Public Storm Shelters

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I want a house with a huge basement. I'll put a home theater in it so during tornados I can watch "twister."

There ya go! Now your thinking![]

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Steve and grahambino make excelent points.....

Thank you.  I thought so too.

Potential violent storms are just a fact of life here in Oklahoma.  If it is that much of a concern, live in a house with a basement, or construct a safe room or backyard storm shelter.  Public shelters maintained by tax dollars seem rather futile to me.

[sauerkraut]

Public Shelters won't work, no one will want to keep going to them for "false alarms" anyhoo, and by the time a funnel is seen heading your way it's too late to go to a public shelter. Many people would not even know where the public shelters are (even if you tell them they will forget). In the spring time many local weathermen break into TV shows and "Cry Wolf" every time a dar cloud passes by- are people supposed to keep rushing off to a shelter every time that happens? Most storms hit in the eveing after people just get home from a long day at work, who wants to rush out to a public storm shelter at that time anyhoo? I would not go to one.

[Radio]

Well, if anyone out there just can't live without a tornado shelter, I have a 35K square foot nuclear bunker just south of town, thanks to the cold war era.  Make you a deal!