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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GeneW" data-source="post: 3979856" data-attributes="member: 27284">I looked at a brand new house.  It had a Tornado or Safe Room as an extra bedroom.The 4 walls of it were double wide  cinder blocks stuffed full of rebar in-between and inside each, and stuffed full of the best concrete mix the builder could get.  The ceiling was also steel beams, very beefy, and concreted too.  Very dang sturdy!  The rest of the house might be gone but I think this would survive well.Very heavy steel door, extra locks to secure it. It had a window to make it liveable, but they had a welder make a very heavy thick steel sliding door thing you could slide closed to protect the window opening from high winds as well as any possible burglar.   It retracted right back into it's storage space when you didn't want to see it.   I smacked it with my hand as best as I could, it was pretty darn solid and ready for business.This room also had a bathroom and sink, toilet, etc. They said you could just go in during a tornado warning, lock it up, slide the window metal thing, and go to bed and be very safe.  It only takes money, of course, and it did cost a good amount more than regular, but I think it was very well worth it.  It would have to be new construction, I think, to really make it work, or you could do a stand alone but have to go outside to enter it, unless you could figure out a good way.$$$$$ for sure. But if you have Granny and Grandpa there, and they can't really climb down stairs to a regular shelter, or a child with special needs, etc, well then, there ya go.   $$$</blockquote>

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