EricV
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Tornado sirens going off, tornado warnings on the radio and emergency alerts. North of us for the last few hours, now South of us with specific warnings for ~20 miles from the house. Nothing much here except some off and on rain and fast moving clouds. Caught a patch of blue sky just now too.
Locals tell me Spring is really when things ramp up for tornados. We had an F2 very close by, (sub 2 miles), back in early Nov. Nothing like the F4 that hit Alabama recently.
They always say seek shelter when you hear the sirens and don't wait until you see the tornado or it may be too late. But I just don't see it happening for most people. No one's going to hide in the shelter for hours waiting. No shelter here. One small room, (laundry), that doesn't have an outside wall. Brick exterior, mostly, but I hope to not have to test the survivability of that one interior room. Only thing different about today Vs last Nov is that the Code Red didn't go off on the phones. I guess if that happens again, I'll drag the wife into that interior room for a while. It's got the usual supplies, water, food, a crank radio, back up power for the cell phones, LED lantern, etc.
My first time living somewhere that gets tornados. Been in my share of small, (4.0-5.2 stuff), earthquakes, but never anything with life threatening stuff.
For those that have these types of events, what else do you do to prepare?
Locals tell me Spring is really when things ramp up for tornados. We had an F2 very close by, (sub 2 miles), back in early Nov. Nothing like the F4 that hit Alabama recently.
They always say seek shelter when you hear the sirens and don't wait until you see the tornado or it may be too late. But I just don't see it happening for most people. No one's going to hide in the shelter for hours waiting. No shelter here. One small room, (laundry), that doesn't have an outside wall. Brick exterior, mostly, but I hope to not have to test the survivability of that one interior room. Only thing different about today Vs last Nov is that the Code Red didn't go off on the phones. I guess if that happens again, I'll drag the wife into that interior room for a while. It's got the usual supplies, water, food, a crank radio, back up power for the cell phones, LED lantern, etc.
My first time living somewhere that gets tornados. Been in my share of small, (4.0-5.2 stuff), earthquakes, but never anything with life threatening stuff.
For those that have these types of events, what else do you do to prepare?