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Tornado Shelter Choices Have Changed Here’s What Builders Miss Tornado shelter technology and design have evolved significantly in recent years. While shelters were once viewed as bunker-style, utilitarian structures, today’s options are sleek, efficient, and can be seamlessly integrated into modern home plans. Yet, many builders and homeowners still think of them as costly, intrusive…

Yes, tornadoes, like hurricanes and many other natural phenomena, do technically have a “season.” In the United States, tornado season generally falls in the spring, during the months of April, May, and June. Higher numbers of tornadoes form in these months compared to other times of the year. Tornadoes are often more intense during these…

Let’s be blunt: Don’t ever take the threat of severe weather lightly, especially while on the road.Proper preparedness in the face of tornadoes, thunderstorms, and other severe weather may literally determine whether you and your family live or die.And being on the road, in any type of vehicle, is one of the most dangerous places…

As the leading national storm shelter provider, we get asked many questions concerning community safe room/tornado shelters that we would like to share.Where is the best location for me to put these shelters?In a general location for all employees/occupants to have a quick entry time.Do you all build and install below ground commercial shelters?Yes! We…

Tornado season is coming fast and so now is the time to prepare a plan of action or freshen up the plan you may already have in place.For example, your tornado safety plan should include some of the following to-do tasks:Have an evacuation plan in place so that your whole family knows what to do…

For the first time ever, we are days away from this becoming the first year in the modern record with no violent tornadoes touching down in the United States.That means no tornadoes were rated EF4 or EF5 this year. It also means the 10 tornado deaths in 2018 are competing for the record low.Why the downward…

Tornadoes seem to be growing more powerful. Scientists are learning more about their power, as well as how they form, through the latest scientific studies. And according to one of the latest theories, your eyes may be deceiving you.Tornadoes don’t really drop down from the clouds, as our eyes tell us. The opposite is true, according…