Early Spring Disasters Have Families Adding Tornado Shelters To Safety Plans

After recent early-spring tornado deaths and destruction, many families are looking for near absolute tornado protection in the form of a roto-molded tornado shelter.

Middletown, United States - April 2, 2019 /MarketersMedia/ —

Now that spring has arrived, many families across parts of the United States are actively taking additional precautions as inclement weather situations including tornadoes have already destroyed property and killed residents of areas such as Lee County Alabama. According to weather experts, as of late March 2019, 143 confirmed tornadoes were reported, while 32 tornado-related deaths have been confirmed, 24 of those being in the United States, 6 in Cuba and 2 in Turkey.

Over the decades, elaborate warning systems for tornadoes and inclement weather have been developed. Now with television, radio and radar technology, we have the ability to warn areas of approaching storms and even provide live-coverage of the storms and devastation. Even with all of the technological updates, warning systems and television coverage, still hundreds are killed each year from tornadoes, freak storms and other disasters. Typically, inclement weather property loss is routinely in the billions of dollars.

Tornado Shelters are a type of underground or above ground bunker designed to protect from violent or severe weather, such as tornadoes. Over the last twenty-plus years, thousands of families all across the United States have installed a tornado shelter to provide for near-absolute tornado protection for their families. FEMA and the International Code Council work closely to establish standards that Tornado Shelters must meet or exceed in effort to be eligible for governmental grant programs, which reimburse home owners a portion of their FEMA and ICC 500 compliant tornado shelter purchase. These grant programs are offered in numerous states thru various government agencies such as FEMA and EMA. These tornado shelter regulations are in place to protect consumers from “fly by night”, make-shift tornado shelter operations that prey on fears and emotions of uninformed consumers, elderly homeowners and areas of recent storm and tornado devastation.

A Middletown, Ohio plastics company has been manufacturing storm shelters for 20 years and continues to experience an increase in customer demand for tornado shelters after the most recent Alabama tornado destruction. Granger Plastics, a rotational molding company manufactures an underground tornado shelter that meets or exceeds FEMA 320 and ICC 500 standards of safety. “Unfortunately many families choose to be retro-active about their tornado safety needs , typically after a violent storm or tornado has had major media coverage containing devastation and sometimes even injury or death” said Shawn Cravens, the General Manager of Granger Plastics Company.

The Granger ISS, In-ground Safety Shelter, is a seamless rotationally molded unit consisting of a double-walled construction. The double wall construction features (2) impressive one-half inch thick walls, which is complemented by a VOC exempt foam, for additional structure, rigidity and reduced condensation. Condensation can plague both above ground and underground shelters, contingent upon the location and installation. The build of condensation can cause rusting, paint issues or even deterioration in structural integrity. Plastic tornado shelters however, do not have any concerns with rusting, rotting or paint popping off, like their steel counterparts.

Many shelters offer little innovation as most of them are cookie cutter duplicates of previously designed units. The Granger ISS offers a patented, innovative design, which allows for installation in virtually any location, without the requirements of a costly, labor intensive anchoring system. This allows for the underground shelter to be installed in approximately 4 hours.

Granger Plastics holds a quality control certification issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, which forces strict adherence to the highest of quality standards. Granger’s underground tornado shelter, which also meets or exceeds FEMA 320 standards and the applicable ICC 500 standards, offers consumers a superb level of near absolute protection. The unit’s door also meets or exceeds both FEMA 320 and FEMA 361 debris impact standards for both below ground and above ground tornado shelters. Granger successfully completed these tests utilizing the same door for both tests.

Granger Plastics Company, a division of Granger Industries, is a world recognized rotational molding company located in Middletown, Ohio. Granger Plastics made news headlines in early 2018 for being a rotational molding company under singleownership. Granger specializes in large parts and manufacturing a variety of custom and proprietary products. Granger is a full service rotational molding company, from design to delivery with a metals and tooling shop in house. Granger Industries includes Granger Plastics Company, ForeverSafe Products and Granger Aerospace Products. To learn more about Granger Plastics please visit www.grangerplastics.com.

Contact Info:
Name: Shawn M Cravens
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Organization: Granger Plastics Company
Address: 1600 MADE Industrial Dr
Phone: 5134241955
Website: http://www.grangerplastics.com

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