Shelter from the storm

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Rusty Murry/Daily Mail

Joe Sunthimer watches as Jeremy (center) and Enos Davis jockey a Twister Safe storm shelter into its final position on the back porch of the 12th Habitat for Humanity house built in Nevada. The Twister Safe company is based in Neosho, Mo.; and this is the second storm shelter they have provided for a Habitat house at their cost. Enos Davis said they like to "help the community whenever they can." The newest Habitat house being built in Nevada will be the home of Renee Benedict and her three sons, Tyler, Jeremy and Corbin and is located at 505 South Chestnut Street. Sunthimer said, "If we really get on the stick and get some people working, I think she might get in before the first of the year."

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Good for them. One of the reasons I pushed for a storm shelter in the new community center. (never happened), is many people in Nevada have no basement or storm shelter.

-- Posted by sam floor on Wed, May 11, 2011, at 7:55 AM
A storm shelter really should have been built. It would be good if they could build one in a central location between the community center and the Neil Center but I don't know how or where unless somehow they could put it under the parking area. A dream of mine would be for the city to have the kapple and spirit and truth store buildings and build a new Bushwhacker Museum with a storm shelter right next door to the old jail. I know a few local people mention they hate the basement that it's in and find it rather "Dreary"

-- Posted by deleted on Wed, May 11, 2011, at 11:38 AM
I had suggested that they put a storm shelter under the center addition when they built it. That would have been the easiest and most cost effective. but the powers-that-be weren't interested.

-- Posted by sam floor on Wed, May 11, 2011, at 3:20 PM
Several towns in Kansas have community shelters with no problems. Many people now go to some of the churches and a few other places, but they are not always open. I myself have been stranded out in the open when I went to a shelter that I had used before to find that it wasn't open that time. At least if there was a community shelter, it would be open. Did you know that none of the public housing or senior housing has a shelter?

-- Posted by sam floor on Wed, May 11, 2011, at 4:55 PM
Sounds like You need to be on the city council Sam!

-- Posted by deleted on Thu, May 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM
Out in the open is all there is for the residents of many mobile homes in town(many of them can not afford to move to another "real" house either). There is a need for a place to go.

-- Posted by juggalette_batgirl on Thu, May 12, 2011, at 6:36 PM
Our council cares more about people cutting their grass than being safe in a tornado.

-- Posted by sam floor on Thu, May 12, 2011, at 7:19 PM
Thanks to Twister Safe and those who build the H4H homes; what a gift to the families who benefit from your generosity.

Folks who don't have basements or sturdy homes need to get to know their neighbors that do. Goodness, it would be much easier to get to a nearby house than drive to a place in town, park your vehicle, and get into a shelter (whose doors must close at some point - they can't keep opening as new people come, given the danger. We've seen the results of that in similar communities where deaths have occurred trying to close doors too late).

I have a basement, but my neighbors do not. They know that if the sirens go off, they are welcome to come and be safe. I have been on both the giving and receiving end of shelter from storms and think that simple relationships with neighbors can solve a lot of the shelter issues.

-- Posted by tfallin on Sat, May 14, 2011, at 12:21 PM
No one in my neighborhood has a shelter. The closest place is 3 blocks away and isn't always open. The center is only 4 blocks.

-- Posted by sam floor on Sat, May 14, 2011, at 7:01 PM
The "standard of care" is to shelter in place. Community storm shelters are really a false sense of security. Storms pass much to quickly for people to effectively go to community shelters.

There should be safe rooms in all public buildings for people who happen to be there at the time of a storm.

To call the community to a public shelter in the middle of night is ludicrous.

-- Posted by Nevadan on Mon, May 16, 2011, at 9:47 AM
It works in other cities. If you watch the weather closely, there is no problem getting to a shelter. The problem is that the same places are not always available.

-- Posted by sam floor on Mon, May 16, 2011, at 3:42 PM

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