Tornado Safety

Veebyes wrote:
Seems like severe storms which can produce tornados frighten people who have no experience with them than those who have lived in areas prone to tornados.

Usually weather does not frighten me. Can't count how many hurricanes I have experienced, the worst being in 2004 when we got a direct hit by a very slow moving cat 4 that put hurricane force winds on us for over 24 hours. I have lots of respect for hurricanes & know how to best deal with them. Evacuation is not an option for me.

Never seen a tornado. Not the monsters you get in that very wide so called tornado alley. Seen plenty of waterspouts. Been victim of a hurricane produced tornado. Lost a boat in that one. Been victim of a winter storm microburst. Another boat damaged. I know about that stuff.

Being in an area of a tornado warning, even a severe storm warning has my undivided attention & the 'what if' wheels are turning inside my head.

If making a run for it, somebody suggested driving south. Sounds like a plan if there is plenty of time before everyone else has panicked & doing the same thing. Tornados seem to always do a track that takes them north around to the east. Driving northwest if in the path of the storm & there is time seems like an option too. Again, leaving it too late to take action is not really an option.

As suggested in a previous post intellicast, with its storm track projection feature is excellent. Had the eyes on that as the storms roared up the Mid Atlantic, where my rig is stored, 2 nights ago.