Oh!
-[woman] Oh,
there's a raccoon.

Ooh, that's cool.

-That's a big raccoon.
-That is a well-fed raccoon.

-Yeah, that's like
Daddy raccoon.
-Wow.

[Matt] Now we really know
what we're dealing with,

I think we should build
a new trap,

something that's
bigger and better.

[narrator] Another lesson
Matt gave Ashton,

trapping requires patience.

[Ashton] These ones
are empty, too. [sighs]

I don't know. Maybe it was
just too noisy yesterday
and we scared 'em off.

But we will see how it goes.

[chickens clucking]

[narrator] Back by the front
of the homestead...

[Marty] Make sure it's facing
the same way as the other one.

[narrator] ...Marty teaches
the Broadheads

how to prep their foundation
for concrete.

[Marty] Why did we put
the plastic under that rebar?

So the concrete
wouldn't stick to the board.

Right. 'Cause we're thinking
we're gonna lift
this thing up, right?

-Right.
-And when we do,

we don't want
to bring the plywood.

We've decided
to build this family

the best storm shelter
in Ohio.

It's quite a statement.

Can you sense that
when I go into concrete mode,
I'm a different person?

[laughs]

When you pour concrete,

it takes 28 days
before it's cured.

I've got four days.

And the forecast is
calling for rain.

So we're pushing the limits.

I don't think this family
knows what I'm doing,

but I'm fully aware
of what I'm doing.

I'm cutting
a very serious corner.

By not letting the concrete
cure completely,

it could break in half.

Stand on that, please.

Stop right there.
Look at this.

So, rebar does break.

We have to be really careful
how we place it

and how we set these in there.

Because look it.

Don't ever forget that.

-[both] Okay.
-[Marty] Present.

-Thank you.
-I have a lot of faith
in concrete.

I have a lot of faith
in rebar.

So we're doing
everything in our power

to place every piece of rebar

in the perfect
mix of concrete.

Hopefully it actually works.

[dramatic music playing]

[narrator] In Central Ohio,

on the re-rescue
of the Broadhead family's
10-acre homestead...

[Marty whistles]
Let's have some mud!

[narrator]
The concrete has arrived

that will fortify the family's
new storm shelter.

[truck backing alarm beeping]

And five years ago,

the Raneys brought
another life-changing rig
onto the homestead.

-No way!
-Oh, my gosh.

-[woman 1] Oh, my God!
-[woman 2] Oh, my gosh.

-Oh, wow!
-I'm simply overwhelmed.

[Marty] Meet Kenneth.
This is your neighbor.

This guy donated
this whole thing.

Can I hug you now, too?

To see that great big truck
and realize what that was for,

I have no words for it.

[Marty] How deep have you
drilled wells before?

Six-hundred-and-fifty feet.

-Wow.
-[all exclaim in awe]

Most of the wells I've drilled
around here is 50 feet.

Okay. That's not bad.

Hey! How deep are ya?

That's more than twice
what you guys expected.

I'm gonna start worrying.

[Marty]
A hundred-and-seven feet.

That's twice
the distance you thought.

I said 50-foot,
it's a 50-foot plot.

[Marty] Ever drilled
a well at night?

[Marty] This might be
another time.

[drill whirring]

-[Kenneth] We got water!
-[all cheering]

-[man] Thank you.
-Yee-haw!

That's the mother lode!

[woman] Nice.

What do you think?
How many gallons a minute?

[man] Probably
50 gallons a minute.

Fifty gallons an hour?

-Fifty gallons a minute!
-A minute?

[woman whoops]

[Marty] Get over here!
It's your water.

Come on!

Feels great! [laughs]

Yes! We got water!

That's amazing!

[water gushing]

[laughter]

-Oh, my gosh, that's cold.
-I know.

Fifty-plus gallons per minute.

I could not even fathom
what that means for us.

It's just a ton of water.

Getting water...
That, a life-changer.

Yeah! Whoo!

[narrator] Today, the well
supplies drinking water

to the Broadheads' home,

but they've yet to utilize
their catchment

for additional gray water.

[metal clangs]

You guys ever pour
concrete before?

-We've seen it done.
-[Marty] Did you help?

We hired the concrete--
No. We did not.

Okay, but I appreciate
your honesty.

Clint and I will be
screeding this back.

You'll see where there's
divots and low spots.

And you're gonna be
in the mud,
moving it with a shovel,

a rake, whatever.

-So we're moving ahead of you
as you come in.
-Yeah.

-[Morgan] Okay.
-Thank you.

On day one,
we made a decision.

We will build this family
a storm shelter.

Why? Tornado Alley is
spreading its wings.

But the whole time
I'm thinking,

"How do I make, in four days,
a concrete structure?"

I'm going
with a little less water

because I don't have
a lot of time to cure
before we pick it.

Everything we're doing
is not conventional.

We'll pour the bottom
and then we'll poor the roof
on the same day,

and hopefully
let that concrete cure
in just a couple of days.

But I'm hoping
it will hold together

once we lift it
and put it on the walls.

They're gonna pull it
this way.

Pull it out to the board.
Keep pulling. Clint,
me and you on the board.

[whooping]

Whoa! Too much mud.

[whistles]

Over to the corner.
Here we go.

[Morgan] The concrete
was new to us,

to pour concrete, to float it,

to level it out,
to set the rebar.

[Marty] Thank you.
Not too much, now come back.

