Assuming a ground level site, is it possible to build a safe room/shelter inside an apartment?

[mahina]

Could you anchor cinder blocks beneath or to a foundation and hang a secure interior roof, to make a closet to shelter in, that would survive 185 MPH winds?

Hoping all are safe and well tonight and morning brings relief.

[defacto7]

1. There are such things but I wouldnt use cinder block.

Too light. The problem of flooding is a different issue.

[unc70]

2. Not realistically. Still vulnerable to any breach

Whether water washing away foundation, or wind opening up windows, walls, or roof sections -- it barely matters where your protection is breached, once that happens things get bad really fast. Not to mention getting 20+ ft storm surges on seasonal high tides. And winds are much faster up 5 or 10 stories.

I have personally seen hotel swimming pools go floating away, concrete pad and all. Everything on the ocean is temporary.

[cwydro]

3. The surge is what kills.

Rarely the wind.

Water came up to my chin in Wilma. I lost everything in the house that wasn’t up high.

I had parked my truck on high ground, but everyone I knew lost their cars.

[mahina]

4. Holy Moses.

Thankful that you survived. Super good thinking about the truck, man oh man.

[cwydro]

5. I lost my car in Georges, learned from that.

During Wilma, I had the cats and dogs in the canoe as the water rose lol.

Ha. Memories.