Don't say it can't because Mother Nature will show you it can. Good luck

When living in Florida, you can't have tin buildings with tin roof and expect them to be standing after a storm. My sister has a home in Naples and her house is solid brick with a foot and half wide walls with a roof made from 6 inch steel beams and slate roof bonded to the roof. Her neighbors were talking about her and husband over built it. When the hurricane hit at 112 miles an hours and when it was all over the only house not damage was theirs, all others had to leave and no water in the house too. They also had a 10,000 kw propane generator with a 500 gallon propane tank placed underground.

Hi Andrew. I live here in Fort Myers. We experience 9 hours of hurricane winds. I got tress down everywhere. My son lives in Naples, he said in his apartment the water was all way up to his stomach. The cars are under water. I hope everybody out there is doing well during this hurricane. Thank you for your prayers. It's going to take weeks to clean up this mess.

When you plan and overbuild for your safety against storms, when the time comes, you get calm storm planning....like Andrew! Stay safe my friend.

Hi Andrew I don’t think your shelter is going anywhere. I watch the series when you built it. I am very glad the storm has shifted away from you guys. 🌞🇨🇦

Andrew, great build. The only thing that I would be scared of if something would be blown against the door, not allowing you to open up the door.

Andrew, you have thought of everything. I just found your channel and now I am binging your channel. Please keep them coming.

Thankful it changed course! You are a voice of reason in a sea of uncertainty!

Hundreds dead in ft Myers, thousand trapped. In daytona also houses 2ft+water. Plumbing backing up in homes. My son in Orlando car under water. Bad storm is a understatement

Andrew I'm praying for you and your family 👪 and the babies, bulllet and ruger ,that's a bad hurricane 🌀, please be prepared for anything.

Glad you guys are safe 🎉 I will keep you in my prayers and light a candle for you

Kudos for being prepared in advance. Most people wait until the last minute and cannot find supplies, etc.

Hey Andrew me and my husband and furry boston terriers babies are praying for you your wife and your furry babies to be safe and secure praying that this storm blows somewhere else away from you all. Please if you can keep us updated. Stay strong stay safe and safe live bother. Praying for you

I am so relieved to see you add in the earth augers. Thank you. Overkill never hurts.

What Ive learned in recent years on the La Gulf Coast is that storm window shutters are not for decoration. They should be functional and usable. Thais what they were intended for. Saves so much time closing shutters and latching them instead of putting up plywood to cover windows.

My brother is in Port Charlotte I've been praying all morning

Thanks for showing the oops and how you fixed it. Love getting ideas from others.

So glad you all are safe

I live in Venice, and maps show our house was about 8 miles from the eye wall. Hadn’t been a major hurricane in this area in years, and all the forecasts were for IAn to go way north. It would be accurate to say we live in an “always prepared” mode. Always a couple cases of water and TP on hand. Lots of non perishable food. House has solar power with Powerwall backup. Hurricane shutters take a couple hours to put up. We had about $1000 damage, and never lost power, even though the neighborhood lost power from Wed to Sunday. Because we were ready, we were able to help neighbors get shutters up, (and down following). We had hurricane winds from 3 pm until about 11 pm.

Wow....that is so impressive!

Take care and stay safe.

It is always good to have a plan.

Great job! That worked a whole lot better than I anticipated. I was expecting the auger to twist an snap😯. Awesome 👍

stay safe during the storm. prayers go out to your family.

Amazing shelter!!

Glad you updated us on how the storm will impact your location. Hope this information holds. Again. Stay safe!

Be safe you two. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Great video Andrew. Thanks for sharing. I wish you the best. Take care and God Bless.

nicely done....

like the video. it looks like you have a good plan that is great. be safe not sorry later. be bless and safe and love.

Be safe and good luck. Best addition I ever made was a whole house generator.

