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Meeting and Exceeding Safety Standards

Coastal regions are becoming more populated every year. Many of these areas become dangerous during severe weather, with the threats of strong winds and extreme conditions. Many states, such as Florida, encourage residents to have a room in their home built to withstand the windborne debris of a storm. The  DuPont™ StormRoom™ with KEVLAR® has the strength to endure the dangers of severe weather.

In a series of tests conducted by an independent lab at Texas Tech, the engineered panels built into the DuPont™ StormRoom™ with KEVLAR® were tested against a 12-foot, 15-pound two-by-four piece of wood shot out of a cannon at 100 miles per hour.

National standards set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) require a room withstand the impact from a 15-pound two-by-four moving at 100 mph (speed that a 250 mph wind would carry a building timber).  The entire DuPont™ StormRoom™, including the door, withstood repeated hits by the same size two-by-four fired at windborne debris speeds greater than those seen in Category 5 storms. That meets the FEMA performance standard for hurricane and tornado shelters.