I have one question - did I miss where she got her wood and food from as she worked everyday on her house?

Carter creek Wyoming, 8100', temp not wind-chill -30° F. Whatever side of your face was to the wind for more than 30 seconds had frostbite!

I helped build the DFW airport electric grid system in the 70s.  And the underground power vaults were a great place to work when the weather was bad.  I remember working inside the 10' X 10' X 10' concrete underground vaults that were always T shirt comfortable inside.  On 10 degree windy winter days topside, we could work in the vaults that were a minumim 10' deep in the Texas dirt and stone. Some as deep as 75' deep!
It didn't matter if it was 10 degrees or 110 degrees topside, our cable pulling vaults were alway between 68 to 70 degrees, without and heaters.  We did have air ducting fans for topside breathing air, but in we learned to the  limit the volume of air to maintain a comfortable inside temperature.
I have always wanted to build an underground home.  I even paid an architect to design the underground home of my dreams..

I love how this video shows that preparation often looks crazy… until it saves lives. Very well told.

One question from Iceland: "The door opend OUTWARD so the snow would NOT lock her in" ?!  🙃Do you UNDERSTAND simple physics? What about the snow Bank - some feet thick - EXACTLY blocking the door? ☃❄

Margaret used her knowledge of thermal massand limestone along with her pitched roof, construction built to hold a very heavy load, applying physics. She saved 17 lives that winter. They all had doubts about her building. Medicine Bow, Wyoming had one of the worst winters in history. They survived because of her knowledge. She passed that knowledge on to them. Helped them rebuild their homes. In 1874, the valley survived that next  winter and many more to come, 😮 after having lived through the previous one that had taken many lives. After the valley rebuilt, not another life was lost during the years after. A heartwarming story. Listening from the high deserts of Northern Nevada USA ❤️ 🇺🇸 ❤😊😊

So... what happened to her mules? Were they in a stone shelter too (I hope) and house their hay? Did she go out every day to feed and water them and muck out their stalls? And where did she store her food as well as where did she get it since she spent 2,000 building her house? So many questions

My family & I lived in a home built into the side of a hill.  That was in the 1980s. It had what the owner the great room - concrete walls.  The room was about 20' x 30' dimensions.  It took forever to warm up, but once we got it warm, it was comfortable all winer with minimal energy requirements.  The great room was adjacent to the main living area.  The front was framed with large picture thermal windows.  The roof was concrete with about 4' of sod.  It seem strange at first when I had to mow the grass.  I was just renting but would like to have bought it if I needed a home that size.

Where were her two mules during the storm?

Would love an underground or earth bearmed house. Dont have to worry about fires,tornadoes ,snow or ice....

Passionate and filled with love of family

Margaret isn’t written as a hero by words, but by results, and that makes the story feel real.

A powerful journey of healing and love

¡La visión y la determinación de esta mujer son admirables! Mientras todos la criticaban, ella pensó en el futuro y protegió a su familia. Al final, demostró que vale más prevenir que lamentar. ¡Una gran lección para los que hablaron antes de tiempo!

In 1900, an ancestor (by marriage) built a two story hotel in Lodgepole, NE of stone he personally quarried. I can remember lying in the window wells with my feet against the window but, my head didn't reach the well's edge. I have other memories as well. During the summer, so hot you could hardly breathe, we would go to the hotel and it felt like air conditioning - with nothing more than an open window. Likewise, during the winter with temperatures well below zero, it was toasty warm - with only a small potbelly stove. Unfortunately, the ground beneath it wasn't stable and in 1972, it collapsed. I would love to have that hotel.

This is a great story

52:40 “it wasn’t magic… it was understanding why it works” — that line really stayed with me, true wisdom is adapting, not copying 🔥 would you trust traditional knowledge over official “rules” if your survival depended on it?

The air video part of this is quite humorous. It shows her lifting square blocks of stone she would need a horse to pull. I'll just listen to the story to see if it is silly also.

This was an amazing story. Michigan USA

It's a shame that the house was dismantled.  It should be preserved.