On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 19:32 -0400, Carey Fisher wrote:
> I haven't read the entire thread so forgive me if either of these has 
> already been brought up:
> 
> 1.  Safe room - a hardened closet you enter directly from your bedroom 
> that you can securely lock, set off an alarm and have a cell phone to 
> call the police.  Maybe keep a shotgun in there.  Maybe a video monitor 
> with cameras in different parts of the house.
>
> 2.  Severe weather room - a basement room made of reinforced concrete 
> walls and ceiling with maybe a battery powered radio and some blankets.  
> Run into this room if a tornado warning sounds.  It could also be a 
> shelter in the event of nuclear...  nah - let's not go there...

I don't know how widespread this is/was in Europe, but for the longest
time all houses built in Austria HAD to have a bomb shelter in the
basement, built with "breathable" bricks and having a large filter.
Houses generally didn't have the filter installed (a large pit filled
with some sort of sand) since the filter "expired", so the idea was
you'd fill the "filter pit" when told too...

I think that requirement has now been removed, but as of about 12 years
ago it still existed (at that time there were some requirements lifted
with regards to the filter and "breathing" bricks).

Not quite the "panic room" you describe, but it would be a good
start! :) TTYL

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