Joy: WELCOME BACK TO "OZARKS
LIVE".
COULD HAVE YOU BACK TOM IS
HANGING OUT AT F5 STORM
SHELTERS ON THIS SORT OF STORMY
AFTERNOON.
LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE YOUR WAY
OUT OF THE STORM SHELTER, GOOD
FOR YOU.
Tom: YEAH BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
WAS THE DOOR OPENS IN AND I
KEPT PUSHING OUT.
BIG JOKE ON TOM THERE.
ANYWAY, AS YOU SAID I'M AT THE
F5 STORM SHELTER ON HIGHWAY 160
AND I'VE GOT MATT WITH ME RIGHT
NOW.
MATT, FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US OUT.
I DO APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU
FOR BEING PART OF ALL OF IT IS
GOING ON.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, TELL THE
FOLKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE F5 STORM
SHELTERS WHILE YOU ARE IN THIS
KIND OF BUSINESS.
HAVE BEEN FABRICATING MY
WHOLE LIFE AND AFTER THE JOPLIN
TORNADO WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A
NEED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
ENCOURAGEMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE
WANTED BETTER ACCESS, SHELTERS
THAT THEY COULD AFFORD.
SINCE WE POPPED IN, WE HAVE
SOLD NEARLY 10,000 SHELTERS,
MANUFACTURED RIGHT HERE IN
NIXA, MISSOURI.
WE ARE LOCATED HERE AT 2839
NORTH COMMERCE RIGHT HERE OFF,
BEHIND THE PIZZA HUT OFF CCN
160.
IS REALLY EASY TO FIND AND
OF COURSE GO TO THE WEBSITE,
THEY CAN GET ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT.
I NOTICE, ON THE LOGO ON THE
SIGN OVER HERE GUARANTEED
STRONGEST SHELTER ON THE
MARKET.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE THAT KIND OF CLAIM?
WE AS AMERICAN SEAL, WE BUY
IT BY THE TRUCKLOAD AND IT
SAVES YOU MONEY.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE, THE HIGH
VOLUME DISCOUNT DEALER.
WE CAN SERVICE THE PUBLIC AND
WE ALSO SELL ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
BUT WE SPENT OVER $100,000 IN
ENGINEERING TOM, OVER THE LAST
NINE YEARS.
WE HAVE 11 TESTED MODELS, WE
CAN BUILD YOU JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING YOU WOULD EVER NEED.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MODELS
BECAUSE I MEAN, WE ARE SEEING
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHELTERS
RIGHT BEHIND US.
TALK SOME ABOUT THE MODELS THAT
YOU DO HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE YOUR BASIC
RECTANGULAR OR SQUARE SHELTERS
THAT GO RIGHT ON TOP OF YOUR
GARAGE FLOOR.
INAS LONG AS THE CONCRETE
ALLOWS FOR IT WHICH IS 95+
PERCENT OF IT.
THEN WE CAN ALSO BUILD A CORNER
MODEL THAT CAN GO INTO THE
CORNER AND WE ALSO MAKE
UNDERGROUND SHELTERS.
THIS IS HUGE IN THE SOUTHWEST.
IT IS CATCHING ON HERE IN THE
MIDWEST AND IS GETTING MORE
POPULAR.
WHAT THEY DO IS COME IN AND
EXCAVATE UNDER THE GARAGE
FLOOR, YOU DRIVE RIGHT OVER AND
LOSE NO SPACE.
YOU HAVE SAFETY FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY.>> NOW OF COURSE,
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A
STORM SHELTER.
TELL FOLKS ABOUT SOME OF THE
FEATURES OF THE STORM SHELTERS,
ONE OF THEM I KNOW I WAS
SHUTTING THE DOOR OPENS IN.
THERE'S A REASON WHY A DOOR
OPENS IN ON THESE SHELTERS.
THERE IS, TOM.
EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO OPERATE
A DOOR THAT GOES OUT AND IT IS
JUST EASE.
A LOT OF DEBRIS WERE TO BE
THERE YOU WOULD WALK OUT.
I ALSO NOTICED YOU BY THE
WINDOW AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF
THAT.
WE WERE THE FIRST STORM SHELTER
IN THE COUNTRY, FIRST STORM
SHELTER COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY
TO HAVE THAT WINDOW, BULLET
RESISTANT AND YOU CAN JUST SET
IT IN THERE AND WATCH OUT THE
WINDOW.
NOT JUST A PANE OF GLASS
THAT'S IN THERE.
NO IT'S NOT, IT CAN HELP YOU
IF YOU HAVE CLAUSTROPHOBIA, IT
HELPS A LOT AND THAT'S WHERE
THE WINDOW CAME FROM.
WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT BEING CLAUSTROPHOBIC
IN THEIR FEARS AND WE SEE A
PROBLEM, WE COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION.
ANYONE OTHER THING IS PEOPLE
HAVE ALL DIFFERENT SIZE
FAMILIES AND IT'S ONE THING I
KNOW YOU HAVE A SMALLER SHELTER
FOR A SMALLER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHICH MAKE ALL SIZES AS WELL.
WE DO, TOM.
WE ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING EIGHT
BY 20, SOME ARE GOING TO
ALABAMA, THERE'S ONE GOING
DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD TO A LOCAL
BUSINESS.
THAT ONE IS IN THE WORKS AS WE
SPEAK.
YOU CAN HAVE ANY SIZE YOU WANT,
IF YOU ARE NEEDING TO PROTECT
FOUR PEOPLE, FOUR FOOT BY SIX
FOOT WOULD BE FINE FOR YOU.
BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE LARGER
GARAGES, THEY WANT MORE ROOM,
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO OUT
THERE AND BE ABLE TO PLOT THEIR
KIDS DOWN ON A COT.
TRY TO SERVICE EVERYBODY'S
NEEDS.
SPEAKING OF FLOPPING DOWN ON
A COT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE STORMS SHELTERS BUT
THEY ARE MULTIPURPOSE AS WELL.
YOU CAN USE THEM FOR OTHER
THINGS.
THEY ARE, TOM.
WE PUT SHELVING IN THEM AND
WHAT WE DID IS WE WANTED
SOMETHING YOU COULD USE 365
DAYS A YEAR AND INSTEAD OF FIVE
DAYS FOR 15 MINUTES.
YOU BASICALLY CAN PUT ALL THE
STUFF THAT IS A KNOWING YOU AND
YOUR GARAGE, YOU CAN PUT IT UP
ON THE SHELVES AND YOU CAN HAVE
IT RIGHT THERE AND IT WILL BE
THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT.
IT'S A GOOD SAFE PLACE AND WE
CAN PUT VERY SECURE LOCKS ON
THEM.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF
TOWN FOR A DAY, WEEK OR A MONTH
YOU CAN PUT ALL OF YOUR
VALUABLES IN THERE, LOCK THEM
UP AND THEY WILL BE WAITING FOR
YOU WHEN YOU GET HOME.
PRETTY STRAIGHT.
YOUR PRICE, YOU ARE HOLDING THE
LINE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A
PRICE INCREASE IN FIVE YEARS.
WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 140
SHELTERS IN INVENTORY, WE
STARTED THE YEAR WITH OVER 400
SHELTERS.
BUT IT IS JUST BEEN CRAZY
AROUND HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
MOTHER NATURE HAS DEFINITELY
HELPED US.
ARE GOING TO HOLD THE LINE
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THOSE IN
STOCK.>> WE ARE.
GO TO THE WEBSITE THERE ON