It's too much. It's too much!

Come back come back.
Come back.

Yeah, it's a learning curve,
right?

When you're doing any kind
of a project like that.

All the way to Clint.
All the way to Clint,
all the way!

We get better at it as we go.

[Marty] We're actually doing
really good for time.

I'm impressed.

I'm a little concerned
about the weather, actually.

The last two days
have been fantastic.

We've had beautiful weather,

but it is supposed to
rain tomorrow.

Which makes everything
muddy and messy and...

Not only that,
but that concrete has to cure.

And it's not gonna dry
if it's got water pouring
on top of it.

[narrator] Five years ago,
before the Raney's reset

the Broadheads'
house foundation

and established their berm...

-[thunder rumbling]
-[man] There's thunder.

[narrator] ...a sudden storm
threatened the entire rescue.

That's not
what I wanted today.

-[man] Oh. There it is.
-[Wendy chuckles]

-[Marty] Love it.
-[all chuckle]

I'm worried,
with this amount of rain

and the hole that Marty dug

with the excavator
near the tree

that's keeping this house up,

that the dirt

is going to wear away
and weaken that tree
and it's gonna fall over.

[thunder rumbling]

Well, we've got thunder,
we've got lightning,

we've got a lot of rain,
we've got a lot of wind,

so let's hold off
on the tree falling.

[Matt] I can barely
move in here.

I guess
I got to get out. [shrieks]

I'm hoping it'll stop.

I'm really afraid
that the excavators
aren't gonna be able

-to do their work
with this kind of rain.
-In the mud.

I mean, you can see already,
this whole part is flooded

-right here from what
it was earlier.
-Yeah, it's flooding.

You guys did a perfect job.
I mean, perfect.

Probably the best
homesteader concrete people

we've ever worked with.

It looks really good.

There are steps here,
each one of them critical.

Even though this was
built out of bricks,

the big, bad tornado
could blow this down.

-Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa. [yells]
-[man] Come on across.

-Walk it.
-[yells]

[dramatic music playing]

[narrator] On the re-rescue
of the Broadhead
family's homestead,

with the concrete for both
the floor and the roof
of the shelter ready to cure,

Ashton temporarily removes

the critter traps

so Clint can begin
restoring the berm,

a critical component
to their house foundation

that Marty built
five years ago.

So now that the wall
has been bermed
with tons of earth,

we'll take the cable off

and see if this thing
will stand on its own.

I'm confident it will,
and it needs to

because six lives
depend on it.

[Misty] Okay.

It's perfect.

So go for it.

[Marty] All right. Here we go.

-[cranking]
-[Marty] Oh.

Any movement?

It didn't move one hair,
not one.

-[whoops]
-That is amazing! Good job!

I'm trying to put my faith
in the Raneys.

They obviously have
a lot more experience.

So they took
that tree brace off
and we cut that rope.

Nothing moved.

Nothing. Not even a hair.

So, it was good.

[narrator] Since then,
the shifting climate

has dumped enough rainwater
to cause the berm to slide.

To address this,

Clint will use the excavator
to re-stack dirt,

adding over five feet
of height to the berm.

He will then regrade
the hillside

to ensure the foundation
of the house is stable.

And uncover the cistern tanks
so they can be reconnected

to the gutters.

[Morgan] Getting that
berm cleaned up,
moving earth again,

building some walls,
it's great.

Epic, totally epic,
just eternally grateful.

[country music playing]

You guys recognize the guy
running that skidsteer?

Who is it?

-Dad.
-It's my dad.

Your dad. So, we came up
with a little surprise.

We ordered extra concrete

to do a couple of little
special things.

Could you guys use a sidewalk
at the back porch?

-Ooh.
-[all agree]

Could you guys place
this concrete by yourselves,

-and do it yourself?
-I think so.

-Yeah.
-[Marty] Okay.

Make no mistake about it,
this family, they have
building skills.

Good job, Cam!

So we just took it
to the next level,
and we added

placing concrete
to that list of skills.

The question is,
can they do it on their own?

[Wendy] Good. Good.
Right there.

The kids are hard workers,

and there's no way
we could have ever

completed anything
like this homestead,

-just the two of us.
- [Wendy] Yeah.

The kids have
helped out a ton.

[Wendy]
And it's important to us
because it's something

we will be leaving for them
when we're gone.

And so, I think it's nice
that they are able to say,

"Hey, we helped
to build this place."

[woman] Guys,
we are immortalized.

[narrator] It's day three
on Marty's return

to the Broadheads'
Ohio homestead.

[Marty] Here come the bricks.

[narrator]
And while the concrete
for the storm shelter's

floor and roof
still hasn't set...

[Marty] I think
we're pretty flat.

[narrator] ...it's time
for Marty and the family

to start building its walls
brick by brick...

[Marty] I need to walk
a lot closer, get in here.

-[Wendy] Too wet?
-[Marty] No, perfect.

[narrator] ...as they race
against forecasted rainfall

that threatens their progress.

[Marty] All right, guys,
if we're gonna
run out of mortar mix,

we probably should
get after it.

Every second counts.

When you're building
your own homestead,
kind of from the ground up,

there's always a revolving
list of priorities.

All right, Wendy.

[Wendy] We live
in tornado country,

so the Tornado shelter
has been at the top
of our priority list.

Gets a little scary sometimes.

We are trying to protect
the family.

