There is an article in today's Daily Oklahoman about storm shelters and their survivability. They spoke favorably about above the ground units.
Duct tape will help with one of those...I'll let you figure out whichNothing I can do about the humidity or toddler.
Good video by channel 2 in Tulsa.
http://www.kjrh.com//dpp/news/local...h-safe-rooms-are-safest-above-or-below-ground
Myth #3: Nothing above ground can withstand an EF-4 or EF-5 tornado.
Fact: It is entirely possible to harden and stiffen a room to withstand extreme winds, i.e. a small room, steel or concrete, or timber box equipped with a door that has been tested for pressure resistance and debris impact resistance. The National Storm Shelter Association/ICC 500 standard and FEMA guidelines provide details on how to fabricate shelters or construct safe rooms that provide near absolute life protection, even in an EF-4 or EF-5.
Bottom line: Expert forensic engineering examination of above-ground shelter and safe room performance during the 2011 Tuscaloosa and Joplin outbreaks as well as the May 20, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornadoes documented that properly constructed shelters and safe rooms consistently survive super tornadoes. "In my 15 years of doing storm damage research and storm shelter research, we have never documented any deaths or injuries in above ground tested safe-rooms or failures of tested safe-rooms. This includes the storms of Joplin 2011 and Moore 2013," Larry Tanner, Texas Tech University Department of Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology.
Read more: http://www.kjrh.com//dpp/news/local...re-safest-above-or-below-ground#ixzz2WgqXAceh
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