I wish you all the best with the hurricane Ian keep safe and I hope everything goes well for you and your family I hope your new puppy doesn't get too scared from the hurricane I can't imagine how scary a hurricane can be on from Australia I will keep you in my prayers

I hope the forecast is correct and the storm misses you. Good luck Buddy!!

It is 3:30 California time on Wednesday. I see the hurricane made landfall. I am happy to hear it will miss your area. Praying for those less fortunate.

Good luck to you and your family. I hope you come through unscathed.

The door should swing inward not outward because the storm could blow something that could be wedge against the door and you could be trapped until help arrives.

I pray that y'all will be safe through this storm.

Man fort meyers is taking a beating. Glad you were able to avoid the major stuff. Hopefully everyone comes out on the west coast ok.

That is a very nice shelter.

Stay safe keep us posted

This channel is so freakin satisfying!!

It’s all very scary!!! Glad that you are off the path but still you have a lot to still do to be completely ready. Stay safe and God Bless and most of all I’m keeping you and everyone in my prayers.

Hope ya'll fare well in that shelter. I personally would not even think of getting in that thing. After seeing what an EF5 with 318 mph winds can do at Moore, Okla in 99', I saw first hand what a bad tornado will do. I saw 2 engines, blown from tracks 50 yards, and they are heavy. Pavement ripped off the ground, some of the foundations with corners, meaning up to 4 feet were ripped out. My shelter is all concrete, above ground, weighs 12,000 lbs, with 12'' slab, with 6-18'' pier holes, 6 feet deep, and I still don't trust it. I'm putting in a below ground cellar in next year for sure, with heavy modifications to the door.

Wow I dont think anything is toppling that thing over well done!! No need to worry about storms anymore!!

good luck, hope to hear from you when you all have survived Ian and hopefully without serious damage or injuries.

You should create a storm shelter coverage for your kitchen. Something to go over the top and bolt in and then something over the side to bolt together to put your grills and thing into the kitchen and not worry about anything going anywhere.

Hey. Prayers for everyone. I live in S.C. Waiting to see what we're up against.

Hang in there!

Great video sir me and my family are hunkered down as I watch this it is taking the same track as charley did and that was a bad one so thank you for the prayer's and hope everyone else is safe out there.

Take care. Stay safe. Give us an after action report on the storm.

Andrew I hope the storm doesn’t turn and causes you problems. Stay safe.

I’ve got family in Naples but 10 miles inland; so far they’ve just experienced heavy rain but thankfully no flooding. Take care.

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Very nice build buddy. Iv built one myself and iv bought 2 F5 storm shelters. One thing I have learned in the last 25 years and 3 shelters later, mine have always been built away from my home, which always made it more difficult to run and get in it in very severe conditions(or medium). You say one has 20/30 minutes during a tornado and I say no you don’t(more less to never). Very easy to prepare for a hurricane hangout, but not so pleasant if it’s tornadoes. I say all this bc you say you’re building a new home. Why in the world wouldn’t you have built that in your home as a big walk-in master closet? I have learned just how much Iv used mine with it being placed in the back yard versus people I know that have put them into their new build. They that have them inside use them everyday rather they need them or not bc they are everyday pantries or walk-in closets and waaaay more convenient to get to at the drop of the hat tornado 🌪️ action. You have done an awesome job and spared no expense, but if just one person reads this and implements into their new home plans, they won’t beat themselves up for not doing it. You’ll get way more use out of it and the convenience and peace of mind is out of this world. Doing it inside gives one a storm shelter, a vault, and a safe room all in one and as easy to get to as the bathroom with no inconvenience. It’s like saying,hey Mr. tornado or Mr. robber, would you give me a 5 minute head start to run to my safe box outside in the backyard???

Hope all is well for you and your wife

Good video sir!

hi I'm here but late john

Hi Andrew - Great storm prep video! Just a quick tip - a sandwich bag or plastic shopping bag over your magnetic pickup tool will make it quick and easy to clean off the steel filings/swarf off the head after drilling or cutting. Good luck and stay safe!

