Israeli engineers are blasting residential bomb shelters at a desert range in a bid to design better “safe rooms” based on the lessons of Hamas’s attack in 2023 and this summer’s 12-day war and ...

Few things appear to soothe the existential anxieties of the super-rich like a bunker designed to withstand anything short of total nuclear Armageddon. Yet it’s no longer enough for the ...

ST. LOUIS -- Never mind toasters, blenders and slow cookers. Joplin, Missouri, tornado survivors Kayla and Ricky Smith had a more practical request for a wedding gift -- shelter from the next big ...

Hurricane Sally may have faded from the radar more than five years ago, but its slow, churning crawl across Baldwin County still shapes the region’s public policy decisions. The storm’s legacy echoes ...

Super-wealthy homeowners are giving panic rooms the quiet luxury treatment. Dreary basement bunkers are being replaced by lavish "serenity zones" and "treasure rooms." High-end security suppliers say ...

In May, a $6.6 million building able to house 700 first responders during times of natural disasters will open on Harding Boulevard, one of three "safe rooms" coming to East Baton Rouge Parish. "Safe ...

— -- When Maplesville, Ala., opened a community storm shelter in 2007, some residents complained that it was a waste of money, says town clerk Sheila Haigler. That changed in April 2011 when a ...

As the possibility of renewed missile attacks from Iran returns to Israelis’ minds, homeowners and buyers are once again factoring the value of having a private protected room — known in Hebrew as a ...

There is a waiting list for Melvin Key Sr.’s private security guard class in D.C. Sal Lifrieri’s company is fielding far more calls about corporate “safe rooms.” And there was so much demand for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Though Shelby County didn’t ...

Oklahoma schools have spent more than $35 million during the past 12 years to build 85 safe rooms where students can hold band or wrestling practice but also take shelter from a tornado, records show.

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