Master-Cylinder
Duck Loving Curmudgeon and Legendary Race Wrench
Well, I guess you better take it up with the people at Safe Shed. Maybe sue them for false claims and advertising.
It's hot here
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Kirk
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What "false claims and advertising"?
BigGar
high on placebo
So that's got to have some sort of foundation pillars deep into the ground or something, right?
Otherwise you can have a very strong box, but if it's tumbling across a field with you inside, that would be uncomfortable.
Kirk
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He doesn't actually have one.
scottcolbath
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Z
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Weight = 24K
Stronger,,, den a Nissan ,,pick up
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WSIU InFocus | Safe Sheds Above Ground Tornado Shelters
Safe Sheds Above Ground Tornado Shelters
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Kirk
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Kirk
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We dig that "hand of God" stuff too. A tremendous thunderstorm is great fun to us.
BIggerDanno
Titanium Bad Ass
Been there, done that. Wichita Falls, TX April 1979.
Scared the fuck out of me. Underground shelter was less than 1/4 mile from tornado.
Watched it destroy my Uncle's house about 100 yds away.
April 10, 1979 - The tornado, which was part of a tornado outbreak in the Red River valley area, began at 5:50 pm CST on the southwest flank of its parent supercell thunderstorm about 3 miles east-northeast of Holliday. Witnesses say the several distinct, small vortices were visible during the formative stage of the tornado as it moved along the Fort Worth and Denver railroad into Wichita County. Two
About the time the tornado entered town, it changed appearance, becoming one large black cloud of condensation and debris. The tornado was about a half-mile wide when it struck Memorial Stadium, snapping light standards and causing heavy damage to the field house. McNeil Junior High school was next in the path of the tornado and the school was severely damaged. The western portion of the school building was crushed by the intense winds.
The tornado then moved east-northeast into the Western hills neighborhood, south of Southwest Parkway. Several apartment complexes and many homes were destroyed, with several of the first deaths occurring in this area. The tornado expanded in size as it crossed Southwest Parkway, throwing automobiles about and leveling a number of businesses, including a bank and a fire station.
The twister was almost a mile wide when it entered the Faith Village neighborhood on the north side of the east-west oriented Southwest Parkway. Most of the homes in Faith Village were demolished. Ben Milam Elementary School was heavily damaged, as the cafeteria-auditorium was completely destroyed and exterior class rooms were pummeled by flying debris. The inner hallways would have been the only relatively safe shelter in the building. Surprisingly, very few fatalities occurred in Faith Village. Most people heeded the warnings and took shelter inside interior, small rooms in their homes. Most of the destroyed homes had some of these interior walls still standing after the tornado.
After moving out of Faith Village, the tornado flattened several businesses, including a restaurant, on Kemp Boulevard. Three people were killed in the restaurant. A number of people were also killed or injured in the parking lot of Sikes Senter (sic) Mall, also on Kemp Boulevard. Some of these people attempted to run to their cars from the mall.
Inside the mall, portions of the JC Penney store collapsed while other stores sustained light to moderate damage. No one was killed and only several major injuries occurred among the approximately one thousand shoppers who were in the mall. The mall was on the north side of the tornado path and appeared to escape the most violent winds. Near the center of the tornado and about a half mile south of the mall, a church was demolished with one person killed inside the building.
The tornado then crossed a short span of open fields before moving into the Colonial Park area. More widespread home destruction occurred in Colonial Park and several more apartment complexes were demolished. The heaviest damage in the apartments occurred in the second story of two-story buildings.
The tornado then swept through the Southmoor area, destroying homes and a shopping center. After crossing U.S. Highway 281, the twister then struck the Sun Valley neighborhood and destroyed additional homes, apartments, and businesses on the south side of U.S. Highway 287. A large number of cars were smashed and some people were killed along U.S. Highway 287. Some of these people had stopped their cars under an overpass on the highway, seeking shelter from the storm.