Parabéns muito bonito seu bunker. Aqui no Brasil moramos em uma região que frequentemente somos atingidos por ciclones. E a cada ano que passa estão ficando mais fortes. Na região sul do Brasil as pessoas estão aos poucos procurando aprender sobre como funciona os bunkers para construir aqui. Obrigada pelo conteúdo é muito útil aprender com vocês.

You need to check out the you tube channel.. Ryan Hall Ya'll.... best weather man ever!!!

OK Andrew .... My only suggestion for the "porta pottie" .... Get some small trash bags (but get the good ones for this)... Put one in the bucket before use, you can still add some litter to it, but if you have to use it, you can seal up the smelly stuff when you are done. I'd keep a small box of bags in the shelter just for that. I'd also suggest small ammo cans that seal up for any snacks, like crackers or granola bars.... Otherwise, that shelter is a beast!!!

Great design! My gramps lived in Union City OK and back then concrete poured walls and celling was king. I think 7-8 inch monolithic structure. The house is long gone but I bet that shelter was kept for the new owners. Greetings from Winter Haven where we got lucky and had no damage but our other 55+ community campers were not so lucky.

Wow

Overdo is what you do😂! You folks made me watch American weather updates, I was so scared when they mentioned 250mph wind gusts and crazy amounts of rain, I thought of your chicken if they were on high ground in case all the rain falls. Don't forget the squeaky toys for Ruger😎

Hi, Andrew! I prayed the hurricane would avoid your home. I believe it worked.

Only thing I would change is that you have a out swing door.. if anything falls on the door and help can’t find you it would not end well.

Nice ppe. Shorts and t shirt for welding

Living in Florida most of my life I've come to hate dealing with portable generators and i swear they make them cheaper and less reliable these days. had an old 5500watt one for irma in 2017, but bought a newer 6250watt fuel injected just before the storm because when i tested the 5500 watt generator it was struggling and shutting off under full load. Lost power for 9 days from the hurricane. First 3 days we ran off the brand new fuel injected generator and it only wanted oil changed every 100hours, 71 hours into it and it locked up and died. I even had changed the oil after running it for an hour after purchase to replace the break in oil.. Then for 4 more days, on day 7 the 5500 watt generator stopped making power, but still was running.. the windings in it burned up. After the hurricane i returned the new generator for my money back and when i went to order a new generator head for the 5500 watt unit they wanted over $1500 for it, more than it was worth. So did research on home generator kits and seeing how expensive they are, i started looking into DIY and found out their is a company out that makes a dual alternator kit for my diesel pickup truck, so i installed it and installed 2 x 320amp upgraded alternators on my truck and been using it for portable power whenever we need it combined with a 5000watt pure sinewave 12v inverter. I have 2 inverters just in case 1 dies, but I've been so happy going this route over portable generator. I no longer have to deal with refilling a generator multiple times a day, no longer have to deal with something just sitting around rotting away, constant maintenance on it when i do want to use it and best of all my trucks diesel tank can power the house for an entire week almost on a full tank. I use it often when we go camping or UTV riding with friends for the weekend. I just idle my truck powering the a/c unit in my toyhauler.

Fortunately for you guys, Ian is going to devastate central Florida, which is unfortunate for us😢😢 It's going to be a long 2 days. Loss of power is inevitable. See ya on the flip side. Stay safe and be well.

Hopefully you don’t have to use the shelter , but if you do it will be very safe and secure. Prayers for all in the path of the storm!🙏🙏🙏🙏

Something I didn't hear you mention (although you did when you built your storm shelter) was emergency exiting if the door becomes jammed. I think I recall you saying you could push the A/C unit out and get out (not too elegantly) thru the opening?

1, 2, 3 Binz sealer for first coat paint on untreated wood. No bleed through on knots.

Saw a storm damage video pop up so looks like you made it through the storm ok

I keep several inline fuel filters for my generators. Because of what gas you can get after the hurricane. We was without power for four weeks after hurricane ida hit us last year. I also keep several quarts of oil to change regular during use.

