Folks, when they tell you to get to a basement or low-lying area....

[Robeson]

...during a Tornado - take it from someone who lives in "tornado alley" - please do so. This is what we've been battling in Middle Tennessee all day. It's still storming outside. This particular storm went right over our house, but didn't touch down until it hit a satellite community to the east of us. Click on "Sumner County Unedited Damage Video"... http://www.newschannel5.com/content/

[Floogeldy]

1. I always thought that when they told us those things . . .

. . . they were just trying to scare us into keep watching or listening to their TV or radio broadcasts.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I am glad you are safe

I hope no one has been killed or injured in this latest go-round.

[Robeson]

4. Thanks. Yes, 10 people have died so far today. They said the count...

...will probably go up. 27 people died just the other day in West Tennessee from the tornadoes that hit there. In fact, our govenor had just got back from a visit to those sites, when these hit. I'm lucky, I have an older house with a basement in the ground. A lot of the newly constructed homes, are just sitting on a foundation on top of the ground. Those people have no where to hide.

[KitchenWitch]

6. I would not live in a house without a basement

at least not in an area where tornadoes are likely. We get them here. :scared:

[Robeson]

7. I know. The house directly next to ours got leveled to splinters when....

...tornadoes went right through downtown Nashville in '98. Our neighbor is alive, because she had a basement. Our house, which is only about 15 feet from hers, was untouched.

[KitchenWitch]

9. tornadoes are capricious entities...

:scared: :yoiks:

[Ava]

3. I live in northern Alabama

and we have tornadoes all the time. we use have tornado drills at the schools here too. as a matter of fact, we were under a tornado warning just a few hours ago.

[Robeson]

5. I know. They've been hitting you guys before they get here....

...stay safe!

[NNadir]

8. Unbelievable. 8 minutes of incomprehensible video.

I have to think a lot of people were killed or injured.

[Robeson]

10. Yes, there have been many killed, and the injured have flooded the...

...hospitals.

[Digit]

11. I have a crawl space with 10 inch hairy spiders and camelback crickets

If you think I am going to willingly crawl in there, you are CRAZY!

Oh, and I forgot the 2 inch American cockroaches.

A twister could be bearing down on my neighborhood, and I would still refuse to get in with those damned critters.

I think I would have more of a chance of dying from a heart attack in my crawl space than an impending twister.
Gawd I hate crawly thingies.

[Robeson]

13. You want have to worry. If you saw that video, a crawl space wouldn't...

...do you any good anyways. Those homes that took a direct hit, were leveled to the ground.

[Deja Q]

12. Getting out the camera is more fun.

:D