Should you ride out a storm in a TT?
The answer is absolutely NO!!! This picture is from west of Indy near the airport yesterday. The trailer does not belong to the house in which it was impaled. It was the neighbors. This also was o...
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bmet2000 wrote:
The TV stations always say if you are in a trailer "get out and get in a ditch"
...and about as many folks are killed by flash flooding as tornadoes.
It's the "always" word that's the problem here. I'm 54, live in the midwest and have never seen winds that would even tip a camper over. (And yes, I see the news footage of houses destroyed- most recently within 10 miles of our house)
And every time there's a tornado warning (I see several a year), there's no need to go dive in a ditch.
Campers (the vehicles) are a lot wimpier than houses, and yeah, a big tornado's going to get your house too, and don't forget that on a perfectly clear sunny day you might be in a traffic accident driving to the campground.
Yeah, to "always" ignore strong storms is a bad deal.
To head for the campsite concrete bathroom if there's a thunderstorm warning/tornado- probably a reasonable idea.
Then again, to listen to the radio, determine that the tornado's going to miss you, keeping your ear cocked, having an escape plan but staying in the camper to enjoy a good thunderstorm...that's ok too.
