If you live in a tornado-prone area, it’s only a matter of time before your house falls into the path of a damaging twister. When this event happens, you don’t want to be left without a safe area in your home to protect your family. The most serious tornados can have winds of up to 200 miles per hour, which is more than enough to take off roofs, throw trees and other large debris around, and even to uproot houses from their foundations. The only way to protect against potential harm to your family in this event is to have an impregnable room either within or outside your house where your family can wait out the storm.


Tornado shelter design

Whether your tornado shelter is inside or outside of your home, there are a few things that it needs to have. For one, it needs to have an impact-resistant shell made of multiple layers of wood, steel, and reinforced concrete. It also needs to be strongly rooted on a concrete slab that cannot be lifted out of the ground. If the shelter is inside of the home, this slab needs to be independent of the home’s foundation.

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