My folks just talked to a rep and ordered one of these to be installed in their garage. Not a bad setup, really. You can order with all sorts of amenities inside, so if the weather service says "tornado", you can be quite comfortable sitting in there for several hours. There are several more sizes in the catalog my Mom showed me this weekend.
If we build another house, I'm considering putting one of these in myself. Tennessee ain't Oklahoma, but we get our share of "watches" and "warnings", fer dang sure.
This thread would be an ideal place to plant an ad for my house in central CT.
9 rooms, .4 acre, with 18x11 shelter with 16 inch concrete reinforced walls and 16" ceiling all below ground, for sale.
Thank you for your support.
Hey moderators...if you have this kind of shelter you should be able to post it too!
I would have loved one for all the years we lived in W. TX and the Dallas area (where we actually were hit by the tornado that hit DeSoto/Lancaster in 1994). It would have really set my mind at ease, to know there was a really safe spot to herd all the kids into. I'm way less afraid of hurricanes, even after being in several the past 2 years.
susie
movie of 2x4 being shot out of a cannon into the shelter
http://www.stormroom.dupont.com/media/Cannon.mpg
FEMA 320- Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House
http://www.fema.gov/txt/fima/fema320.txt
***Tennessee ain't Oklahoma,***
What do you mean! Remember the tornado that tore up down town Nashville?
But, in down town Nashville, who would notice?