Scary weather across the midwest
Todays forecast does not bode well for a large portion of middle America. A large vertical swath of severe weather to include the very real possibility of tornados is moving from west to east over t...
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Bad weather is one reason why I don't like to travel through the mid-west and south during the spring months, although I made an exception this year (currently in Hickory, NC).
A few years ago I was in Demopolis, AL at a beautiful COE park when nasty weather threatened. I drove to town and hunkered down in the check-in area of the motel along with several others. The TV was on and tuned to the local news and sure enough there were tornado warnings.
When the storm passed I returned to the COE park and found evidence of damage, such as trees down. However I don't recall any RV's were damaged. That's the nature of these storms; their paths are relatively narrow.
While you're traveling across country keep abreast of the weather reports in the locales where you expect to be later in the day. You might find it advantageous to hunker down at an RV park enroute to allow the weather to proceed further east, before you arrive there.
A few years ago I was in Demopolis, AL at a beautiful COE park when nasty weather threatened. I drove to town and hunkered down in the check-in area of the motel along with several others. The TV was on and tuned to the local news and sure enough there were tornado warnings.
When the storm passed I returned to the COE park and found evidence of damage, such as trees down. However I don't recall any RV's were damaged. That's the nature of these storms; their paths are relatively narrow.
While you're traveling across country keep abreast of the weather reports in the locales where you expect to be later in the day. You might find it advantageous to hunker down at an RV park enroute to allow the weather to proceed further east, before you arrive there.
