Oklahoma City – Day Two – Large Tornado Bunker Installation

Day two in Oklahoma City with Smart Shelters was another good day. We started out at 5:45AM, loaded up the equipment and the units, and set out. We got started around 7:45 on the installation, but today was a little different than yesterday.

Today we were installing the Jumbo Tornado Bunker Unit – the 5X8 unit, which comfortable seats 10-12. These units have finished concrete borders, and require a much larger hole. Today, with about 6-7 inches to go, we hit some hard clay rock that slowed us down quite a bit. When you hit rock, you have to stop digging and start breaking up the rock with a jackhammer. That process took about an hour, so even with rock issues, we had the unit installed in about 4 hours.

Here is a sampling of images from the Jumbo Tornado Bunker installation.