by Leslie | May 16, 2013 | Severe Weather in the News Blog
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people in Northern Texas, especially Granbury, TX where they were hit so hard by the tornadoes that ripped through the area last night. Spring isn’t over yet. May is the peak month for tornadoes and June has almost as many...
by Leslie | May 11, 2013 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
I live in Grayson County in Sherman, Texas and have been chosen by FEMA to get a rebate on a Safe Room. Why does it matter who I buy it from? Basically it’s because the tornado shelter industry is unregulated and anyone can make storm shelters and say anything they...
by Leslie | May 8, 2013 | Severe Weather in the News Blog
The myth that tornado alley is in the Plains and Midwest states have been shattered in recent decades. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia have all had deadly tornado outbreaks in the past few years. Of the top ten cities most likely to be hit by a...
by Leslie | May 6, 2013 | National Storm Shelter Association Blog
Dr. Ernst Kiesling, Executive Director of the National Storm Shelter Association and professor of Engineering at the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University, addressing an emergency preparedness conference in Alabama....
by Leslie | May 4, 2013 | Severe Weather in the News Blog
Hunstville, Alabama are you aware that your town was rated #1 in top 10 of cities where homes are most likely to get hit by a tornado by Tornado expert Dr Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel and weather.com? Birmingham, Alabama was rated #3. Dr....
