The CAR absorbed the energy or it wouldn't have deformed like that.

Happened in missouri, half ton truck wrapped around an above ground shelter. Diff brand but made out of the same stuff. It was anchored on concrete and took a direct hit from an ef4, it didn't go anywhere only slightly dented it.

You have to hold it for the minute it takes the tornado to go through the hood.

5gal Home Depot bucket

That's a great point! Our shelters are modular so if something is blocking the door you can unbolt any panel and get out that way.

Why should it if a tornado isnt hidden lol.

It’s a metal room so your probably fine

Probably would have to leave since it has air vents which smoke would go in and would get hot if fire was all around you there'd also be little oxygen.

Passed standards at Texas Tech and is tested. What product are you selling that can compete.

@John Smith I will trust a ,major University like Texas Tech which does testing and shows its results before I trust some Smith dude telling me he thinks something is junk without showing some links to back up his statements. Not only that but these types of shelters have appeared on the news as the only thing standing after a tornado went throught.

@John Smith Texas Tech University says your opinion is junk lol. It has wrenches with which you can undo the nuts holding the panels of the structure to the frame and these come inwards. Also when a tornado blows through the only thing standing will be this thing, not much debris around. But even in the remote case you cant open door all the way see the above about the panels. You really must be one of those below ground dudes that is being put out of business

@John Smith Whatever dude these things have undergone testing by a major university and I am supposed to listen to your opinion when you have not tested anything. Just drop it you are making yourself look bad on here.

I just disassembled one of these. Those panels and columns are extremely heavy. I think it is 1/4" thick steel. These guys are stronger than they look on this video. There is a reason they are covered in sweat. It is a freaking bank vault and pretty much overkill secure. That door is super, super heavy and then some. I am 6'4, 315 LBS and could barely inch the door it across the floor with another grown man. Moving the door was extremely precarious. Take it from someone who's wrestled with one of these things.

Isn't that the point of the wrenches? If you become trapped, you can remove a panel and climb out.

@@paulajohnson1096 Derp

What is the definition of derp?

@@paulajohnson1096 what if something is on top at a weird angle and causes it to cave in

@@rodelgado9 I'm not sure but from what I've been told the top can handle a lot of weight. This company has another video where they literally dropped a car on it and it still was intact and sound.

Do they have any photos showing what the roof panels looked like after the car impacted it? Did they cave in more than 1", etc?

Aaron Miller Survived a car drop. Exceeds FEMA standards. It's thick enough, my friend.

@@MrTangent Nothing can be as thick as his skull which does not leave much room for his tiny brain.

rextuner03 I trust FEMA and independent testing over your limited speculation, no offense.

Mr. Tangent Ask people in New Orleans how good FEMA is... Lol

rextuner03 FEMA, while imperfect due to being run by imperfect humans, is a lot better than the libertarian nightmare of having no help in an emergency. Besides, I blame that more on the inept Bush Administration than FEMA itself. And a semi-botched response doesn't negate their testing standards.

@@MrTangent don’t blame it on the Bush Admin or FEMA. Blame it on the Governor and mayor at the time. They failed to enforce or provide adequate assistance to the evacuations. They had several hundred school buses that went unused because they didn’t have AC. I’d rather be hot that dead, personally.

@@lgmmrm The blame may lay somewhat on the mayor/governor, but Bush hired a guy whose, besides practicing law, sole experience was being an assistant to a mayor in a small town in Oklahoma. His qualifications were WHOLLY inadequate to run the largest rescue/preparedness administration in the United States, let alone the world. But he was a crony of Bush. He failed miserably at his job, as was testament to the whole horrible federal response in Katrina and ultimately resigned in disgrace as a result. Heck of a job, indeed.

The panels are 2 foot sections bolted together. Each panel has flanges on all four sides with adds strength. The flanges act as ribbing and can be very strong. It's 7 gauge steel. From what I have researched 12 gauge has never been penetrated by this test.

yea well I drove my truck on panel built just like that and it bent like a twig I would get in there safe room if they paid me only twister safe has the stronges safe room on the market

I think it is 1/4". but not sure. Those panels are very, very heavy. you cant tell in the time lapse video just how heavy those things are.

3/16" thick. I have one.

@@BH-it1kj Thanks