Storm shelter recommendation

[Wheel Gun]

Whatever you guys are considering, make your mind up and get it quickly.

 

[rlongnt]

We move into our new home Friday that has an in ground shelter. It was a "HUGE" selling point for me.

 

[turkeyrun]

Any is better than nothing.

Kind like a parachute or carrying a gun. You hope don't need it, but better than needing it and not having it.

Get the biggest, best you can. All have advantages / disadvantages. In garage / below ground best IMHO. My biggest complaint / concern with most shelters / cellars is only 1 entrance / exit.

 

[Wheel Gun]

I'm seeing photos from Moore of cars and trees sitting on top of outdoor/in-ground shelters. I wonder how hard it would be to put a jack in my in-ground shelter to help get that door open? I know that the newer garage-floor models have rams to get the sliding doors back open. In my case, my door swings outward/upward, so a heavy object on top would make it pretty impossible to open.

Minimally, I need to get some sort of siren or signaling device that would help rescue crews locate us.

 

[Danny Tanner]

Minimally, I need to get some sort of siren or signaling device that would help rescue crews locate us.

Include ear plugs, not only for the pressure changes caused by a twister over head, but that siren is going to be pretty loud in such a small enclosure.

 

[Rez Exelon]

I'm seeing photos from Moore of cars and trees sitting on top of outdoor/in-ground shelters. I wonder how hard it would be to put a jack in my in-ground shelter to help get that door open? I know that the newer garage-floor models have rams to get the sliding doors back open. In my case, my door swings outward/upward, so a heavy object on top would make it pretty impossible to open.

Minimally, I need to get some sort of siren or signaling device that would help rescue crews locate us.

Another idea might be to keep a spare cell battery in there and note your precise GPS coordinates. You may not be able to get a GPS fix inside the shelter when the SHTF but you're more likely to be able to text the coordinates out if you already have them. This also helps in case street signs and such are wiped off the face of the earth.

 

[Wheel Gun]

you're more likely to be able to text the coordinates out if you already have them. This also helps in case street signs and such are wiped off the face of the earth.

What a great idea. Thanks.

Include ear plugs, not only for the pressure changes caused by a twister over head, but that siren is going to be pretty loud in such a small enclosure.

"Quick. Dig here! This note says that there's a deaf man buried down here. [reading] Wait. No, it says that he's just deafened himself."

 

[freewookie]

There has been a waiting list and it will probably get that much longer now. This might be a stopgap until you were able to have one installed.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-an-Earthbag-Dome/?ALLSTEPS
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/earthbag-building-garden-shed.aspx#axzz2U324xoVf

 

[Rez Exelon]

http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/extpubs/Plans/6376.pdf

This would also work if you are a super duper do-it-yourselfer. I'm not a rocket scientist, but that might be a darned expensive.

Random note, but I got that from http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/extpubs/PlanList97.htm. There are free plans for a bazillion different structures published by the University of Tennessee. Site is worth checking out.

 

[freewookie]

That's interesting and love the UT site!

My concern with cinder block construction is what happened to the schools. Pretty sure they were cinder block.


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