Shipping Containers Survive Deadly Tornadoes In The US



Amid all the worst deadly Tornadoes in nearly a century, the strength of ISBU’s and Shipping Containers again proven themselves as the best super structure base for Storm Shelters and Safe Rooms.

As the 2011 natural disasters have combed the world this year, the ISBU Association has contacted many of it’s members in each country for status reports after each disaster.

It has been no surprise that in the midst of floods, earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes, the shipping containers in port, and ISBU containers for storage and construction have remained solid. They have often become the only stable structures remaining in this global “year of disaster”.
We have Corporate members who have discussed the feasibility of using ISBU containers for Storm Shelters and Safe Homes since hurricane Katrina, but few in the past 5 years have actually put up the funds to construct and promote their Storm Shelter concepts.

A shipping container based Storm Shelter can either be:

Surface mounted with deep anchored pylons
Mid surface construction with earth berms or half buried
Fully buried with minor mid reinforcements

The technology to accomplish the simple reinforcements and anti-corrosion is already tested and proven for many years. Only an uneducated cynic could make it complicated.

In the United States there are standards set by FEMA as storm shelter guidelines. Additional guidance and standards can be obtained from the NSSA (National Storm Shelter Association).  They are an organization to assist Storm Shelter manufacturers to meet the FEMA standards.

Serious entrepreneurs and engineers who are serious about using ISBU containers for Safe Homes and Storm Shelters can obtain full support by joining both the ISBU Association and NSSA.

The US and the World are now seeing the serious devastation caused by tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons. Lives are lost unnecessarily.
We believe there can be hundreds of thousands of Container based Storm Shelters sold in 2011 and 2012 during the re-builds of the homes in disaster areas.

We also believe hundreds of thousands of home owners will want to add Container based Storm Shelters to their existing homes and communities.

The ISBU Association is here to assist in your research of this disaster technology.