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To: evets

Wow... That’s quite a picture.

I think if I lived in tornado country I would seriously consider investing in an underground shelter. Sometimes that “interior” room or closet just isn’t enough. Not when a house can be just erased off it’s foundation.

[shudder]


69 posted on 04/03/2012 12:22:27 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: Ramius

I’m wanting to get a tornado shelter (we’re in Huntsville AL) but one of the companies is being accused of installing inferior shelters so need to really investigate them well. We had one hit, although it was an F2 or F3 about 3 miles from here right next to the kids middle school and it really tore up some 200-300K brick homes.


74 posted on 04/03/2012 12:24:43 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Gingrich/West 2012)
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To: Ramius
I know a guy from Jarrell, Texas.
After an F2 tornado in 1985, he built a cement storm cellar.
When an F5 approached in 1997, he headed for the cellar and saw this:

A mile wide, 300 MPH winds, traveling 10 MPH...
He got in his truck and drove off.
When he returned, his storm cellar was gone!
(So was the entire town of Jarrell.)

Stay safe!
91 posted on 04/03/2012 12:40:44 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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