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I have a two story home with an unfinished basement. The basement is a walk-out basement with two large windows and a door. One the first floor the only two rooms on the first floor without windows is the master closet and a small powder room that can barely fit two people.

People always say go to the lowest level of your home but I don't think I should do that.

2007-03-01 14:29:47 · 6 answers · asked by NFL Legend 3 in Home & Garden Other - Home & Garden

6 answers

Basement 1st choice ,
Interior room like a closet , 2nd choice.


Never a room by a window or door.

2007-03-01 14:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Build a solid block tornado room in the corner of the basement. Pour the block solid with concrete and anchor a steel plate on top.

The lowest level is always best. Tornado winds travel parallel to the ground, so any place that is lower than the surrounding landscape (even a roadside ditch) is the best place to go. The wind travels over the low spots.

2007-03-01 14:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by normobrian 6 · 0 0

Basement, as far from the door & windows as possible. Find something heavy (i.e. table) to get under, or keep an old mattress down there to cover yourself. If no time to get there, closet is next best choice.

2007-03-02 17:03:23 · answer #3 · answered by barbara m 5 · 0 0

honestly, if a tornado is passing over your home, your best bet is to get in a crouching position in the powder room since there wouldn't be much that could fall on top of you and cover your head and get as small as possible. if you are really worried and you have a neighbor that has a "better" home than your own, i'd make friends with them and i'm sure they wouldn't mind if you came runnin' over if you heard the sirens. i wouldn't mind, if you live in the chicagoland area....i would gladly help out someone that needed shelter from a storm like that.

2007-03-01 15:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by chingona1027 3 · 1 0

If it were my house and there were no closet or other room in the basement, I would use the master closet.

2007-03-01 14:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jay S 3 · 0 0

i would go to the nearest bars basement

2007-03-04 13:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by ashkicker420 3 · 0 0

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