Along the Kansas Turnpike are 30 doors that might not look like much, but inside those doors are storm shelters that may save dozens of lives someday.
That's the hope of the Kansas Turnpike Authority, who installed these fortified underground bunkers along the 236-mile-long highway as a last-ditch option for drivers caught in the severe weather of Tornado Alley.
Each of these shelters can hold roughly 15 people, according to Fox4KC.com, while additional shelters located under some toll booths can hold more than that.
"We have tornado shelters at all of the plazas, and they're mainly for our employees and any customers that would be in the general area," Kansas Highway Patrol Master Trooper Karl Koenig told Fox4KC.com. "Simply open them up by a door, there's steps to go down in there, and there's a small wind turbine on top that provides air when the doors shut."
http://www.weather.com/safety/tornado/news/kansas-turnpike-tornado-shelters
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