Carolina twister kills three, 10 more injured. A panelized steel safe room can protect your family from spontaneous storms.
Meteorologists have warned that tornado alley has begun shifting to the southeast. So far, we can’t argue with this bold prediction. The 2021 storm season has arrived early and is shaping up to be one to remember. With in the past two weeks, deadly storms have ripped through the Deep South and Carolinas, destroying dozens of homes and claiming at least four lives. Advanced forecasting has only come so far, and we’re still years away from being able to forecast deadly twisters with more than just a few minutes of warning. Monday’s deadly tornado on the North Carolina coast has underlined the importance in investing in a panelized steel safe room for residential protection.
EF-3 Tornado with 160 MPH winds struck Coastal Carolinas overnight with the real impact not visible until daylight in Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
The tornado occurred in Brunswick County near Ocean Isle Beach, NC in a residential community. Several homes were destroyed. Most of the injuries and fatalities occurred in the Ocean Ridge Plantation community. Authorities are still sifting through the carnage and destruction, so the death toll could increase in the hours to come.
To mitigate the threat of another catastrophe, authorities have begun the tedious task of securing gas leaks with a systematic search of the afflicted area. Brunswick County is home to around 140,000 people. Monday’s line of quick moving storms is part of a larger weather system that brought brutally cold temperature to much of the central US and snow that paralyzed Texas.
This is something unlike I’ve ever seen. There’s a lot of destruction. It’s going to be a long recovery process.”
Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram.
Panelized steel safe room kits can be delivered discreetly and retrofitted to any home
You can’t outrun or outsmart a tornado. Mother Nature is not a rational or merciful creature. No location is immune to the horrors of violent twisters. In the past few years, tornados have been reported across the nation from Maine in New England to central California. Tornado season has even extended to the point that last year’s end and the upcoming season have seamlessly overlapped. When the tornado sirens begin to wail, you have a matter of minutes to reach safety before a whirlwind of terror envelops your home. Panelized steel safe room kits from U.S. Safe Room can give your family an extra edge in securing refuge before your surroundings are reduced to rubble. These kits can retrofitted into any existing office space or spare bedroom.
Scary facts about twisters in the south
- The Southeast’s rolling hills and thick forests conceal tornadoes from spotters and the public.
- Most deadly tornadoes across at night, when victims are sound asleep in their beds.
- Few southern homes have basements, which makes unprotected residents particularly vulnerable to killer storms.
- Deaths in mobile homes are responsible for a disproportionately high amount of tornado fatalities. Unfortunately, trailers have become fact-of-life in economically depressed areas, such as the south.
- Someone in a mobile home is 15 to 20 times more likely to be killed during a tornado than someone in a home with a foundation. www.scientificamerican.com.
Featured image “Kite Aerial at Ocean Isle Beach” by tortxof is licensed under CC BY 2.0
