Tornado Shelter Doors- should they swing in or should storm shelter doors swing out?
Question: Does it matter whether an above ground tornado shelter door swings inward or outward? Answer: With virtually every other tornado shelter door on the market, the door swings inward. In theory it’s supposed to make it more difficult to have your...
FEMA doesn’t “certify” safe rooms, storm shelters, or tornado shelters. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet
Just because you read something on the internet that doesn’t mean it’s true. Many unscrupulous storm shelter companies try to “pull the wool over our eyes” by making false claims that are sometimes simply outright lies. Take this sign for...I’m comparing tornado shelters. Could you tell me the difference between the NSSA certification you have for your storm shelters and the certification I have seen on other tornado shelters?
The National Storm Shelter Association’s Executive Director is Dr. Ernst Kiesling P.E., Ph.D, from Texas Tech University’s Wind Science and Engineering Research Center. Dr. Kiesling is recognized as one of the premiere authorities in the world on wind...If Tornado Shelters are Debris Impact Tested at Texas Tech are those Storm Shelters FEMA Certified?
If safe rooms are Impact Tested at Texas Tech does that automatically make them FEMA 320 Compliant? We attended a Home and Garden Show recently and had some customers ask us about FEMA compliance for storm shelters and impact testing at Texas Tech University....