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tornado shelters and schools are now the attention.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Erick" data-source="post: 2200509" data-attributes="member: 11535"><p>I think the first focus needs to be on getting shelters in homes, then work on closing school. This would only work if the first priority of in-home shelters was achieved. The problem I see with using the school shelters as public shelters is that they would fill up immediately and people that would rely on them would be sent away. That's why I believe there has been a decline in public shelters. If they could be built big enough, it would work but they would have to be incredibly large.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is my math off the cuff. We'll just say that one shelter that is 50x50 costs $1 million. (Not actual numbers but probably not a stretch either way. That is a 2,500 SF building that would have a pretty low occupancy number, far below 1,000 I am guessing. Even if you stacked one person every SF you could only get 2,500 people in there. </p><p></p><p>That same $1 million could provide about 400 6-person shelters. That is enough for 2,400 people <em>if</em> each was filled. The below ground garage shelters could also be lined up in a designated neighborhood area but it makes more sence to be to put them at each residence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erick, post: 2200509, member: 11535"] I think the first focus needs to be on getting shelters in homes, then work on closing school. This would only work if the first priority of in-home shelters was achieved. The problem I see with using the school shelters as public shelters is that they would fill up immediately and people that would rely on them would be sent away. That's why I believe there has been a decline in public shelters. If they could be built big enough, it would work but they would have to be incredibly large. Here is my math off the cuff. We'll just say that one shelter that is 50x50 costs $1 million. (Not actual numbers but probably not a stretch either way. That is a 2,500 SF building that would have a pretty low occupancy number, far below 1,000 I am guessing. Even if you stacked one person every SF you could only get 2,500 people in there. That same $1 million could provide about 400 6-person shelters. That is enough for 2,400 people [I]if[/I] each was filled. The below ground garage shelters could also be lined up in a designated neighborhood area but it makes more sence to be to put them at each residence. [/QUOTE]
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