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Hundreds of this scene

#1: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Apr 18, 2011

major clean up time. were you home at the time? do you have a basement?

Sorry to hear of your troubles also Tom,but i have to say you've made some cool little puzzles to describe the scene to us.Hope your ok and take care buddy.

Totally agree with Aldege!

I'll second that, Aldege.. Hope you're ok, Tom.

plenty of firewood now though

thanks guys ...i was home on the floor next to bed with mattresss on top of me lol
no basement, i personally don't have that much damage and yes i'm okay and so is matt & trudy lol
Now i'm seeing blue roofs like i did with the hurricanes in florida. looks like a war zone

Glad to hear the 3 of you are fine. I know you'll be helping the distresses ladies!

It's a bit morbid, but these are some of the best puzzles you've made!

thx, me thinks, Kristen ;)

Tom, we've always been told to sit in a closet.

The trouble with "time-proven" advice is that it is often outdated. Today's closets are often as open as the room itself. Bi-fold and sliding doors are no protection.

*You should go to the place in your house where the structure is the strongest.*

A small closet with a regular door has a lot of wood surrounding it. If you have no such closet (or it's full of immovable objects), then you should get into a corner. If the ceiling falls in, it'll hit the center but tend to get hung up in the corners.

Also choose a corner away from falling hazards. For instance, in my house I'd have to pick a corner away from my 2 chimneys and out from under the claw-foot tub.

Luckily we don't live in Tornado Alley, and we have a lot of hills around us. (They tend to break up tornadoes). That's no guarantee, however. About 10 years ago we did have a microburst that sounded just like a tornado and did almost as much damage. It took down several trees and broke a lot of the rest. Luckily not much damage to the houses around here, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst

Joe & others, i have loads of info about tornados, i will send them to Jota. Perhaps she will know how to distribute this material. This has very sound advice of where to take cover.

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