Will FEMA Catch Shipping Container Fever?

MODS International, an Appleton,
Wisconsin shipping container builder, is
giving someone effected by the Oklahoma tornadoes, one of their new homes. MODS International is
donating one of its unique modular homes to an Oklahoma family. Is this really a modular home?

Right now, it’s just a shipping container, but soon it will
be fully furnished and fitted with a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.

It includes a leather sofa, a table, a microwave and
a frig.

One positive thing about FEMA possibly using converted shipping containers for
emergency shelter is that they can be stacked and stored in a small area until
the next disaster and then simply picked up and moved.

MODS International says the modular units are much more
durable than mobile homes and can withstand strong winds.

Each unit costs about $40,000.