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surprise_i'm_armed wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:21 pm I have been wondering something, and would like to get comments on the following scenario:

People have sometimes constructed a "safe room" against tornados. If their house took a direct hit from a tornado, the rest of the house could collapse upon the safe room. How would the occupants alert others on the outside to their predicament? Whistles? Bullhorn? Satellite phone (but wouldn't it need to have a clear view of the sky?)

SIA

We have vents for outside air in ours. we also keep whistles and flashlights that can be used to alert the outside

My wife is terrified by storms. Mostly because she is so dependent on oxygen and can't get away quickly if I am not home. Several years ago, we remodeled our home and added a large master closet. We had 6" reinforced concrete poured for walls and ceiling. We also had a 12x14 storm shelter built underground that is accessed through the closet. Originally, we had it strictly on house power. because of the "big freeze" we had a whole house generator installed so the shelter would also connect to it. The more I thought about it, we decided to also add solar power to the below ground shelter.
I have said all of this because we also have a small chest freezer and an apartment size refrigerator down there that we keep perishables in. I buy a 1/4 of a beef at a time and rotate items down there with our main freezer and refrigerators as we replenish. I also have dry goods as rice, beans, MRE's and such down there. We are pretty well stocked and could, in worst case scenario last 6 weeks or more on what we have underground. After that, well, who knows what things topside would look like.