Safety in garage floor / in ground vs above ground tornado shelters ?

[Biggsly]

Anything is better then nothing. Seems like most of the storm shelter threads are turing into the AK vs AR and 1911 vs Glock. It is not about mine being better then yours. Just get something, if you have a family.

 

[SMS]

If you read the earlier posted article with the engineer, they say how many shelters survived in Joplin (11) and May 20 Moore (16).

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-tornadoe...-in-face-of-ef5-moore-tornado/article/3840636

Saw that...but with a tornado, there is a world of difference between being "in the path" and "near the path". I wonder if they have a more detailed breakdown.

 

[Cowman]

I guess a person could put the Location of a shelter on the about portion of Facebook or other social media sites.

 

[Skiluvr03]

Sorry, I missed the article. I will look at it when I get home to the laptop

 

[SMS]

Sorry, I missed the article. I will look at it when I get home to the laptop

It's light on actual data. It gives a number of shelters that were "In or near the path". It doesn't say if they were occupied and how the occupants made out. It doesn't specify location, damage, or compare damage and impact on occupants to below ground etc...

I'm sure they will be putting together a more academic report at some point. It will be nice to check it out when/if they do.

 

[blckthree]

I keep reading, keep watching for further info and keep thinking about a shelter. My problem, I don't have enough room in the garage to sacrifice the space without leaving a car outside, I don't want to crawl in a hole in the ground. So now I have turned my thoughts to putting a safe room outside on the patio. An Oz Saferoom would be nice, but I don't have that much money!

Mike

 

[mapcon1941]

Maybe we could all convert to Islam and demand that fortified, underground "prayer rooms" be installed in our garages?

 

[Glock]

I'm ready to make a deposit on an OZ shelter, going to build it onto the house. Both sisters too.

 

[LightningCrash]

It's light on actual data. It gives a number of shelters that were "In or near the path". It doesn't say if they were occupied and how the occupants made out. It doesn't specify location, damage, or compare damage and impact on occupants to below ground etc...

I'm sure they will be putting together a more academic report at some point. It will be nice to check it out when/if they do.

I'm sure you can email the researcher.

Also UM had some research on the subject
https://www.facebook.com/notes/jopl...e-room-we-want-to-talk-to-you/214835821881028

 

[Skiluvr03]

Blkthree, you do realize that you can still put car in the garage. The shelter looks like a pit at a oil change shop with a sliding door on it. You park the car on top of it.