But it seems to me like the most common place for them to be installed around here, is in the garage. But come to find out….there are these huge steel storm shelters that can be installed above or below ground, in the garage or outside. You know, like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. So, I kinda figured storm shelters would be a hole in the backyard with a wooden cover that swings shut. ( Or, from what the weather guy says each time tornadoes have been near and we have been glued to the news…….the most center room of your house, without windows.) ( Maybe someone reading this knows a little more?) So….the way residents around here typically seek shelter when tornadoes come to town, are storm shelters. The water table is pretty high here and the crazy red soil probably has something to do with it too, but basements tend to flood. There are very few basements in Oklahoma. Because whether or not you’ll ever have to purchase or even enter one, it’s kind of fascinating.
And to think that people actually crawl down into these underground steel boxes, when tornadoes are nearby. Because without ever having seen one, it’s kind of a strange to even think about. I started getting emails about it and realized most of you were probably just as curious as I was. Well, many of you had plenty of questions about it and how big it was, where we bought it, what it looks like inside, etc.
RADIO RECEPTION IN METAL STORM SHELTER INSTALL
Well, we installed one about 2 weeks later, on March 17th, and I posted a few pictures of the install on Instagram. The brand new house we bought didn’t have one ( which should be a law in this state, am I right?) and I knew I wouldn’t be able to rest, until one was installed. The one thing I was adamant about buying very FIRST for this house (even though we needed window blinds….and still don’t have them, ha!), was a storm shelter. And that state just happened to be famous for twisters. It was no secret among our friends and family that the biggest worry of mine about moving to Oklahoma almost 3 months ago ( we moved from Colorado to Oklahoma at the end of February….more about that here and here) - was, yep, the TORNADOES! Those suckers have always freaked me out! And I remember saying out loud when moving here was an actual possibility, “who actually moves to Oklahoma? On purpose?!?!”įast forward to my husband Steve accepting a new job, a super speedy house sell in CO, a frantic last minute weekend trip to look for a house in OK, and a whirlwind move to a brand new state 3 weeks later, on February 27th.
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