#5 Postby Preppie » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:08 pm
Our safe room is an 8 x 10 steel tornado shelter in one half of the attached garage. We bought it from Richard McCalley of KeepSafe industries in Virginia seven years ago. If nothing else, it provides a safe place to store your emergency supplies.
We're very pleased with the quality of our shelter. Two bunks have been built in, plus wide shelves to hold four cat cages. Chromed wire and plastic shelving take care of storage problems. And there's a camping potty too.
I don't know what they sell for these days but this was the best shelter deal around at the time and Richard is VERY helpful. He designed the safe room himself and it was tested and approved by Texas Tech. As I recall, it not only protects against 250 mph winds and falling debris, but resists small arms fire! With a family tent fixed to the front, we could live in this shelter for a while if a hurricane ever damaged the rest of the house. (Note: we're not in a flood zone.)
P.S. Sorry, almost forgot--the door of our safe room is, of course, steel and in a steel frame. The fastening mechanism involves a lever which is manipulated to secure six 1/2" steel rods into the frame. I think the steel door itself is about 1/4" thick.
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