How Do You Build A Storm Shelter?
• Big Cardboard Box, Duck Tape and Plenty of water and Food. Things should be just fine. Use your imagination People!! • Measure a space large enough to provide about 10 square feet of space for each person who will use the shelter, plus room for supplies. • Excavate a hole larger than the size of the room to allow space to build walls and install a door. A berm shelter is not completely underground, which allows you access to the door without building a full set of stairs. • Pour a concrete foundation 5 inches thick. Allow it to cure completely. • Built a dome-shaped frame using wood, fiberglass or steel, depending on the severity of the storms you area tends to experience. Line the frame with waterproof membrane and reinforce it with a wire mesh. Use anchors to attach the frame to the foundation. • Pour concrete over the frame. Reinforce the roof with additional layers of wire mesh to strengthen it, making it thick enough to withstand 200 pounds of force so it doesn’t get torn off by
