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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tanis143" data-source="post: 3287834" data-attributes="member: 43724"><p>I'm sorry, but the facts say just the opposite. First off, above ground shelters are basically exposed on 5 sides to object strikes, underground shelters only have the top that is exposed and has ground on four sides of that top to help support anything that falls on it. This makes it much, much harder for objects to hit the shelter with enough force to destroy the metals integrity and cause injury to the occupants. The second problem with above ground shelters is they are only as stable as the concrete they are anchored to. As I said I've seen a previous house I lived in get picked up and half the solid slab foundation go with it. Won't do you any good if that happens. The only "experts" who say above ground is just as safe are the experts who work for above ground shelter companies.</p></blockquote><p></p>