Ok. First, we have a basement, are really really safe in one? Two, there are nails pointing down and out like right below are floor. So if a tornado blew are house away would them nails come down or will the floor just stay and the house go? Please give me some info as I am terrified of storms. (This is a older house but not REAL old.) THANKS! =)
2007-07-19 18:12:29 · 4 answers · asked by Rodney G 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Are you really safe? No. In a tornado, no place is really safe, but the safest place in a home such as you describe would be the Southwest corner of your basement. Historically, this is the area least affected, even in the event of collapse of the floor. I wouldn't worry about the nails. Any tornado big enough to disintegrate the flooring will more than likely carry it away.
2007-07-19 21:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were taught (When i was a child) to go to the southwest corner of the basement. I think because that is supposed to be the direction that the tornado comes from and so the debris will be traveling away from that corner not toward it.
Don't worry to much about the nails. If anything is really going to get you it most likely will be something MUCH larger, but that anything will get you is HIGHLY unlikely!
2007-07-19 18:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by DIAL 911 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason they tell you to go the a basement in a house is because the winds in a tornadoe are alot slower than if you were above ground
2007-07-19 20:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by acot_anthonym 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usally a tornado blows things over or past.it prb would leave the floor .however i m no tornado specialist.i do live in missouri and we have them and i hate them.
2007-07-21 15:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by dcrc93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