-Hey, I'm impressed.
-Great job.

[Marty] We've got more to do.

[upbeat music playing]

[narrator]
At the back of the house,

Clint makes big strides

on rebuilding
and regrading the berm,

finally uncovering
the unused cisterns

that had been swallowed up
by the overgrowth.

But this isn't the first time

the Raneys have
encountered issues
with buried infrastructure

while excavating
on the Broadhead property.

It happened five years ago...

[sighs] Yeah, we got to talk.

[narrator] ...when Misty was
grading the front yard

to keep rainwater
from seeping into the house.

[Misty] As long as there's
nothing underground...

Am I gonna hit anything?

[Wendy] Hmm, yeah,
the ventilation tubes.

Where are they?

They come out at those sticks.

-[Misty] Okay.
-There's five altogether,

but there might be
one or two stakes missing.

Okay, that's not fun.

Morgan and Wendy
have installed

these underground
cooling pipes

that run into their house.

The problem is, we don't know
exactly where they're at.

As soon as I start
digging around
with an excavator,

the probability of damaging
one of these pipes
is pretty high.

This house has trees and brush
pushed right up against it.

I'm gonna use the excavator
as this giant rake,

strip it all back,

and then
get this ground to grade,

and hopefully not damaging

any of those
underground cooling pipes.

We're trying to find
a random pipe five feet down.

The chances of us finding it,

buried two years ago,
are slim.

[dramatic music playing]

[Wendy] I think that it's
already getting super soggy.

-[Misty] It's getting
super soggy?
-Yeah.

[Misty] Oh, my gosh.

At two-and-a-half feet down,
we have struck water.

So that means
all of these cooling pipes

that they've put in
are full of water,

and not cold air.

-What's wrong?
-[laughs, sniffles]

-What's wrong?
-[sobbing]

I don't know how
I'm gonna cool the house.

It was almost 89 degrees when
we went to bed last night.

-[laughs]
-I'm sorry.

This was
our air conditioning system.

[inhales deeply]

[sighs]

This is probably
as bad as it gets.

[Marty] I'm standing
in a foot of water,
and that tells me one thing.

These ventilation tubes
are never gonna work.

The Broadheads have
a great plan,

but it's not
implemented correctly.

They built a house
out of 30,000 tires.

They're black
and black absorbs heat.

But the more
of that black we cover,

the cooler the house
will become.

[upbeat music playing]

[narrator] Over at the front
of the homestead,

Marty takes the storm shelter
build to the next level.

[Marty] There are steps here,
each one of them critical.

The first step was
a very solid, thick

chunk of concrete slab
foundation, anchor.

But as you well know,

those 38-pound block
are all hollow .

Right now, a tornado
could tear this down,
I'm not kidding.

Until we put
that grout in there,

this is a weak building.

[narrator] Grouting is
a specialized
construction process

that involves injecting
a fluid-like material

made of water, cement and sand

into voids within buildings

to improve
structural integrity,

enhanced
load-bearing capacity,

and repair cracks.

With proper grouting,
a building can be

solidified enough
to withstand winds

of up to 250 miles per hour.

[Marty]
These guys are all pros.

They know exactly
what's going on.

How you doing, sir?

Jason. Marty Raney.

This is the family right here.

Anything you need from us?

No. I'm ready
to rock and roll.

[upbeat music playing]

[narrator] Five years ago,

Marty didn't have the benefit

of working with
modern concrete.

This came from a quarry
a little ways from here,

and it's a perfect mix
of sand and clay.

-Just add water?
-Just add water.

[narrator] So back then,
he used a more
ancient technique

to insulate the Broadheads'
home from the heat.

So we reached out
to a local supplier

with bales of straw

and piles
of the perfect mixture

of soil and dirt.

Just add water,
mix it all together,

and you have
a product called "cob."

Don't confuse that with adobe.

Adobe has been around
a few hundred years.

Cob's been around... forever.

[narrator] Cob is
a natural building material

made of a mixture of clay,
sand, straw and water.

It's been used for centuries

to build walls, benches,
ovens and entire homes.

Though it's a labor-intensive
building method,

its low cost
and environmentally-friendly
components

make it a popular building
material around the world.

Get your people.
Where are they?

-[man] We got it.
-We're wasting time.

-We got to make cob.
-[man] All right.

-Check that out.
-[Marty] Come on. Come on.

-What am I doing?
-[laughter]

Am I doing it right?

-[man 1] You're mixing mine.
-[man 2]
You're doing it right.

The only problem with cob,
it's labor intensive.

Hey, let's give it a test
right now.

-[man] You got it.
-Will it stick to rubber?

Here we go.

-[woman] Yeah!
-[claps]

-[Marty] Oh, see--
-[man] You gotta smear it.

[Marty] I can see it's fun,
but I can also see it's
a tremendous amount of work.

[narrator] To this day,

the cob still remains
on the Broadheads' tire home.

[Marty] Do you mind
if I walk the wall?

No. Listen, man,
I'll fly you up there

if you want me to.

[all laugh]

[Marty] I really needed
a qualified block layer.

I found one
by the name of Jason.

[whirring]

We have a very square,
level block structure

that we're about to grout,

making it stronger
and stronger and stronger.

Whoa!

[Jason] Got it.
Come on across.

[Marty] Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!

I love concrete.

-[yells]
-[Jason] Come on across!

-Walk it.
-There you go.

I've done the masonry

on thousands of homes.

