Storm shelters in demand after Oklahoma tornado

May 23, 2013

Delaware Online - Storm shelters certified by the National Storm Shelter Association are tested against 250-mph winds and debris traveling at that speed, says Ernst Kiesling, head of the NSSA and a research professor at Texas Tech University’s National Wind Institute in Lubbock. “They would have easily survived the 200-mph winds reported from Oklahoma,” Kiesling says. “We’re greatly chagrined that the message has been sent that the only safe place is underground. That’s simply not accurate. People can feel very safe in a modern storm shelter.”

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Texas Business Hall of Fame Inducts Texas Tech Business Student

May 23, 2013

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The Tornado Shelter Debate

May 23, 2013

Builder Magazine.com - The Texas Tech University Debris Impact Testing Lab certifies above-ground shelters as capable of withstanding EF5 storms. 'If the shelter has been tested as an F5, it's good for a 250 mile per hour tornado,' says Larry Tanner, a research associate at the National Wind Institute and Debris Impact Testing Lab.

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ZOETIS, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PARTNER IN SALMONELLA RESEARCH

May 23, 2013

AgriMarketing.com - Zoetis Inc., formerly the animal health business unit of Pfizer, today announced a gift of $100,000 for Salmonella research to Texas Tech University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Department of Animal and Food Sciences. The research gift will help provide resources to better understand and describe the ecology of Salmonella in cattle populations and to discover and evaluate tools that might ultimately result in a safer food supply.

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