Modular Solid Steel Tornado Shelters, Safe Rooms, and Shipping Containers Now Available from Big Texas Containers

TYLER, Texas, July 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Even though the spring tornado season that blasted through Oklahoma, Texas, and much of hurricane alley has hopefully blown by, residents of the Southwest still need to be prepared for the eventuality of additional twisters that are surely on the way, if not this year, then in years to come. There is no better way to be prepared and to assure safety than to install solid steel tornado shelters and safe rooms manufactured by Big Texas Containers & Shelters.

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Big Texas' tornado shelters are custom designed and constructed of seven-gauge hardened steel and are engineered to offer protection that can save lives during tornadoes, high winds, and other destructive weather events such as the killer tornadoes that pulverized Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and vast stretches of the Midwestern and southern regions this spring. Texas Tech researchers have impact tested Big Texas' tornado shelters and the results show that you can stay safe and likely survive tornadoes rated as high as EF5, such as the recent ones that leveled much of Moore, Oklahoma, and there is no measuring how many lives could have been if Big Texas Containers' tornado shelters had been available for safe evacuation.

In addition to provide comforting protection from extreme weather incidents, Big Texas Containers and Shelters' units can also assure protection from security threats such as a home invasion, robbery and similar hostile events. The same virtually invincible materials can be custom fitted to be installed in any area of a home, office, or other area to provide confident security in times of emergency.

Big Texas, also one the nation's premier suppliers ofshipping containers, constructs shelters and safe rooms with maximum protection in mind through the use of rugged vault-style doors with the option of reinforcing the structure with additional bullet-resistant interior paneling to its already bullet resistant structures. The units' modular construction allows for an easy do-it-yourself installation and provides versatility for installations in walk-in closets, basements, garages, wine cellars, or even upstairs without the need to tear down walls or re-construct rooms or building infrastructures.

Big Texas Containers & Shelters' standing as the leading supplier of new and used steel shipping containers is recognized throughout Texas and the surrounding states. They provide the same personalized, custom service to users of heavy-duty shipping containers of all sizes and configurations. If they do not have a container to fit a customer's specific non-standard needs, they will design and construct one to custom fit the user's specifications. In addition to unparalleled customer service such as this, Big Texas guarantees the lowest retail prices in their markets and discount shipping rates to all 50 States.

Big Texas has an unmatched inventory of like-new and previously used containers in all conventional sizes for quick, affordable shipping to customers. All containers sold are of the highest quality. Like its shelter safe rooms, the company's containers' quality, strength, and durability are unmatched. Every cargo container is equipped with side-by-side entry doors on one end that are lined with industrial weather stripping that makes the container wind and water tight as soon as the doors are closed and latched shut. The floors are lined with 1 1/8" specially treated marine plywood, designed to withstand regular exposure to the elements while withstanding significant weight. For example, the popular 20-foot models are designed to easily store up to 62,000 pounds of cargo.

Big Texas Containers & Shelters units are available in a variety of sizes ready for immediate shipment throughout Texas and to neighboring states. Immediate shipment is available for the following models: premium used 20' standard cube, 40' standard cube, 40' high cube, 45' high cube, 48' high cube/wide, and 53' high cube/wide, which offers the maximum storage space available in any single portable storage container (it can comfortably accommodate three cars). Additional sizes can be purchased by special request, including several hard-to-find configurations.

An added bonus to Big Texas' containers' unmatched quality and durability is the company's low price guarantee. If another company offers a price lower than Big Texas Container & Shelter's quotation, they will not only match the price, but will also add a discount of 10 percent or more of the difference in price off the purchase.

Big Texas Container and Shelter serves the Southwest with four major Texas markets: Tyler (903) 200-6017; Dallas (214) 814-1888; Houston (281) 809-6070; and Austin (512) 261-1917. Information can also be obtained by calling (800) 261-1917 or by connecting online at BigTexasContainers.com.

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