-[yells]
-[Jason] Left foot in,
there you go.

[Marty] No!

What the--

But I'm pretty sure
Jason has laid
twice as many block as me,

and I was doing all I could
to keep up.

-Slow down!
-I keep pulling it over.

-Come on! God!
-[Marty] I warned you.

But what am I,
a Flying fricking Wallenda?

[Jason laughs]

-[Marty] Hey.
-[Jason] Hold on.
You're trying to shut me off.

-It's like working with me.
-My God!

[Marty] This is
all about having fun.

You got to be this tall
to ride this ride.

Nice job, Marty.

[thunder rumbling]

[Marty]
That rainy day is here.

I don't have time.
I don't have time.

And it's gonna be
pretty rough.

Walk in, walk in!

[upbeat music playing]

[Marty] What's going on
over here, please?

[narrator] On the return
to the Broadheads'
Ohio homestead...

Clint nears completion

of the critical
berm restoration.

While across
from the main house...

-I'm concerned about this tree
above my parents' place.
-You should be.

[narrator] ...Wendy spotlights
another potential problem

growing in her parent's
front yard.

[Wendy]
You can see at the top,
it's starting to die off.

Uh, they're starting to get
some holes in the bottom
of the trunk and stuff.

I'm concerned,
with the really high winds

that we get here
and the tornado-type winds,

that it's gonna come down
on my parents' house.

So, I would like to see it go.

It is gonna come down
on your parents' house.

I would guarantee it.

We've got a lot to do here,

but I think this is important.

-[Wendy] Okay.
-This is a liability,

and this definitely
is threatening

life and property,
in that order.

Let me see if I can fit it in.

-[Wendy] All right.
-Thank you. Thank you.

[narrator]
But before Marty tackles

another project
on the homestead...

Looks like
you've done that before.

[Camden] Yes, I have.

[narrator]
...he joins the family

at the successfully-grouted
storm shelter...

[Marty] Look what
I'm doing now, Cam.

I'm hiding
from your mom and dad

-so they can't see me working.
-Oh, perfect.

[laughs] Can they see me?

Nope. You're good.

Good. I'm safe over here.
I'm gonna take a break.

[Camden] All right, cool.

[Marty] All right.

[narrator]
...where he may have
a new surprise up his sleeve.

Now, can you feel
how strong it is now
full of concrete?

[Wendy] Yeah.

This is a bomb shelter.

You were involved
in every step.

Concrete and steel here,

concrete and steel here,
all the way around.

Now, let's talk about this.

It takes about a half a yard

of this,

-what is called grout,
that concrete slurry...
-[Wendy] Mm-hmm.

When you bring
that big of a boom truck in,

you order a little bit more.

So, how do you guys
feel about this?

We'll see if we can
scoop it up,

right this second,
while it's still wet.

You guys screw chicken wire
to those tires over there.

Dump it on the top.

It might not want to stay,
but we don't know till we try.

-[Wendy] Yeah.
-[Marty] Yes or no?

[all agree]

On day one,
we walked around the property.

And the Broadheads showed me
a part of the berm

that needs some help.

It is pretty ugly.

Yeah, and you can see,
we get those heavy Ohio rains.

It just, you can see
most of the cob's sitting
on the ground right here

where it's just
sort of come off.

[Marty] Today,
we are going to fix it.

[narrator]
This isn't the first time
Marty has used concrete

to surprise the Broadheads
on their homestead.

How can I make it easy
on the homestead?

Obvious. An indoor toilet.

Come on.

[woman laughs]

-Oh, my gosh.
-Yeah, I see.

[Wendy] Where's Morgan?

-Oh, my God! [shrieks]
-[laughter]

[woman] Oh, my gosh!

That's a septic tank, okay?

The best septic tank
that we can provide

for this homestead
is one made out of concrete.

The Broadheads
deserve it. Why?

Five people are using
an outhouse every day.

They need it.

It was overwhelming
to see that tank

and realize what that was for.

[muffled] Thank you!

We don't have
flushing toilets,

so we're using an outhouse.

It's not great
when you have to get up
in the middle of the night.

And it's definitely not fun

when it was negative
40 degrees in the wintertime.

-[Marty whistles]
-[Morgan] I'm beyond words
right now.

Now we can get a toilet in.

We can get all of our indoor
plumbing in, our showers,

everything, to go
out there and drain
into that septic tank.

It's just such a relief.

Let's get back to work.

Where's your shovels?
Where's your shovels?

-[Ashton] You want me to
clean the bucket out?
-Yeah, just a little bit.

[Ashton] Marty's a great guy.
He's a hard worker.

He's very straightforward
with what he wants,
and I like that.

It's good for a team leader.

So It's nice to know

that at least he knows
what he's doing.

It's been fun
working with him.

Okay. We're gonna go
down this face first,
right over here.

Pull it to the bottom.

Tight. Spread it out.

There you go.

[drill whirring]

Okay, let's double it up.
Why not?

[drill whirring]

I'm fine with it.
Bring me more, please.

So, Clint and his crew
have done an amazing job.

We can see the tanks,
they're accessible.

The dirt has been sloped away
from the house,

put on the chicken wire,

slather it with some concrete,

we'll never be back again.

Cob father, good.

Concrete father, better.

That's a wrap.

[thunder crashes]

[Marty] The rain is here.

