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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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F-5 Storm & Fallout Shelters
348 Delmus McMurray Road
Baskin, Louisiana  71219
Phone & Fax (318) 248-2994
1-888-485-0769
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All pictures of tornadoes and hurricanes are from the NOAA & NSSL websites