Survival shelters defy delayed and shortened onset life expectancies for storm survivors years following tornadoes and hurricanes. Disastrous storms kill and maim unsuspecting residents, hamper recovery and long-term sustainability, and diminish the quality of life for unprotected victims. While newscasters are morbidly obsessed with death tolls, fatalities, and injuries in catastrophe’s aftermath, temporary bumps in coverage beguile disturbing longitudinal survivor life expectancies. Hurricanes leave more than debris-strewn swaths of barren earth and devastation. Compounding socioeconomic strain, elevated and sustained cortisol-induced stress levels from PTSD, survivor’s guilt, and permanent housing shortages inflict untold emotional turmoil on storm victims, reducing their life expectancies and contributing to residual death rates in the following years. Heart attacks, strokes, substance abuse, and acute emotional distress befall countless survivors. Hurricanes and tornadoes cause an average of 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths 15 years after the storm.
While more affluent communities in the northeast and west coast defy and withstand disproportionate storm anomalies, economically afflicted regions, primarily the southeast and Midwest, are ill-prepared to recover as quickly with lasting health impacts and scant job and housing prospects. US Safe Room’s survival shelters provide more than temporary shelter for unpredictable, destructive storms – permanent steel protection for solid ground rebuilding for a better tomorrow without comorbid health conditions afflicting millions of unprotected residents. Moreover, Climate Change will supersede modest life expectancy modeling for storm-ravaged communities, necessitating sustainable shelters for those picking through the carnage and baggage following increasing storms. Storm recovery should give residents a clean slate for starting over without tending to unnecessary and avoidable injuries and besieging chronic health issues like cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
What is a Survival Shelter?
A survival shelter is a permanent steel shelter providing immediate safety and protection for catastrophic storms and domestic unrest. Only survival shelters comprised of steel and reinforced welds can withstand 250-mile-per-hour wind speeds and flying debris. These shelters and safe rooms are ideal for small businesses and residents without immediate evacuation to centralized community shelters. Furthermore, US Safe Rooms shelters cost a fraction of residential add-ons without breaking ground or disturbing your home’s structural integrity. Most survival shelters fall within three primary categories: underground, aboveground, and panelized safe rooms. Although conventional wisdom suggests underground bunkers are the best protection, subterranean shelters are poor fits for increasingly designated flood zones. Our aboveground and panelized survival shelters give families a head-start on recovery and long-term storm survival. Moreover, survival shelters allow for stockpiling nonperishable food items and medical supplies. While your myopic neighbors scurry for necessities with prevailing primitive instincts devolving into chaotic life and death struggles, survival shelters are your family’s saving grace for navigating through life’s perils while better positioning them for a more prosperous recovery.
