Why F-5 Storm and Fallout
Shelters?
All of our Shelters are
designed by a structural engineer. Our storm shelters
and fallout shelters meet or exceed all of the F.E.M.A
guidelines. Both our storm shelters and fallout shelters
have corrosion protection that can triple the life of
the shelters over many of our competitors storm shelters
and fallout shelters.
Our storm shelters and safe rooms are designed and
certified to withstand an F-5 tornado and more.
Many shelters on the market are made for 250 mile per
hour winds, or up to a medium range F-4 tornado. Our
shelters and safe rooms are made to withstand any F-5
tornado and even up to 330 miles per hour winds.
Why do I need a Storm/Fallout Shelter or Safe room?
Spring is tornado season in the South with 50% of
all tornadoes occurring between the months of April and
June. Most tornadoes occur between noon and sunset.
However, tornadoes are unpredictable, and can occur any
time, day or night, January through December. The
eastern 2/3 of the
United States
has the greatest concentration of tornadoes on earth.
Thunderstorms
and their attendant tornadoes typically move
northeasterly or easterly, but tornado tracks can be
erratic. Tornadoes move forward at speeds ranging from
nearly stationary to 60 M.P.H. or more. Measurements
from the Doppler Radar give top speeds in the 250-300
M.P.H. range.
There are 50 large Nuclear
Plants in the U.S. that produce over 1,000,000 k.w.
of electricity daily. If there was an accident, or a
terrorist attack at one of these facilities, it could be
disastrous without a fallout shelter.
Now that several of the smaller
nations have the capability of producing nuclear bombs, as
shown on the news almost daily, we must prepare ourselves.
Why Metal?
When we
started checking into building underground shelters, we were
very thorough. We talked to several engineers about
the structure, strength,
and durability of different types
of shelters.
We were interested in
fiberglass
shelters because they were cheaper, light, and easy to install. We were warned that
a fiberglass shelter is not safe from a severe tornado.
Then we started researching concrete
shelters. Again, these shelters have many bad points. The concrete walls sweat and
often become moldy inside. Sometimes the concrete cracks and seeps water.
Then, we thoroughly checked into
metal
shelters, and found that if coated properly, they are safe, long-lasting, and stay dry
inside. Compare our shelters to any other on the market. They are better than
any we have found. You might find a cheaper shelter, but it will not have the
quality of our shelters.
Don't forget, we custom
build...
Our shelters are ideal for churches, fire departments, town
halls, etc. We now build
large shelters for businesses and communities...up to
160 person occupancy each.
Our
safe rooms can go inside any home that is going to be
built, or outside existing homes.

If you
live in a low lying area or an area prone to rising waters
from hurricanes, etc. we have the ideal safe room for you. We can
put a safe room in the first floor of a two story home with
the door entrance to the safe room on top. Now you can enter
the saferoom from the second floor of your home. The
entrance can be inside a closet or any where you choose.
When this is done, the water would be 8' or 9' deep inside
your home before it can enter the safe room. These
safe rooms can be put under homes that are built up on poles
in low lying areas where the entrance is still inside the
home. These have to be installed before the home is built.
We can put these outside an existing home. When we do this,
we build steps on the outside of the shelter going up to the
top. Once you are at the top, you open the door and step
into the shelter and go down the steps inside.
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