Tornado Shelter Standing Among Ruins (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Tornado Shelter Standing Among Ruins

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A steel shelter bolted to a concrete garage floor was all that remained of a wood-frame home destroyed in the Joplin, Mo., tornado of May 22, 2011. NIST researchers studied this, and other in-home shelters, as part of the agency's investigation of the storm's impacts.

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FEMA Mitigation Assessment Team

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