[narrator] It's the final day
on the re-rescue

of the Broadhead family's
Ohio homestead.

And with
the storm shelter covered

and work stalled for now,

the wet weather makes
the final push more urgent.

So we cleaned
the gutter out of all the...

-[others] Gunk.
-[Dan] Gunk, right?

And I found
some parts and pieces

that we're gonna use
and put together

and make a way
to divert the water
back to the cisterns.

-Great.
-Sounds good.

Our only problem now,

it's wet.

We shove it on
and we give it a little turn.

And then
within a few short minutes,

it's gonna be bonded to there.

Stick it and twist. Good.

[narrator] The repair
to the Broadheads' cisterns
is long overdue.

Five years ago,
Marty and Morgan installed

the gutter system
on the homestead,

not knowing that
drastic weather changes

would soon cause it to falter.

What do you think this is?

Uh, this is a piece of PVC.

Today, it's gonna be a gutter
to catch all this water

coming off that
3,000-square-foot roof.

The Broadheads
have been in this

rubber-tire home for one year,

but not one drop of water

has been captured
from the roof

and transferred
to the property.

We've got to catch
a lot of water,

and we've got to go
a long ways.

The idea is to cut this out

and it'll go
from being a pipe to a trough.

[saw whirring]

[Morgan] We don't have
the gutters up.

We don't have any kind of
a reclamation system.

-[Marty] Got it?
-[Morgan] Got it.

Thank you.

All right.

Water weighs
eight pounds per gallon.

Broadheads have
a 3,000-square-foot roof.

Put just one inch
of water on it,

and you have
over 1,800 gallons.

1,800 gallons times
eight pounds per gallon,

14,000 pounds,

if it just rains an inch.

That's a lot of water.

-Good job.
-[Morgan] Look at that.

[drill whirrs]

Where's that water going?

It's all going
off the edge of the roof,

down and inside the house.

Seven tons of water

every time it rains one inch.

Tired of losing
all that rainfall.

I'm excited to get this up.

Okay. Pin that in, and then
I'll move this one up.

-[Morgan] Okay, Here we go.
-Make it go.

[drill whirring]

-[Dan] See how
there's this little line?
-[woman] Uh-huh.

[Dan] There's
a little line there.

You line those up

when you're gluing it.
Go for it.

[country music playing]

[Tessah] All right.

-That's it.
-Okay.

[drill whirring]

-[Emberley grunts]
-[Tessah] Beautiful.

We got the pipe ran
from the gutter

down into this tank.

We got this filter here.

We should have water
filling up that pipe

and coming down this pipe
and going into this tank.

Do you think we got it?

I think we do.

If we did it right,
I think so.

[Dan] All right, let's see.

-[Tessah] Look at that!
-[Emberley] Nice!

[Tessah] All that water
is actually going to use.

[Emberley laughs]

[Tessah]
The cisterns we put up,

we connected it
with the gutter that we fixed

and we're again
several years ahead,

...ahead,
of where we would have been

without everyone here.

[narrator] Four days ago,
rainwater leaked from
the Broadheads' gutters

and wasn't captured
in their buried cisterns.

Today, their gutters
are repaired

and now connected
to their dugout cisterns,

which are capable of catching
thousands of gallons of water

and can be recycled
for gray water

and bathing purposes.

[Dan] Are your parents
gonna be stoked?

-[Emberley] Yeah.
-They've been waiting the last
five years to get this done.

-[Dan] Are you serious?
-[both] Yeah.

[Dan] How easy was this?

It was so easy.

What are we gonna do
with all this water?

[Emberley] We're gonna
go swimming.

[Tessah] I'm gonna
jump in the pond.

[Dan] Let's go!

[Tessah laughs]

[narrator] With rain
coming down...

[Marty] All right,
we need all the tools
to build this fricking thing.

[narrator] ...and time
dwindling on the final day
of the rescue...

I need tape measure, pencil.
I'm ready.

[narrator] ...Marty stations
himself in the garage

to build a door
for the storm shelter.

[Marty] Listen,
I know we're going fast.

This is going to be
the craziest of all the days

-'cause we've got to
finish stuff, right?
-Yeah.

-That said,
sandwich this together.
-[Morgan] Okay.

This is the first phase
of your tornado-proof door.

[Morgan] Okay.

-So it's three quarters
of an inch plywood.
-Go down there.

Sandwiched together,
it's an inch and a half.

That's the first step.
You ready?

-[Morgan] Sandwich it
and screw it?
-[Marty] Yeah, please.

A strong door to match
the strong concrete

gives them a safe,
protected refuge.

You build a concrete structure
with a weak door,

it's the weak link.

And the concrete structure
is moot.

-What is this door for?
-Tornado.

Yeah. I wouldn't
minimize the screws.

We're gonna leave 'em
with something
that can withstand

hundreds of miles an hour
of dangerous debris.

At any point
of this door construction,

you don't think
it's strong enough,
speak up.

Will do.

I'm never going in there.

Pound it. Done.
Pin it, folks.

And thank you.
That's the fastest door
I've ever built.

Okay. Everybody gets a corner.

How does it feel?

Feel like a hurr...

Does this feel like
a tornado door?

I think it's solid.

Feels like a tornado door
to me.

Okay. On that note,
if you approve of it,

-let's head
for the storm shelter.
-Let's do it.

You're not gonna believe this,
but it's gonna get
a little muddy.

[chuckles]

You guys got it?

