The Only Safe Place During An F4-5 Tornado Is Underground.

KittyWampus

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Mon May-23-11 05:00 PM
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The Only Safe Place During An F4-5 Tornado Is Underground.

That's what it looks like. Years ago, farms had root cellars.

Perhaps State/Fed govt. need to start helping people retrofit their houses and buildings?

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rurallib

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Mon May-23-11 05:02 PM
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1. Daughter just moved to Mississippi. They go down @ 3 feet

and they hit water.
They have something called a safe room. Wish they had a cellar. Wish they were back in the midwest.

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dixiegrrrrl

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Mon May-23-11 05:10 PM
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3. Best we can do around here is split level design

where the bottom half of the house is against a wall of dirt, sort of a partial basement design.
Fortunately, 2 of my next door neighbors have that design, and I have a key to their house.
If I saw the storm signature on radar, I would be over there in a flash.

I like to think our town is in an area that is not conducive to "big" tornadoes forming, but during the last hurricane, a tornado landed a block away.

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RandySF

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Mon May-23-11 05:09 PM
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2. When I grew up in suburban Detroit

EVERYONE had a basement. I never imagined there were houses that did not come with them when I was a kid.

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DURHAM D

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Mon May-23-11 05:11 PM
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4. We didn't call it a root cellar -

it was always called "The 'Fraide Hole"

Just a reminder - keep a good whistle with you. It helps them find you if you are buried under debris.

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lapislzi

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Mon May-23-11 05:53 PM
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8. Good tip. Will add to emergency kit.

Our basement is deep and solid, like my husband. Good old house, this.

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Dappleganger

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Mon May-23-11 05:15 PM
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5. If you don't have a root cellar...

an inside room which is constructed of cement and reinforced w/rebar and a tough-ass mother-fuckin' door may do.

There was a video shown this morning of a group of folks at a convenience store who holed up inside the freezer and that was the only thing left standing. Remember, every single window will blow out and the roof will come off.

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KittyWampus

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Mon May-23-11 06:55 PM
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9. You know, that's valuable information right there- walk in freezer as last resort.

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southernyankeebelle

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Mon May-23-11 05:26 PM
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6. You can buy these hugh tank like room that has a door on it and you

can put it in the ground. It is expensive put it really works from what I can see.

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Kip Humphrey

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Mon May-23-11 05:53 PM
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7. In the midwest they called them "storm" cellars for a very good reason.

the only thing more feared than tornadoes (before the day of Doppler and automobiles) were prairie fires.

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itsrobert

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Mon May-23-11 07:04 PM
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10. Never had a basement living in California

They just don't put them in here. When they do those makeover shows and people turn their basements into entertainment rooms/man caves, I get a little jealous.

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