Whole house generator questions (Page 6/6) ls3mach MAY 22, 04:22 PM quote Originally posted by Hudini: You probably know this already. All of the storm shelters that were affected by the F5 tornado that hit Moore, OK were looked at after the fact. Every single one survived intact, both above ground and under ground. The only fatality involved an underground shelter which filled with water after the door was blocked. That’s why I built mine above ground with a door that opens inward. I am unfortunately very familiar with all of the shelters and their respective issues. A few years back a fistful of kids died in a shelter incident like you are describing. Elementary age kids. Ours went to a different one, but it was within a mile of her school too. https://nypost.com/2013/05/...ue-recovery-efforts/ During that particular storm my shelter was underground and outdoors. We attempted to seek refuge, but after about 30 minutes my doggy was stressed out and the door had started to take on water and was flooding. It was all I could do to open the dang thing. My new house didn't have one at all. I came home from the hospital where my great great uncle had just passed. On the way home flooding was extremely bad. My mother stalled. My uncle flooded his wife's Honda Odyssey and fouled out O2 sensors. Both were lucky to make it home. I found the kid in my closet doing homework with a bicycle helmet on. They don't scare me a bit, but with all the specials and cost I went ahead and ordered one. We looked at plenty, but if I was going to be out the money I didn't want to be cramped. Which was an issue for my uncle during the Plaza Towers storm (less than a mile from his house). A neighbor had one of the small ones that are 3.5' or so. It was hot and crowded. Mine actually stays super cool due to sitting on water. Here are a couple photos to give an idea of the size. We haven't ever really used it, but it will help resale and is kind of like a gun as far as I'm concerned. The 2nd photo has 7 layers of bottled water stacked if that maybe tells you the size. Obviously I keep toiletries and a couple buckets. Coloring books. Flashlights for all. Basic supplies. Radio. Food. It all stores around the sides under the bench seat so doesn't take up any room from occupants. This house does not take on water not even in the strongest storms with the garage door wide open. As I said I am moving. I am going to bury a conex and stack another on top for my shelter there. Weld them together. We had looked at the indoor ones too, but the place where I wanted it was also where I am building a closet. My aunt had one for my now dead uncle. He was in a chair and they had it put in the garage. I don't think it's been used once. I need my garage space, so that has never been something I'd do. Her house would fit in my living room though, so not exactly a fair comparison.