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“Tornado Debris Impact Testing and Masonry” – Structure Magazine (May 2018)
“Safe Room Industry Maturing Rapidly” – Ernst W. Kiesling (2016) Community Storm Shelter “absolutely save lives” – (February 2016) Summary: Key Points of Kansas City Demonstration – (December 2015) Foundation and Anchoring Criteria for Safe Rooms – FEMA Fact Sheet (October 2015) |
“Standards Compliance in Storm Shelter and Safe Room Industry” – Kristopher Lamar -Romtec (September 2015)
Residential Tornado Safe Room Door – FEMA Fact Sheet (September 2014) “Shelter from the Storm” – PE Magazine (December, 2013) “Demand for Safe Rooms Whips Up” – USA Today (April 20, 2011) |
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In-Home Shelters from Extreme Winds” –
Ernst W. Kiesling and David E. Goolsby (Civil Engineering -ASCE 09/1974) “Building Codes and Storm Shelter Safety” – James E. Waller, P.E. and Ernst W. Kiesling, P.E., Ph.D. (Building Safety Journal 08/2003) “On-Grade Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs for Storm Shelters“- Navin K. Galani, Andrew Budek, Ernst W. Kiesling, and Mohammed Zain (Building Safety Journal 04/2006) “Validation of Finite-Element Analyses for Storm Shelters”– Andrew Budek, Mohammed Zain, Long Qiao, and R. Scott Phelan (Journal of Architectural Engineering-ASCE 06/2006) “A Hurricane-Spawned Tornado Room”– Sid Perkins (Science News Magazine 09/2009) |
“Abbreviated Checklist Storm Shelter Design & Construction
“How to Obtain a Building Permit” James L. Buckner, P.E. SECB “NSSA Storm Shelter Quality Verification” NSSA Standard (12/2006) “Size Limits for Above-Ground Safe Rooms” Mohammed Zain, Andrew Budek, Ernst W. Kiesling “Storm Shelter Quality” Ernst W. Kiesling “Storm Shelter Quality Verification” Ernst W. Kiesling (10/2004) |
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National Storm Shelter Association
c/o Cindy O'Ryan P.O. Box 54 Flora, IL 62839 1-618-676-4114 Or officemanager@nssa.cc |
