Not a Public Storm Shelter sign

I've attached a PDF for you to print out and post that shows that MLS Libraries do not have public storm shelters. I realize the sign/wording may not be the most positive, but if it says anything substantially positive or depicts an image then that is what the customer is going to remember the next time there is a storm ("oh, I remember seeing a sign at the library about a tornado shelter... let's go there."). All of Oklahoma City and most of the surrounding communities do not have designated public storm shelters. The City of OKC advised that shelter-in-place is the safest plan during tornado warnings; The public is advised against traveling to shelters. http://www.okc.gov/tornado/ Shelter-in-place: that’s the recommendation of Oklahoma City Emergency Management whose advice to people is to shelter-in-place during tornado warnings. Shelter-in-place means to take shelter where you are, remaining inside your home, workplace or a nearby building. Most homes provide adequate protection from 98 percent of Oklahomtornadoesados. People who live in trailers or manufactured homes should have a plan to seek shelter in a well- constructed building nearby.

1. Oklahoma City does not have public storm shelters. Public storm shelters may seem like a good idea, but they often come with more risks than benefits to residents.
2. Oklahoma City has no public buildings that are designed to FEMA guidelines to provide near absolute protection, including protection from an EF-4 or EF-5 tornado.
3. Opening public buildings as storm shelters only gives you a false sense of security and no more protection that a well-built residential structure.
4. Traveling to a public storm shelter could put you at greater risk than if you sheltered in place. Your vehicle is one of the most dangerous places to be during a tornado.
5. Tornadoes can happen at night. If sirens wake you at 2 a.m. you likely won’t have enough time to gather your family, load them into a car and drive to a storm shelter. Sheltering in place affords you the quickest and best protection for a no notice event.
6. The City doesn’t identify private buildings that open to the public as storm shelters because these buildings aren’t built to FEMA guidelines and because we have no control over whether they open or not.
7. Oklahoma City has not built public storm shelters because it would be impossible to shelter even a small percentage of the population. If we were to do this, we are required to build enough shelters to hold more than half a million residents.