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Safety in garage floor / in ground vs above ground tornado shelters ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wheel Gun" data-source="post: 2204131" data-attributes="member: 19286"><p>Hail is one of the reasons why I'd probably not opt for an under-garage-floor unit. In every home that I've lived in, including my present home, I'd have to park my car over the shelter. And, my garage bays are shallow enough (and cars long enough) that I've got minimal room in front of an in back of the cars. So, if the weather guys tell us to dive for cover, my first step would be to open the garage door and back the car into the driveway so I can get into the thing. This would virtually guarantee that my car is getting hail damage--whether or not a tornado actually puts my house/family in jeopardy. Now, if I knew that I'm about to be smacked, I'd easily make that decision and sacrifice the car. But no one ever knows that.</p><p></p><p>So, human nature being what it is, I'd wait until the very last minute to absolutely positively make sure that the house is about to be wiped out before I open the garage door, back the car out and get everyone into the shelter. Waiting until the last minute is a bad bad plan. </p><p></p><p>That's why I have a shelter in the back yard. By my back door, I've got a flashlight, a weather radio and a very large heavy umbrella. If the sirens are going off and Gary England starts screaming at southern Logan County, that umbrella will get us through the hail and to safety. And, I'm never faced with that choice of car hail damage or safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wheel Gun, post: 2204131, member: 19286"] Hail is one of the reasons why I'd probably not opt for an under-garage-floor unit. In every home that I've lived in, including my present home, I'd have to park my car over the shelter. And, my garage bays are shallow enough (and cars long enough) that I've got minimal room in front of an in back of the cars. So, if the weather guys tell us to dive for cover, my first step would be to open the garage door and back the car into the driveway so I can get into the thing. This would virtually guarantee that my car is getting hail damage--whether or not a tornado actually puts my house/family in jeopardy. Now, if I knew that I'm about to be smacked, I'd easily make that decision and sacrifice the car. But no one ever knows that. So, human nature being what it is, I'd wait until the very last minute to absolutely positively make sure that the house is about to be wiped out before I open the garage door, back the car out and get everyone into the shelter. Waiting until the last minute is a bad bad plan. That's why I have a shelter in the back yard. By my back door, I've got a flashlight, a weather radio and a very large heavy umbrella. If the sirens are going off and Gary England starts screaming at southern Logan County, that umbrella will get us through the hail and to safety. And, I'm never faced with that choice of car hail damage or safety. [/QUOTE]
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