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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Okie4570" data-source="post: 3979977" data-attributes="member: 15643"><p>The safest? Below ground on the west side of your house. The most practical for an able bodied person? In the garage floor. The most practical for a person who has physical mobility issues? Above ground in the house. All that said, the house we live in was built in 2001, as the previous house was wiped from off the foundation in 1999 by a tornado. The current shelter that we have is in the garage floor on the NW corner of the garage, has a flip open steel door and the door facing has a 4" raised lip to keep any water from running in. The homeowner who lived here during the tornado was in the same shelter at the time and his truck ended up on the shelter door and a large portion of the roof was on the truck. Neighbors came to check him shortly after and within 30 min with a couple large tractors with front end loaders they pulled everything off and got him out. We moved here in 2005.</p></blockquote><p></p>