I grew up in northern Oklahoma and know the people of Oklahoma are the finest in the world. I attended grade school in Manchester.  I spent my Jr. High years in Wakita/Medford and graduated from high school in Fairview. I attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva.  In my working years, I retired from the insurance industry after 20 years and became an Occupational Safety Trainer for 11 years. This has afforded me the opportunity to meet and know a lot of the fine people who live in Oklahoma.

I have had a passion with severe weather since I was old enough to fear and respect it. Because of this passion I became a storm chaser. I served as a storm chaser with Garfield County Emergency Management from the mid 90’s to 2003. Since 2003, I have been a storm tracker for an Oklahoma TV News Station, with the goal of providing early warning to the people of Oklahoma. I have witnessed many tornadoes in the Texas panhandle, southern Kansas and most parts of Oklahoma.  I have seen the devastation caused by violent weather first hand. I witnessed up close the death and destruction caused by an F5 tornado in Moore, OK on May 20, 2013. However, I also witnessed the many lives that were saved that day by those who sought protection in their storm shelters.

I am driven to help protect people’s lives by providing early warning as a storm tracker and providing them a storm shelter to go to when a tornado approaches their home. I believe it is vital for every home to have its own shelter. In most cases, you may not have the time to drive to a family member’s house to seek shelter and you do not want to be caught in your vehicle during a tornado or hail storm. The same principles apply when relying on your neighbor’s storm shelter. What if your neighbor is not at home?

As a TV storm tracker I have seen direct hits on communities by tornadoes, but I’ve also seen some very close calls in Oklahoma in the past 3 or 4 years. Enid, North Enid, Kremlin, Pond Creek, Medford, Cherokee, Fairview, Canton, Hennessey, Stillwater, and Sharon-Woodward come to mind. It is even more frightening when these tornadoes occur after dark. Darkness many times leads to less warning lead time and more difficulty traveling when trying to drive to a storm shelter because you most likely will encounter high winds, heavy rains and hail before the tornado strikes. Your car is the worst place you can be when a tornado strikes.

It seems in recent years that tornadoes are increasing in frequency and in strength in Oklahoma.

We at Enid Storm Shelters are committed to providing your family with a quality built, in-ground garage shelter, below ground shelter, or an above ground safe room. Please call us today to discuss how affordable it can be to protect your family. Low Interest Financing is available.