The tornado leveled a mobile home park on the north side of U.S. Highway 287, but residents had evacuated that area and no fatalities occurred in the park. The tornado then destroyed several industrial plants before moving into Clay County just south of TX State Highway 79.
The tornado was 1.5 miles wide as it passed through 8 miles of residential area in Wichita Falls. The intense damage averaged between one quarter and one half of a mile in width. Forty-two people were killed outright by the storm and 3 others died as a result of heart attacks.
Further statistics reveal that 25 of the deaths were auto-related. Sixteen of these 25 were people who entered their cars trying to evade the tornado. Eleven of the 16 people left homes that were not even damaged. Eight persons were killed outside, 4 were killed in homes or apartments, and 4 others died in public buildings. Seventeen hundred injuries were reported in Wichita Falls.
Total damage in Wichita Falls was estimated at $400 million (in 1979 dollars). Three thousand and ninety-five homes were destroyed and 600 were damaged. One thousand and sixty-two apartment units and condominiums were demolished and 130 damaged. In addition, 93 mobile homes were devastated. It is estimated that 5,000 families, consisting of almost 20,000 people, were left homeless in Wichita Falls.
The tornado continued into Clay County, resulting in no deaths, but 40 additional injuries. About $15 million of damage occurred as the tornado destroyed homes immediately south of TX State Highway 79, from Wichita Falls into the Dean and Petrolia areas.
One of those homes was my Uncle's.
The tornado exited Texas about 4 miles east of Byers, uprooting over 200 trees along the Red River.
Dissipation of the tornado occurred northwest of Waurika, Oklahoma, bringing the path length to 36 miles in Texas, and 11 miles in Oklahoma. Minor wind damage and hail to 2 inches in diameter occurred north of the tornado track in Wichita Falls, in conjunction with its parent supercell. Also, tornado survivors said that some golf ball size hail fell prior to and immediately after the tornado.
There is no doubt that hundreds of lives were saved by the news media and siren warnings. Amateur radio storm spotters turned in the first report of the storm, which allowed 5 to 10 minutes of valuable warning time. This followed an earlier warning at 5:08 pm, due to the Rocky Point tornado. Undoubtedly, this earlier warning and the afternoon Vernon tornado had primed the Wichita Falls populace to the threat of additional tornado activity.
BigGar
high on placebo
I'm sold.Weight = 24K
Stronger,,, den a Nissan ,,pick up
WSIU InFocus | Safe Sheds Above Ground Tornado Shelters
Safe Sheds Above Ground Tornado Shelters
Now I just need to move to tornado country.
Jackshit
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Same thing up here in OKC. Brutally hot with no end in sight. Cant put enough water down, our soil in my area is just sand. All the grass is brown, hedges dead and now the trees are looking bad.
Vicious_Cycle
they/them - LABusas Road Captain
Being in the natural gas industry, I have an interest in subsoil temperature. I measure the temperature 3 feet below grade and check it fairly often.
Right now, it's 71 degrees at that depth in northeast Ohio, and likely about the same for a large surrounding area. It won't go much above that this year. Over winter the temperature drops, obviously. We got down to 36 degrees at that depth late last winter (beginning of March).
I would expect your temperatures to be well above mine, although at the depth your safe house is set, I'd expect it to be cool and comfortable year-round.
tinhead
Has never named a pet
12Ā°c, waiting on a pint of summer ale and fish tacos here in Seward, AK.
Location, location, location
Location, location, location
scottcolbath
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100 degrees at 9:00. Iām sitting outside watching Encanto with the granddaughter.
Busa 1 Dave
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The weather in the desert is pretty wild this year. Was at the ranch all last week and Monday night had a storm coming in about 5. Doing some boring to determine pollution levels and put the rig down and call it a day. There is a power plant north of the ranch gate and the power lines coming off of it had a bad day. Must have been some real intense microbursts to knock down 6 of these towers.
Master-Cylinder
Duck Loving Curmudgeon and Legendary Race Wrench
As long as it is anchored down, it wouldn't. And no, I don't have one because I always put stuff off until it is too late.
