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Actual facts needed about storm shelters being sucked out of the ground/doors failing
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<blockquote data-quote="GUN DOG" data-source="post: 2202503" data-attributes="member: 5944"><p>Dennis 2011 Piedmont tornado housing addition Just north of Falcon lake. All but 4 homes destroyed</p><p>We had a large inground shelter outside with a flat steel door. You could hold 15 people easy sitting on the benches. It was all steel set in 8+ yards of concrete. The door had 3 cross bolts to keep it closed. When the tornado hit the tubine was sucked off & the door was vibrating so much that the bolts were vibrating out of the closed position, I went up the stairs & slid them back, they started to work out again. Not much tention to hold them. I installed a bungie cord to hold them in. This may have happened with some doors the vibration may have had the handles locks etc work loose</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GUN DOG, post: 2202503, member: 5944"] Dennis 2011 Piedmont tornado housing addition Just north of Falcon lake. All but 4 homes destroyed We had a large inground shelter outside with a flat steel door. You could hold 15 people easy sitting on the benches. It was all steel set in 8+ yards of concrete. The door had 3 cross bolts to keep it closed. When the tornado hit the tubine was sucked off & the door was vibrating so much that the bolts were vibrating out of the closed position, I went up the stairs & slid them back, they started to work out again. Not much tention to hold them. I installed a bungie cord to hold them in. This may have happened with some doors the vibration may have had the handles locks etc work loose [/QUOTE]
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