storm shelter

Underground safety room

A storm shelter is a structure designed to protect occupants from severe weather, especially tornadoes.

Storm shelters may be underground bunkers, reinforced rooms, or purpose-built above-ground safe rooms: The family waited out the tornado in their storm shelter.

Common in regions prone to violent storms.

Opposites
protection vs exposure

storm shelteropen field

Unenclosed outdoor space

danger zone · outdoors · storm path · kill zone · tornado alley

protection vs. exposure

storm shelteropen field

Unenclosed outdoor space

outdoors · open air · open terrain · no cover · vulnerability

Family

storm, shield, shelter, stormy, refuge, sheltered, storming, snowstorm, rainstorm

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G