Tornado Preparedness: Which is the safer room?
Alright, bad weather this weekend. I sit here like a little old lady watching the weather on the teevee. Poor Sam has complete meltdowns during storms so early this evening I gave him a couple of Benadryl. Samwise the Brave.. heheh right.
We have NO basement. We saved money buying a house w/o one... but once I saw a 'tornado frequency map" tonight and saw Indiana as a hot spot... I regret it now.
I thought I'd try and get together some things and put it in the safest place in the house. There are some tornado watches north of us, so I want to have SOMETHING planned. I'm not really worried tonight or anything... just thinking about the upcoming summer season.
Which is the safer room? I have an interior half bathroom with no windows almost smack middle of the house downstairs, and I have a closet under the stairs. The stair case is almost centered in the house... its really in a north/central spot in the house.
I'm leaning toward the closet. It's big enough to hold everyone plus pets. Any suggestions?
Ah, I see my son has put his Nintendo DS and head lamp in the closet. Priorites, right?
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I always thought it was the bathtub that was safest, but admitidly hard to fit everyone in. If it's any consolation- I think your chances of actually bein injured in tornado are pretty slim, even in Indiana.
It's like terrorism- scares billions, harms thousands.
You're probably right. If you've ever watched the Weather Channel over her much, they are way into fear-mongering. If you watch long enough you can feel a little paranoid.
Still, I think it's funny my son decided it would be fun to 'camp' under the stairs tonight. He's in there now w/ his little outer space comforter sleeping. Cute.
North American television thrives on fear. I mean how else can they keep your attention otherwise? With good programming? Ha!
Best are areas of major structural support in the home.....doorways, rounded arches even better-the bathtub is suggested because most bathrooms are small, framed-in rooms with no large expanses...small, tight trusses.
best place is inna ditch outside the home......better yet, crawl into the culvert in the driveway.....
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