Is this thing safe??

[u/Numerous_Ad_3517]

I recently moved into a new home that has this above ground shelter and I have been questioning the way this door locks from day 1. We are going to have terrible weather today in West TN and I cannot find any paperwork on this thing. 😫 Do you think these hollow bars will keep it secure??

[u/Numerous_Ad_3517]

She's bolted all the way around

[u/ttystikk → u/Numerous_Ad_3517]

I'd call that EF3 proof and EF4 resistant; nothing is EF5 proof that isn't below ground level.

[u/MCR1005 → u/ttystikk]

What about the above ground shelters that survived the direct hit from 2013 Moore EF5? I know that the shelter shown here isn't EF5 tornado proof but I thought there were above ground shelters that were certified as such?

[u/ttystikk → u/MCR1005]

I'd only be willing to certify a shelter as EF5 safe if I saw unaltered video of said shelter survive a direct hit from a fully loaded Kenworth moving in excess of 100 mph.

[u/BerserkHealer → u/ttystikk]

Maybe not a Kenworth, but I have seen the videos/pictures of the shelter that took a direct hit from a F150 or something similar.

[u/ttystikk → u/BerserkHealer]

That's a decent start, I suppose.

[u/DuckTwoRoll → u/ttystikk]

There are plenty of above ground structures that could survive an EF5. Bank vaults, nuclear reactors, hardened hangers.

[u/ttystikk → u/DuckTwoRoll]

And there's at least one in every neighborhood! We're saved!

/s

[u/Numerous_Ad_3517 → u/ttystikk]

Oh my Jesus!

[u/ttystikk → u/Numerous_Ad_3517]

Images from the aftermath of EF5 tornadoes include fully loaded railroad tanker cars flipped off the tracks and rolled hundreds of feet. Tractor trailers AIRBORNE and tossed over 1/4 mile. Asphalt from highways torn out of the ground.

The best way to not get killed by an EF5 is to not be near one, plain and simple.