The Doomsday Clock is ticking closer to midnight. With every failed negotiation by the world’s nuclear powers, the international community is skidding closer to proverbial midnight on the infamous Doomsday Clock. Largely symbolic, the clock is analogous to a pulse on world events and how close we are to the collapse of human civilization. Initially…
Do you remember the retro ‘duck and cover’ videos of the 1950s? In these grainy black and white portrayals of this bygone area, classes were interrupted by the threat of an imminent nuclear holocaust. School children were immediately instructed to hide under their desks as a Soviet rocket homed in on their location. A bomb…
Regardless of where you fall on the climate change paradigm, it’s hard to dispute the fact that erratic storms are releasing unprecedented havoc across the world. It’s now official: we are living in a record-breaking storm season. Floods of biblical proportions are no longer the exceptions, as terms such as “weather anomalies” and “storm of…
The onslaught of the 2019 tornado season continues as it was recently announced by FEMA officials that federal assistance for the Dayton Memorial Day twister outbreak will cease in the coming days. Killer storms have become a fact of life that we must contend with on a daily basis. Instead of a day to reflect…
History has a way of repeating itself, and recently the world flirted with a blast from the past, as the United States and Russia prepare to break tradition with a longstanding nuclear arms treaty. Such action could inevitably lead to new Cold War. Now is the time to consider an above-ground shelter from U.S. Safe…
Spring storms have been a roller coaster of a ride for millions of people nationwide. Tornadoes have uprooted community mainstays and has displaced countless families in the Midwest and the southeast has been forced to contend with a deluge and a barrage of thunderstorms. Our headquarters in northwest North Carolina saw torrential flooding that not…
In the span of an instance, more than 2 million people in Oklahoma and Texas were given what likely amounted to the most dire and sobering message they had ever heard. On Monday, the National Weather Service issued a threat level 5 out of a possible 5 scoring category for dangerous and life-threatening tornadoes. This…
We always attempt to explain to our customers that just because tornadoes don’t frequently hit your area, it doesn’t mean that they won’t eventually. The county just down the mountain from our headquarters was recently hit by a severe storm, knocking out power to around twenty-two thousand customers of Duke Power. The schools were closed…
When you have to retreat to your underground shelter, bunker, or safe room, you’ll have to make sacrifices. However, you’ll want to make your stay as comfortable as possible. It’s our job to make sure you have a safe space, protected from burglars as well as natural disasters. Maintaining your quality of life is going…