Tornado-resistant Arlington church offers a shelter in the time of storm
April 26, 2012
Star-Telegram Projects like Trinity's raise public awareness of tornado-resistant construction techniques and may lead to greater acceptance of them, said Ernst Kiesling, a professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech and executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association.
ARLINGTON -- When a tornado threatened his construction site on April 3, Kevin Drake
knew just where to seek sanctuary: inside the unfinished home of Trinity United Methodist
Church
...
Projects like Trinity's raise public awareness of tornado-resistant construction techniques and may lead to greater acceptance of them, said Ernst Kiesling, a professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech and executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association.