Texas Tech Law Professor Tapped for Prestigious Health Fellowship

May 22, 2013

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Oklahoma Schools Lacked Consistent Tornado Shelter Rules

May 22, 2013

The Huffington Post - “Those are vulnerable populations that need protection, and yet many of them are unprotected,” said Ernst Kiesling, a professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech University who founded the National Storm Shelter Association to push for a uniform set of construction standards.

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Safe Storm Shelters Saved Lives During Oklahoma Tornado

May 22, 2013

ABC News - “There are above ground and below ground storm shelters that offer. And near absolute occupant protection from the worst case tornado. Many homes and tornado Alley don’t have basements because of loose clay soil — because they flood easily,” said Texas Tech University’s Ernst Kiesling.

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The Surprising Reason Oklahoma Doesn't Have Enough Tornado Shelters

May 22, 2013

The Atlantic Cities - Larry Tanner is the manager of the Debris Impact Test Facility for the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University. In that capacity, he focuses on the (relatively) optimistic side of devastating storms: sheltering people from them. One of Tanner’s jobs is to test shelters and their components in his lab, creating several-hundred-mph winds and debris storms — which can’t be mathematically simulated — to analyze those shelters’ ability to withstand a natural storm. Another of his jobs is to work with FEMA to assess the performance of storm shelters after tragedies like the Oklahoma tornadoes of 1999. Or the Missouri tornado of 2011.

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