DIAGRAM: What you need to know to plan your safe room May 22,
2012 | 6:00 a.m. CDTA safe room is a reinforced, usually
concrete, room designed to withstand debris picked up by extreme
weather conditions. Although the price for one can easily go
above $8,000, Missouri is a high-risk area, so FEMA recommends
that residents invest in one. Here are safe rooms set into three
different types of homes. A safe room should be stocked with an
emergency kit, which should have nonperishable foods, bedding, a
first aid kit, a flashlight, a battery powered radio, batteries,
extra clothes and several gallons of water. RELATED STORIES:
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