QUESTION ABOUT TORNADO COUNTRY .... - Page 5

azterry! · ‎10-21-2011

On 4/29/2014 RoughDraft said:
On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.

True Tansy. Your area seems relatively calm. I'm an east coaster and I've been driving down I-95 and have seen cones touch down. They may not be as concentrated, but they do happen.

The Phoenix area almost never gets tornados. We do get microbursts during monsoon season. Almost no one has a basement here. The ground that deep is too hard to dig economically. Microbursts can do a lot of property damage, but almost never cause human death.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.

I don't think that map is accurate. I know they've never had a tornado around Midland, Texas and they show that area as solid red. Very rarely do they occur in NM; I can remember 2 small ones since I moved here 15 years ago, in the Eastern plains. None ever around Albuquerque.

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betteb · ‎03-09-2010

Here is what Wiki has for Tornado Alley

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scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/29/2014 hope-Q said:
Cellars and basements can have a tendency to flood, filling up with water. That's why it's often safer to be in a bathtub or a ditch. If you are in a ditch, at or just below ground level, a tornado will usually go right over you because of the rate of speed at which they are moving and due to the fact they are spinning so rapidly. They don't dip down and grab things right below ground level, they just pick up what is on the level ground as they swoop over it and catch things in their wind tunnel. If they are a very highly rated one, like an F-10 or something as dismal as that, nothing matters. Everything will be wiped out. Fortunately, it's extremely rare for one to reach that number.

I'm under a severe tornado warning as I type this. Have been all evening, was last night, and am predicted to be for the next two nights after dark.

Have no basement or cellar. In our county, they don't build them anymore with new residential housing. But we built this house, and I had the contractor show me the best place to go as far as support beams and walls, etc.

Where I live the basements don't fill up with water. I guess it depends on where you live.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

On 4/29/2014 kachina624 said:
On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.
I don't think that map is accurate. I know they've never had a tornado around Midland, Texas and they show that area as solid red. Very rarely do they occur in NM; I can remember 2 small ones since I moved here 15 years ago, in the Eastern plains. None ever around Albuquerque.

Is NM on earthquake fault lines, kachina? Next year I want to tour your state. It always looks beautiful.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

On 4/29/2014 Tinkrbl44 said:

I know every area of the U.S. has it's own weather vulnerabilities ... hurricanes, tornados, floods, earthquakes ..... (I live in Southern CA, earthquake country).

In the news coverage yesterday, showing the devastation in the tornadoes' paths, one thing kept coming to mind ....... WHAT are people doing when a twister starts coming their way?

I thought ALL houses had a storm cellar on the property, but one man interviewed just hid in a closet. A closet? Seriously? ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

A lot of homes do not have full under the ground basements, some even in "tornado alley" are built without basements. Our basement is completely underground in our full ranch style home. It is by far the safest place for us to be should one be heading our way.

Most say get to the lowest level and also some say the bathroom because there is more metal protection in that room than say a bedroom. Always the lowest level is what I have done all of my life

Was in a tornado here in 1975 that destroyed all areas of our city. I was at a Health Spa in a commercial 6 story building. The Health Spa was a basement level under the ground. All the workers in the above floors came down to this level. We could hear the tornado go by and when I went out it looked like a bomb had been dropped as far as my eyes could see.

Fortunately it hit on the West side of this building and my car was parked on the East side. I got beat up pretty bad, but the cars on the other side were piled up like you see in metal compactor companies that destroy junked cars.

hckynut(john)

Tissyanne · ‎12-07-2012

On 4/29/2014 kachina624 said:
On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.
I don't think that map is accurate. I know they've never had a tornado around Midland, Texas and they show that area as solid red. Very rarely do they occur in NM; I can remember 2 small ones since I moved here 15 years ago, in the Eastern plains. None ever around Albuquerque. </ blockred.

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

My family is from MO and TN. In MO at least where the family farm is located the water table is too high to have a basement or storm cellar. It would immediately fill with water.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

On 4/29/2014 tansy said:
On 4/29/2014 kachina624 said:
On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.
I don't think that map is accurate. I know they've never had a tornado around Midland, Texas and they show that area as solid red. Very rarely do they occur in NM; I can remember 2 small ones since I moved here 15 years ago, in the Eastern plains. None ever around Albuquerque.
Is NM on earthquake fault lines, kachina? Next year I want to tour your state. It always looks beautiful.

I've heard of some tiny earthquakes in Southern part of state but never near Albuquerque. We're about as free from natural disasters as you can get. The Rio Grande runs right through the city and there is always the danger of fire in the bosque (trees) along the river when it's very dry.

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JustJules · ‎06-25-2013

On 4/29/2014 gazelle77 said: I could and would not live in a place where these storms are a yearly occurrence. I would move, live anywhere but THERE.

LOL!!! Please tell me where there is a "safe" place on this planet. People have to deal with earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, avalanches, mudslides, and many other disasters I am not thinking of. You cannot pick a place to live and expect to not have problems. I have lived in Kansas for approximately 4 years, but had family here forever, and we have seen plenty of tornadoes, while fortunately none have damaged our home or neighborhood. You can't avoid any storm, there is no safe place to live....life will happen regardless.