Thread: Tornado Prep
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Old 03-21-2003, 11:08 AM
Honeykiss1974 Honeykiss1974 is offline
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Originally posted by Hootie


I've personally never heard of a "safe room". No matter how heavy a room's walls are, an F4 Tornado will slice it up. An F4 is so powerful it'll unhinge houses and throw them miles away.
Safe rooms are made of concrete walls about a foot thick, which are reinforced with steel beems.

They are not made like the average room on a brick home, which can be torn to shreds.

Here is a link for more info: http://www.weather.com/newscenter/sp...saferooms.html

Safe rooms are also endorsed by FEMA.


http://www.fema.gov/mit/saferoom/sr_endorse.shtm
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