[Morgan] Yep. We got it.

You sure?

Okay, here we go.

-[Wendy] It's not gonna go in.
-Wait, wait, wait, wait.

When I get it done,
it'll go in.

I love that bunker door
that we've got over there.

Uh, we've toured a couple
of different castles.

As soon as I looked
at that door, I thought,

"That is a dungeon door.
There is nothing
getting through that door."

Get some tools
and some more two by eights,

and we're gonna do
a wrap on this,

-and then, young lady,
we will make it fit.
-Okay.

-Get me some material. Thanks.
-Okay.

[narrator] While Marty
finishes installing
the storm door,

over by the newly
completed berm,

Ashton talks with
Brian the trapper

about the critters
who live on the property.

[Brian] Groundhogs are
pretty solitary animals.

Honestly, when you started
this berm work
and fixed this whole berm,

I don't think you're
going to have an issue.

They're still on the property,
I'm sure, but...

[Ashton] Just not
right next to our house,

which is what we wanted
originally, anyway. So...

Exactly. You've
quite literally
eliminated the problem.

They're probably
off in the woods
making other holes.

[Ashton] So Brian said
as long as we're able to keep
that berm kind of cleared

of all of the undergrowth,
that we really shouldn't have

any more problems
with the groundhogs

'cause they do like
that ground cover.

And then you have
your two live traps.

You know how to use them now.
And also if you need my help,

just give me a call
and we'll come over

-and I'll walk you through
anything you need.
-Perfect.

Raccoons,
groundhogs, anything.

[narrator] Five years ago,

the trapping
on the property yielded
very different results.

[Matt] Hey, guys,
we caught ourselves a possum.

-[Camden] No.
Not another possum.
-There it is.

I don't see anything else.

[Camden] Hey, buddy.

Now that I've actually caught
something, I'm super stoked.

Okay.
There's a possum in here.

This one,
I don't think anything
tried to go on this one.

How are we doing?

[Camden speaking]

-[Emberley] Oh, yeah?
-[Matt] You're picking out
a name for him, huh?

-[Camden] Yes.
-[Emberley] We're not
keeping it.

This is something
that these kids
can actually do, like a chore.

I do respect the wild animals
at a distance.

They need to
stay on their side

so that we can be safe
on our side.

I got a name for him.

-[Matt] What's it?
-Keith.

-Keith.
-Yes.

-Really?
-You like Keith?

Yeah, I like it.

The thing that I'm bringing
to the table
is expanding their horizon

to, you know,
going from the suburbs

now living in the wilderness
of Ohio.

And, you know,
acting accordingly.

Well, we've got one possum
to deal with.

Let's get it out of here.

Come on, guys.

Thank you so much
for your help.

Yeah, not a problem.

[Marty] Here we go.

[narrator] With a break
in the rain, Marty
and the Broadheads

prepare to do
the most precarious step
in the storm shelter build.

We're going to try
and set the roof

of this a storm shelter
on top with an excavator.

Let's work together
and make this one
the same length.

Pull on it. Pull on it.

The roof weighs 8,000 pounds.

If the concrete isn't cured
or strong enough,
the thing will crumble.

It'll break in half.
And then I leave.

So it's make it or break it.

So the question is,
will the concrete
stay together?

Because normally,
in the real world,

somebody might wait
as long as 28 days,

for something like this
that's critical, to cure.

We're doing it in two days.

So I think we've done,
all of us have done
everything we can

to hedge our bet
that this stays together.

You guys just have to know

crazy things could happen.

Here we go. Good.

If it picks without breaking,
we've got to get
the plywood off of it.

Why did you guys
pour this on plastic?

-So it won't stick.
-So the whole thing
would come off.

Is it coming off?

-[Wendy] Yeah.
-[Ashton] It's coming off.

Good job.

Don't get all excited
'cause it could break
at any time.

I'm not joking.

Get over here, raise it up.

I'll try to get
the plastic off clean.

How's it doing on the back?

Looks good.

Boom out!

Boom out!

[cracking]

Whoo! What's that noise?

-[cracking]
-[Wendy] There it goes again.

[Marty] Boom out!

Boom out!

[cracking]

Whoo! What's that noise?

-[cracking]
-[Wendy] There it goes again.

-My gosh.
-What was the noise?

Okay. I didn't know
you were walking.

I thought
you were booming out,
so I freaked out. Sorry.

Walk in, walk in.

Let it down!

There it goes.

He's lowering it on.

I had 100% confidence
in Marty and the group.

What I didn't have
a high degree of confidence in

was the materials
that we used.

Given all the concrete
and mortar
that we used in there,

and we only let it cure
two days before we lifted
that thing up,

I thought for sure
it was going to crack
at least.

I fully expected it
to just break apart.

So I'm really glad
that it didn't.

All right. What do you think?

-It's pretty solid.
-Pretty amazing.

-Feels solid?
-Yeah.

You guys have a little more
confidence in concrete?

-Yeah.
-Do have a little more
confidence in rebar?

-Yes.
-There's one last step.

We're literally going to
epoxy and bolt...

-All right.
-...this 8,000-pound lid
onto the block building.

"X" marks the spot.

Who wants it?

-[Morgan] I'll do it.
-I like your attitude.

Break out that epoxy.
That's gonna go in the hole
when he's done.

-You got it?
-[Wendy] We got it.

[Marty] Good woman.

