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mahina

(19,165 posts) Sun Sep 1, 2019, 08:36 PM Sep 2019

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

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.

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Assuming a ground level site, is it possible to build a safe room/shelter inside an apartment? [View all] mahina Sep 2019 OP

There are such things but I wouldnt use cinder block. defacto7 Sep 2019 #1

Not realistically. Still vulnerable to any breach unc70 Sep 2019 #2

The surge is what kills. cwydro Sep 2019 #3

Holy Moses. mahina Sep 2019 #4

I lost my car in Georges, learned from that. cwydro Sep 2019 #5

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