by Monty | May 7, 2024 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Have you ever thought to yourself “I would like to own one, but do I have the right set up to attach it to?” If you have, the answer is yes you can! According to the size of safe room you want, pour a separate reinforced concrete slab at...
by Leslie | Apr 22, 2024 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
EF-5 FEMA Compliant Tornado Protection in a Handy Workbench for True Multi-Use Functionality Meet the Lifesaver Workbench Safe Room. These multi-purpose tornado shelters, crafted with the same quality and strength as Tornado Alley Armor Safe Rooms other above-ground...
by Leslie | Apr 22, 2024 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Do you need a very large safe room for your business/employees but aren’t sure where to turn? Give Tornado Alley Armor a call! This is our Fortress model which has 77 Sq Ft of protection. Our great team of installers just completed this install yesterday in...
by Leslie | Mar 13, 2024 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
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...
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 | Jan 10, 2024 | Storm Shelter Comparisons Blog
EZ Armor safe rooms by Tornado Alley Armor adapt to your changing needs. Remodeling the garage? What if your family grows? Kids move away? No problem! Remodeling garage space? The EZ Armor safe room can easily be moved or modified in your existing space to fit...
by Leslie | Oct 24, 2023 | Severe Weather in the News Blog
It doesn’t take an EF-5 rated tornado to do enough damage to a home to need a safe place to shelter. Even high winds like Tulsa, OK, and the surrounding Green Country area, experienced recently is bad enough. Having a verified safe place to get away from debris...
by Leslie | May 30, 2022 | Storm Shelter Comparisons Blog
Survive any storm with panelized above ground tornado storm shelters manufactured by Tornado Alley Armor Safe Rooms. They are available in a variety of sizes suited for 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30 and even more adults. Measurements include (rounding) 2 1/2″...
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 | May 2, 2022 | Storm Shelter Comparisons Blog
We recently had a customer ask us: How thick is the steel in your Tornado Alley Armor safe rooms? Answer: Regarding our steel, you’ll likely be comparing apples to oranges. Unlike nearly all other manufacturers, we use HOT ROLLED ASTM 1011-CS Type B 10-gauge...
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...
by Leslie | Mar 21, 2022 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog
Not every company rates their sizes the same way. At Tornado Alley Armor Safe Rooms we always use FEMA guidelines in everything we do. FEMA suggests you should have 3 square feet per adult, so going by that guideline the Champion safe room is a 3 adult size. Something...
by Leslie | Mar 9, 2022 | Severe Weather in the News Blog, Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
The Shoham family in Ft Meyers, Florida were very lucky when they had a tornado blow through their neighborhood. They locked themselves in their Tornado Alley Armor safe room and were protected while riding out the storm. Some of their neighbors weren’t so...
by Leslie | Aug 26, 2021 | FEMA Safe Room Guidelines Blog, Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Tornado Alley Armor Safe Rooms delivers and installs tornado storm shelters all over the entire state of Texas as well as the entire country. Call us for great rates or simply create a quote using the Pricing tab on our website. We are excited to manufacture NSSA...
by Leslie | May 21, 2021 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
We recently had a customer ask us: “Is my water safe to drink after a tornado?” The answer is below: A tornado itself won’t cause your drinking water to be unsafe, but if you have experienced damage that may have affected your water system, be cautious. If...
by Leslie | May 3, 2021 | National Storm Shelter Association Blog, Storm Shelter Comparisons Blog
What is the safest tornado shelter? The safest tornado shelter is one that has been verified to withstand an F5 tornado by the NSSA (National Storm Shelter Association.) The only way to truly know for sure that your shelter has been designed and built to EF-5...
by Leslie | Apr 26, 2021 | Tips from a Safe Room Professional Blog
Ours can! But that is not something that every storm shelter can honestly confirm. At Tornado Alley Armor, our first priority as a company has always been the safety of every single person and family who put their trust in us. We are not just selling a product, we are...
