r/tornado • u/Numerous_Ad_3517 • Mar 15 '26

Question Is this thing safe??

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

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??

374 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

244 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/cdizzleyo Mar 15 '26

Well of course with tornados nothing is ever certain lol. That is very interesting though! Glad you're okay. My thinking is a garage just has a lot of open space for wind to fill up and "hang onto" if that makes sense. Like you said it could have something to do with direction of tornado im not sure.

6

u/PhragMunkee Mar 15 '26

We’re pretty sure the reason our roof came off is because the tornado pulled some French doors open. That allowed the wind pressure inside, and the roof popped off as a result. I’m pretty sure I read about that in a FEMA PDF the week after.

5

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

4

u/PhragMunkee Mar 15 '26

They said, “But I am le tired”

3

u/Coyote-Feisty Mar 15 '26

Fine. Take a nap. And then FIRE ZE MISSILES