I have a couple smallish shed behind my house, they are anchored to the ground with cables. The back porch on my house is anchored with cables too.
The tornadoes we get here are in the 1~3 range. But I'd bet my life on being in a Safe Shed in a EF5 tornado.
The back escape hatch is good too.
If a tree or car ended up on the lid of that semi underground oversized flour bin you have outback, good luck. It also looks like the top could be sucked off the top of it. The Safe Shed is one constant pour after the floor/base is set.
Anything can be destroyed, but I'd rather ride out a bad ass storm in a Safe Shed.
I was with you until I missed the Joplin, MO tornado in 2011. I was supposed to stay there that night. I was traveling with a caravan of cars on our way to Springfield. We got tired and decided to stay the night about 40 miles outside of Joplin. At the time, I thought it was a terrible decision; we were in a shithole hotel, with nothing around but a Mcdonald's, and it was only 4 pm. ( the decision proved to be a good one, it saved our lives). Later that day, the sirens began whaling. We were up early to get on with the program, and when we arrived in Joplin at 8 am it resembled a warzone. The trees were twisted into rope fiber, total destruction. From that moment on, I have no desire to face a large tornado. Now a cat 5 hurricane, I'd like to experience that (and hopefully live through it). But I've never been in that position so I don't know what I'd think if I was actually stuck in one.
Master-Cylinder
Duck Loving Curmudgeon and Legendary Race Wrench
A tornado will smack the shit out of your house and move on in seconds. A hurricane goes on for hours and hours. Seems to usually be around six hours here.
Been in the eye of a hurricane once, it was beautiful, bluest sky I'd even seen. Dead calm wind. Then, it wasn't.
Been in the eye of a hurricane once, it was beautiful, bluest sky I'd even seen. Dead calm wind. Then, it wasn't.
Wretch
amazingly graceful
I'm not sure I'm fully qualified but, as I understand it, the place is large, cold and empty...
...so much so that; even though there may be much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth,
no one else will be able to hear it.
Wretch
amazingly graceful
Indeed, I was hoping to meet up with a lot of old friends myself.
Master-Cylinder
Duck Loving Curmudgeon and Legendary Race Wrench
GSXRTURBO1
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He may have been referring to the amount of shade at your place...
Wretch
amazingly graceful
Busa 1 Dave
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We are about 2 miles due north of the chalk mountain fire and have had a whole lot more rain than that lol. People who are not native to Texas just do not understand. Do not let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.1/2021 to today .. 11" of rain, total, for 2 years
Busa 1 Dave
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Do not care-----your state is toast. The liberals have ruined it. Hopefully your remaining good years will be pleasant! Good luck!
GSXRTURBO1
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Well, lessee, how do I say this...?
You cared enough to post that you didn't care. Am I right, or am I right?
Busa 1 Dave
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Hope the remaining good years (10 or so are good) after that or close to it will be a liberal paradise no doubt!Well, lessee, how do I say this...?
You cared enough to post that you didn't care. Am I right, or am I right?
OP
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That would put you in Hood county, and also make you a lair .. not that anyone believes your shit on here anyway ..We are about 2 miles due north of the chalk mountain fire and have had a whole lot more rain than that lol. People who are not native to Texas just do not understand. Do not let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Kirk
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This wouldn't be funny, if it weren't true:
BigGar
high on placebo
Hit 81 today with those clouds that seem to magnify the UV index. Humid too @59%.
Fuck this place!
Fuck this place!
RollieFree
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I feel your pain. Been cloudy, cool and raining a bit every day. Humidity must be 40%. We are fucking dying.
RF
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Duck Loving Curmudgeon and Legendary Race Wrench
Humidity in my house is around 50%~55%.
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hit 82 today...
it will be in the high 50's by 5 am and back to the mid 80's...
winter is coming...
it will be in the high 50's by 5 am and back to the mid 80's...
winter is coming...
Bandit Man
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But that is expected living in Florida.