Amidst the debris in the path of the EF-5 tornado that tore through Moore we found safe rooms that survived; both above and below ground. But we wanted to know whether above or below ground is ...

Thinking about adding a panic room to your home? Here’s what it really costs—and what factors drive the price up or down.

They researched the government guidelines for building a reinforced room to withstand winds of 250 mph and built their own above-ground tornado safe room out of reinforced concrete. It saved their ...

An above-ground residential safe room is pictured amid debris from the EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. Submitted photo Hoosier homeowners who want to build a tornado ...

For homeowners, a certified above-ground safe-room may be the best solution. "First you need a good 4-inch slab, and the slab needs to be reinforced, and once we locate that we check for cracks ...

A room where you can store jewelry ... Many of the new shelters are above-ground $4,000-$15,000 prefabricated pads that can be bolted to the garage s concrete pad, or even installed inside ...

above-ground, concrete-reinforced safe room adjacent to the Tushka pre-school. A block away, about 100 other residents, their kids and their dogs in tow, rushed into the 90-year-old, below-ground ...

It’s that respect that motivated Camp to insist on a tornado safe room for her home. She went with an above-ground shelter made by Twister Safe in Neosho. “I feel a lot better knowing I have ...

The district hopes that when future schools are built, they will also have similar above-ground safe rooms.

Part of that preparation sometimes includes a “panic room” or bunker to keep themselves safe in an emergency ... pre-fabricated options installed above-ground can be much more affordable ...