Or you could build a generator storm shelter that resembles dog house that’s reinforced made of fire proof material on a cement pad, fresh air intake for cooling, and external exhaust / muffler

Right on with generator maintenance... most people dont even know this.

I am glad to hear you aren't going to take a Direct hit from Ian But I feel really really bad for central Florida residents. I know I will be down there next week Deliver supplies to the victims down there & wife will be down there for Easily a month or more. She will ride with me in the truck 🚛 for the first load and I will Drop her off there. I just hope & pray that it will not be extremely bad because it is a big Hurricane. Take care buddy & please be safe you & your family.

Don’t forget a new gasket set for the replacement carburetors on the generators. A new carb won’t do any good if the gasket gets trashed when you pull the old one off!

In Jacksonville high winds and rain bands!!!

At least with a Hurricane, you have notice and have time to prepare. In California, we have no warning when we get hit with a Earthquake. If you are not prepared here, you are in a lot of trouble. Thankfully we are prepared. Stay safe & I hope you don't need to use the shelter.

dude I JUST did my shed today using the same idea (no Deere). I cut a 35mm impact socket and used an impact gun to drive it home and it worked great.

I live in Arcadia. Damn eye went right over top of us. Now we find out it was actually a cat 5. I ain't sitting in my home through that again.

For the meds in the shelter...I would consider also keeping anti-diarrheic and possibly some anti-nausea pills as well. I have a medical go-bag that has backups for pretty much any medications & other first aid necessities that may be needed just in case.

I was nervous up until yesterday. It was projected 65 MPH winds where I am at. Now we are down to 40, and actual sigh of relief. My boy is a lineman down in New Port Richey, next week is going to be the suck for him.

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You need to come up with something to rig up so you can ratchet strap you blackstones in place. Couple of good eyebolts or something like that.

Anything above ground can be torn down, I have a steel I beam framed building with one and a half foot walls of brick and a tornado still tore it down so my next build is two and a half feet thick this time and should take high winds but I am not sure from a hit from a tornado. I live outside St.Louis County Mo.

Im Tampa Bay area, the storm is just showing up here now until 2am, We'll be fine. The people south of us are in trouble.

I would build 8" CMU ( concrete block) filled solid and with '5 in each cell. Pour a 6" concrete roof. Door should open in so it can't be blocked by debris.

you should pick up a dual fuel generator, run it on propane line right from your main source majority of the time.

Six months later we are still recovering 😢

I like the video just one question because I have lived through a far share of Hurricans. Why put so much time and money into the small shelter and not put more hurricane proof on the house, example hurricane sutters or netting a propane generator on the house than the smaller generators would just be back-ups just in case.

That storm shelter is an absolute beast! I watched your build of this a week or so ago. Excellent videoing/editing too my friend!

Nice plan. Hate to say it but sometime god laughs. I had a home phone that the handsets could power the base, had it on a ups and figured it was good to go. It worked for a while but had an ice storm. Tree fell on phone company infrastructure, drove that box 2 feet into the ground. This was down the street, could not see it, everything was powered but the phone did not work. >sigh

I’m in NC one of the best things I’ve done is convert my gen to propane It’s so much easier to deal with Not as much refueling the propane doesn’t go bad like gas it’s awesome As far as the oil change goes there are many roofing companies that disagree 😂 And yes change the oil!!!!

Ah man! Lol new time!

Nice shelter. If you don’t have your ham radio license. Might want to get it. If you have a hit cell service will be no more. Ham radio you can always talk to someone to get help. W4KEF

its a pretty good design but my personal opinion is the door should open inward as it can become a death trap .

Have you tested your AC on generator? They make an item called a Microair that drops the starting surge by 1/4. Even 2 ton units might have a 50amp starting surge

I think you may need to send some freedom seed into the cutout to truly show us how impact-resistant haha! Got a buddy with a 50cal? anzio 20mm? lol