Valley Storm Shelters™ was recently featured on the Rick & Bubba show. Watch as Rick and Bubba put a storm shelter through a series of tests while their producer, Speedie, sits inside.
Valley Storm Shelters™ provided a live demonstration of their underground garage storm shelter. The shelter was first installed and cemented into place with up to 6 inches of cement on all sides and the bottom.
Normally the sliding lid is used for entering and exiting the shelter, sliding neatly under the emergency lid. However, one of the greatest potential hazards of an underground storm shelter is being trapped by falling debris. The Valley Storm Shelters™ underground garage shelter’s hydraulic escape system can easily move up to twelve thousand pounds of debris to open its pivoting emergency exit lid. This video demonstrates several types of debris being moved by the lid which is made from three-eighths inch solid plate steel, fifty percent thicker than anything else currently on the market. It was thoroughly tested by the Texas Tech Wind Science and Engineering Research Center as seen in the second half of the video.
We conducted our own field test which we called “Direct Hit” in front of 80 spectators including the president of the Better Business Bureau, local building inspectors, and Emergency Management Personal as well as local media and other special guests. “Direct Hit” was a live, unrehearsed demonstration of our steel aboveground storm shelter sustaining various types of assaults which could occur during an EF5 tornado or intruder event. These assaults included driving a 3,500 lb. vehicle into the shelter, and shooting it with various high powered weapons. We then positioned a 14,000 hp jet engine in front of the shelter. The exhaust thrust generated up to 700 mph wind blasts impacting the side of shelter. Next 2,000 lbs of bricks, were dropped from 50 feet on top of shelter and 4,000 lbs of lumber from the same height was dropped on the shelter following the bricks. Finally, the car used in the crash demonstration was raised 70 feet in the air and dropped on the shelter.
One of the requirements needed to join the NSSA was having the shelter tested at the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech.
Storm Shelters. Tornado Shelters. Safe Rooms. Storm Cellars. You’ve probably heard of them called a variety of names. For thousands across the United States, they just simply refer to it as their Valley Storm Shelter. We invite you to explore our website thoroughly, especially the videos that showcase the great length of testing and engineering that has gone into creating the strongest storm shelter available. All our products are fabricated in-house, using the highest quality materials available, in compliance with FEMA 361, FEMA 320 and ICC 500 standards. Look around. We are confident that you will see “The Valley Difference”.
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