[a1m1700]

Does anyone have one of those storm shelters in their backyard?

[Wyoming53]

a1m1700 said:

Does anyone have one of those storm shelters in their backyard?

Yes, I do. But mine is hand dug. It's 10x12 with a 7 ft ceiling. I have shelves on the wall. On the shelves are about 2 weeks worth of canned goods and water. I have a port-a-potty in the corner. I have 2 cots hanging on the wall. Every third month I rotate the canned goods with canned goods in the house.

If you are thinking of one. Do a google search for it. They have some fantastic ones on the web. It's a pod. They did a hole, drop the pod in and fill in around it and are gone on the same day. The pod is fully self contained. Course, size depends on the amount of bucks you want to spend.

I have 2 weeks worth of food and water because my thought is the house next door will probably be setting on top of my shelter and it'll take a few days to find me. haha

[MyAzi]

nope but we have an inground trampoline...guess we could hide under that... oh wait I live in Wa no need for them!

[washington native]

hey, we don't allow your kind on the missouri threads.

when i moved here, i was (and still am to be honest) freakin' amazed at some of the shit that goes on concerning the weather ... stuff i've never witnessed in my life. i HAVE gone to work and said, "ya know, if it continuously lighteninged and thundered (five seconds in between, for 18 hours) ALL freakin' day back home, we'd be waiting for the clouds to part and the four horsemen to appear announcing the apocalypse." (i also still freak out -- a whole lot -- when i think of the water moccasins swimming in our rivers, lakes and streams down here.)

but, the one thing i have learned from the natives here is, you can't control the weather ... and you're just wasting your time and sanity worrying about it.

welcome to missouri. if you don't like the weather, don't worry, it will change in five minutes.