DIYbanter - View Single Post - Has anyone made or considered a very low cost Underground StormShelter ? Need some advice.

HeyBub[_3_]

dpb wrote:
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... Even tying it down with heavy
logging chain to burried anchors is no guarantee it will stay where
you put it - and no guarantee it will stay intact either.

Oh, you could tie it down easily enough.

Penetration and integrity would depend on actual construction and
materials, primarily door connections, etc.

A "standard" cargo containers is made from 1/4" reinforced steel plate,
weighs 8,800 pounds, holds up to 67,000 pounds of stuff, and is designed to
be stacked ten or more high.

Containers routinely sustain sixty foot waves moving at 30 knots (which has
got to pack more energy than air moving at 300 mph).