[narrator] Five years ago,
Marty and the Broadheads

also struggled
to finish in time with
the original concrete cob.

Every square inch
of these tires
has to be covered.

It's a lot of work.

-So this is a thermal
imaging camera.
-[Morgan] Mm-hmm.

[Marty] And right now,
if I just shoot
the bare tire...

Yeah, the ones that have
not been covered yet.

It's about 91 or 92 degrees.

And then look, purple.

Cool, comparatively.
That translates to
about 75 degrees.

[Morgan] That's a huge swing
in temperature.

[phone ringing]

[narrator] Later that day
in the house,

Wendy and Camden
receive a phone call
from an old friend.

-[Wendy] Oh, there she is.
-[Camden] Hey!

How's it going?

-[Camden] Oh, good.
-How's the tire home?

Awesome. Really, truly,
it's doing great.

-Really?
-Yeah. You wanna see?
Here, look.

-I wanna see the indoor
garden... Oh, look at that.
-Look.

Oh, my gosh.

I wish I was there so much.

-Oh, me too.
-How did it all work out?

Good. I mean, we're not done
by any means,

but it has changed so much
since the last time
you were here.

[narrator] Five years ago...

[Misty] Whoo!

[narrator] ...Misty tackled
the repair of the Broadheads'
flooded indoor garden.

So you want to rake
all this real quick,
just this way.

I just need a place
to dump this first load.

Right now, Wendy has
this trench full of mud,
freestanding water and mold.

We need to actually
turn this into a garden,

what it was designed for.

She can plant herbs
for her apothecary business,

and also enough food
to feed her family.

[Wendy] Oh, we got
a salamander in here.

[Misty] Where?

-Creatures?
-Yep.

[Misty] Oh, my gosh.

Why is he so big?

[Wendy] He's apparently
been very happy
for a while.

I'm not sure
what he's eating.

[Misty] Oh, my...
Could I see him?

[gasps] What?

[Wendy]
Yellow-spotted salamander.

My gosh, you guys,
you have, like, amphibians
living in your kitchen?

-[Wendy] Yes.
-[Misty] That can't be good.

Kind of makes my skin crawl
that this is in your home.

[Misty] They have,
like, amphibians
living in their kitchen.

Reality of that is not good
because it's gross,
and it's not right.

I'm bummed that I'm not there,
but I'm really happy
my dad is.

Yeah, we're happy too.

We've had a good time.

It's good he's revisiting
homesteads and just
checking up on people.

That makes me really happy.

Yeah. Your turn.

-You go. Okay. Okay.
-Bye.

See ya. Bye, Misty.

Bye. [laughs]

-Hey, Cam, how are you doing?
-Hey, again.

You're one of my most favorite
homesteaders I've ever met.

-Thanks.
-Because not only
how special you are

and how much fun I had
when I was on your homestead,

but it was
because of what you said.

And those kind words
have stuck with me.

I hold them
so close to my heart.

[all] Aww.

[Wendy] Okay,
now everybody's crying.

Got Misty, too.

They've inspired me
to do what I do,

and I'll do it forever
just because of what you said.

It's just why I keep on going.

My, I wanna cry.

[laughs]

I'm so happy
that we get to talk.

Cam and Misty really bonded
last time they were here.

And Cam was
really looking forward

to that phone call
from her today,

and I think
they had a good conversation.

I miss you so much.

We miss you too.

I'm so proud of you.

You're just like...
You're turning out
to be such a good man.

All right. Miss you, Misty.

We'll talk soon.

[Wendy] All right.

[Marty] We gotta
have a little chat.

[narrator] With work finished
on the storm shelter,

Marty has one more
looming task

before he can leave
the homestead.

I don't know
if you guys all know this,

but your mom dragged me
over here a while back

and said, " I'm concerned
about those two trees."

And I know
everyone's tired. [chuckles]

But I can't drive away
and have a clean conscience

knowing your parents
live there,

'cause those trees
are coming down,

probably in one of
the next few storms.

And if it comes down
on its own,

it's totally going right
over the top of the middle
of the house.

-Right through the middle.
-Yeah.

So we just, you know,
we've talked about it
too long.

So we're going to
bring 'em down.

I recommend the garage.
It's hopefully a safe zone.

[Wendy] Okay.

It seems like every homestead
that I come to,

the homesteaders drag me
over to a tree and say,

" Would you please
cut this down?"

And these trees
have to come down
because those danger trees

are six feet away
from her aging parents'
front door.

[chainsaw starting]

There it goes.

Oh, no!

[Wendy] Oh, no!

This is amazing.
Who plays?

Cam Broadhead.

He's full of surprises.

One day he's showing me
he can play guitar and sing,

and the next day,
he's showing me
that he can play harmonica.

I'll tell you right now,
it can be kind of hard
at the beginning,

trying to learn how to play
these crazy things.

[playing tune]

Try to just blow on number 5.

[plays tune]

[laughs]

Oh, showing off a little bit.

[plays tune]

Not bad.
You don't even have to
know any songs.

I do. I know one.

Let me hear it , please.

[playing tune]

You're playing,
you're playing,
you're playing.

That's the hardest part
is to get your first song.

And once
you get the first song,

you can play
any song you want.

Oh, no.

[Wendy] Oh, no!

[gasps]

The building
is still standing.

Come on over.

[Emberley] Ooh.

Sorry about that.

Not every time
do I fall the tree
that goes where I want.

