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mahina

(17,505 posts)
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 09:36 PM Sep 2019

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

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? (Original Post) 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

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
1. There are such things but I wouldnt use cinder block.
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 09:46 PM
Sep 2019

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

unc70

(6,095 posts)
2. Not realistically. Still vulnerable to any breach
Sun Sep 1, 2019, 09:59 PM
Sep 2019

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

(51,308 posts)
3. The surge is what kills.
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:03 PM
Sep 2019

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.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
5. I lost my car in Georges, learned from that.
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 06:31 PM
Sep 2019

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

Ha. Memories.

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