by Leslie | Feb 12, 2024 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Having a child who is terrified of storms can be hard, but it is important to help them through it. Below are some tips that you can try to make storm season a little easier for everyone involved. 1. Stay Calm – The most important thing you can do is remain...
by Leslie | Feb 3, 2024 | Choosing Your Safe Room Site Blog, Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Is the best location for a tornado safe room inside the house or outside in the ground? Weather authorities used to say to stay away from the southwest corner of your house because they believed that was where the tornado would strike the hardest. Today we now know...
by Leslie | May 16, 2022 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
No, tornado sirens are not required by law to be installed, tested or even inspected in ANY state. The sirens we hear today weren’t even originally used as tornado sirens. In 1950, sirens were used to signal people of air raids. It wasn’t until the 1970’s that these...
by Leslie | May 13, 2022 | Severe Weather in the News Blog, Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
In 1887 the word “tornado” was banned from all weather forecasts by the Army Signal Corps. The reasoning being that the lack of knowledge on tornadoes and their formation was causing too much mass panic when the word was spoken to the public. Unfortunately, the...
by Leslie | May 7, 2022 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Washington County FEMA Safe Room Grant recipients! Over 100 residents in Washington County, OK are receiving FEMA grant money to assist in purchasing a tornado safe room. If you live in Copan, Bartlesville, Ramona, as well as any other cities in Washington County, OK...
by Leslie | Apr 17, 2022 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Do you have a small area at the front of your garage similar to this one? Sometimes these “parking curbs” run the entire width of the garage. Sometimes they are on the side of the garage. Most of the time our 3 person Champion safe room and our 5 person...
