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The destructive power of severe weather has some East Texans looking for an old form of protection:&the storm shelter.After the tornadoes, floods and hail-storms over the last year, R.P. Miller of Wood County said he had seen enough, and he&started building a storm shelter.&&We had a storm hit right across the street and burn a pool house down, and we've had tornadoes very close to this area over the years. And we thought&if&we're ever going to have one, we better stop talking about it, and start doing something about it.& Miller says.It's an option many are looking at now, to avoid being caught in a collapsing home.&There's tornado alleys all across East Texas, and when homes get damaged, they're damaged beyond repair,& says construction worker Donny Porter.Miller planned out his own shelter, complete with sleeping bunks and supplies.&With 8-inch thick walls, it's built right into the ground, and should withstand&any storm that comes through.&Storm cellars vary from fiberglass construction to concrete, some pre-cast, some poured into forms like Millers.&It's just a shovel full at a time. It's 90 square feet, 6 feet in the ground,& says Miller.Companies like Leland-Bradlee install the shelters.&If you've got a storm shelter sitting in your backyard or front yard, you're safe. We set the forms, we pour the concrete, we put the steel dooron,& Porter says.Miller takes comfort just having one.&It's like insurance. You hope you never see the inside of it on a necessity basis. Everything can be replaced above ground, except lives,& Millersays.Construction companies that deal in concrete and excavation often install the specialized storm shelter.&Copyright 2016&. All rights reserved.
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