But see what happened inside.

How does it look?

[Morgan] From in here,
it looks like
nothing happened.

Yeah, No dust or anything.

Make sure.

-[Emberley] No, it looks fine.
-[Marty] Make sure.

[Emberley] What's this?

[laughs, reads out]

-Oh, my God.
-You scared the crap
out of me on purpose?

[Emberley laughs]
That's pretty good.

I had to know.
And now I can leave.

There's no tree
bigger than this
that can reach this bunker

except that.

Okay? So the biggest tree
that could hit this bunker
just did it.

It was really stressful
to watch.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean
to stress anybody.

Yes, you did.

You wrote it down.

You knew
it was going to happen.

We just got punked
is what just happened.

So Marty wanted
to test that structure,

which I 100% agree was

-a good thing to do.
-Insane.

[both gasp]

[Wendy] But now
we have a bunker
we know that works.

I wasn't trying to stress.

I was just like, " Hey,
we can talk all day long

"about how strong it is,
or we can just
put it to the test."

I was a little skeptical
when I started
counting in my head.

"Oh, my gosh,
all these people,
all these animals,

"is this is going to be
big enough space?"

But when we actually
stood inside of it,
it is a good sized space.

-[Wendy] Yeah.
-[Morgan] Plenty for us.
Plenty for the animals,

plenty for some
emergency supplies if we need
to bring them in there.

[Marty] Do you need firewood?

-[all laugh]
-[Tessah] Yes.

[narrator] Four days ago,
the Broadheads had no refuge

from the ever expanding
Tornado Alley.

With only
the unfortified pantry
to take cover in,

today, they have
a solid concrete storm shelter

reinforced with
rebar and grout.

And a bolstered entry door
to protect against
the extreme Ohio weather.

[Marty] Let's go.

[narrator] With work complete,

Marty, Morgan, and Wendy
take a final assessment
of the homestead re-rescue.

[Marty] When we
rolled in here,
what, four days ago,

there was a direct line
off the gutter,

straight into the pond,

which is great,
unless you got five
2,000-gallon tanks back there.

I didn't make it happen.

We made it happen.

You think
this would have got done
without your two girls?

-Nope.
-Okay.

I've waited years
to get those stupid cisterns
hooked up,

and I have not
been able to find
a good solution for it.

[Wendy] A big part of how
the house was supposed to work
was the cisterns.

So we were more than happy
to have the help
with it this week.

[Marty] Okay. This looks
a little different, right?

[Wendy] Yes. Yes, it does.

[Marty] Clint built up
the berm. Pretty much
fixed that problem.

All right.
So how many tanks do you have?

-[Morgan and Wendy] Five.
-[Marty] Exactly.

-Your gutter system
is hooked into this, right?
-[Wendy] Mm-hmm.

[Marty] And next time
it storms, you could be
in that house

knowing that you're
collecting water, right?

-Absolutely.
-Do you see
any groundhogs right now?

Not only do I not see
any groundhogs,

I don't even see
any groundhog holes.

This berm,

it's secure, it's stronger,

and now I don't think
anything's coming back.

[narrator] Four days ago,
the Broadheads' shifting berm
was overgrown,

riddled with
groundhog holes...

[Morgan] Got one over here.

[narrator] ...and causing
structural issues
to their home.

Today, they have a rebuilt
and re-grated berm

with repaired gutters
that now connect
to the cisterns.

Where's that family?

Sun's going down.

Why do you guys look so tired?

[all laugh]

[neighs]

Yeah.

How was it? Too crazy.

Nope, just crazy enough.

Just crazy enough.
I appreciate your help.

-Absolutely.
-You're a good son.

I'm so happy that you guys
did in the gutters.

Because on day one,
I could tell this is something
your dad wanted done.

It wouldn't have happened
if you hadn't, you know,

divided from the family
and conquered the water.

We're glad we got it done.

[narrator] Five years ago,

the final day
with the Broadheads

was filled with the emotion
of a new lease on life.

I have my vision back now.

You guys have helped me
be able to start to see

what this house
is supposed to look like.

-[Wendy] Okay,
now everybody's crying.
-Oh, my God.

Got Misty too.

My parents have gone through
so much over the last
couple of years [sniffles]

just with the house.

And, I mean, I've seen
how stressed out they are.

It's nice
to be able to see them.

work so hard together.

They haven't been so happy
in such a long time.

[narrator] Today,
the family has another chance

to recapture their dream.

Yeah, it was a pleasure
and an honor
to come here again.

And it is pretty impressive
what we all did.

[Morgan] We appreciate
everything that you do.

We could have never
done it without you.

[sniffles] From the second
I pulled in this driveway
and saw this family,

I was fighting back emotions,

because this is
an impressive family,

it's a beautiful family,
and it's a testament
to the very word family.

So, it was a privilege
to get to work
with you all again.

And just thank you
for being the Broadheads.

[sobbing]

I think that calls
for a group hug.

[Marty] Working
on these homesteads
year round isn't easy.

People often ask me,

"Are you gonna
keep on traveling
across North America?"

"Working that hard,
helping complete strangers

"live this
homesteading lifestyle?"

I gotta go.

-I gotta go. I'm sorry.
-Thanks, Marty.

And that's a good question.

But after working
with this hard-working family
here in Ohio,

I got to say,
"You better believe it."

Bye, Marty.

[Morgan] Till next time.