Tornado Shelter Blogs

“Should I be designing my storm shelter per the ICC-500 or the FEMA P-361?” (posted 1-6-2017, written by Shauna Schultz)

Tornado Shelters-“If you are not underground you will not survive.” (posted 4-14-2016, written by Shauna Schultz)

Tornado Shelters-ICC-500 2014 Commentary is Available (posted 3-29-2016, written by Corey Schultz)

Using Toilets for Tornado Shelter Space (posted 6-29-2015, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelter Door Monitoring (posted 6-12-2015, written by Corey Schultz)

Locking Tornado Shelter Doors (posted 5-21-2015, written by Corey Schultz)

Updated Tornado Shelter Documents (posted 4-28-2015, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters-Thank You FEMA! (posted 10-10-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters-The “3 ½” Concrete Slab Issue (posted 9-22-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – Peer Reviews (posted 9-12-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – Arkansas Tornado Shelter Door Failure (posted 9-8-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – “FEMA Approved”?…I think not!  (posted 8-8-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – Retrofitting Existing Buildings into Shelters (posted 8-1-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters Relative to Sky Diving (posted 7-25-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Public Tornado Shelter/Safe Room Management-Part 3 (posted 7-18-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – Doing it right (posted 7-11-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters in Corridors-not so good (posted 7-7-14, written by Shauna Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – Buyer Beware (posted 6-27-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters/Safe Room-Smoke and Mirrors (posted 6-20-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Public Tornado Shelter/Safe Room Management-Part 2 (posted 6-6-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelter Walls versus Kinetic Energy and Deformation(posted 5-30-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelters – Are they worth the cost? (posted 5-23-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Tornado Shelter Revisions in the IBC 2015 (posted 5-16-14, written by Corey Schultz)

Public Tornado Shelters/Safe Room Management-Part I (posted 5-9-14, written by Corey Schultz)