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<blockquote data-quote="yukonjack" data-source="post: 2490661" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>You may be late to this party but we&#039;ve discussed this subject to death. Every above ground shelter that has taken a direct hit from a tornado has survived intact. I&#039;ve got photographs from all of the above ground shelters in Piedmont that took direct hits from their EF-5 tornado in 2011. Talked to most of the survivors that rode the tornado out and only one had a complaint. And that was about the sound of the roar from the tornado. You may want to do some more research. In the case of a massive tornado going through a very densely populated area you maybe stuck in one of those below ground cubby hole shelters in your garage for a while. Emergency services quickly get overwhelmed. I&#039;d make plans of some type for self-rescue. Otherwise make it comfortable enough to spend hours in. Be aware if you have any family members that have claustriphobia. That&#039;s one complaint I heard about the coffin size shelters.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="yukonjack, post: 2490661, member: 2939"] You may be late to this party but we've discussed this subject to death. Every above ground shelter that has taken a direct hit from a tornado has survived intact. I've got photographs from all of the above ground shelters in Piedmont that took direct hits from their EF-5 tornado in 2011. Talked to most of the survivors that rode the tornado out and only one had a complaint. And that was about the sound of the roar from the tornado. You may want to do some more research. In the case of a massive tornado going through a very densely populated area you maybe stuck in one of those below ground cubby hole shelters in your garage for a while. Emergency services quickly get overwhelmed. I'd make plans of some type for self-rescue. Otherwise make it comfortable enough to spend hours in. Be aware if you have any family members that have claustriphobia. That's one complaint I heard about the coffin size shelters. [/QUOTE]

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