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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
They seem to be right about 10% or less of the time. At least as far as the path of the hurricane or tropical storm is concerned over its 12 hour or more path.
I would not worry much if you are in the Villages except for the tornado warnings. Then get in a safe place.
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What is a safe place in TV. We had a tornado warning about four years ago and we went to a rec center. People told me that was the worst place to go. How can that be? I would think that a cement block building is the best that we have. In fact a friend of mine has a block and stucco house and he was told that he should just stay put in case of a tornado because his house was the safest place to be.
There nothing except and underground shelter that is 100% safe in a tornado, but we have a frame house so I would think that a rec center would be more secure.
By the way, I think that two tornadoes have hit The Villages area in the past seventy years. More tornadoes have hit Massachusetts in the past ten years than The Villages. I know people that were caught in the one that hit here about eight years ago and they get very nervous when the possibility of a tornado is mentioned. I can't blame them. If I had gone thought an experience like that I'd probably be terrified as well. But looking at it objectively, the chances of a tornado hitting here and especially the chance of it hitting directly on any one home are pretty slim.
Of course we have a hurricane kit prepared. Enough water for a week, a lot of canned food, flashlight, battery powered radio etc. Everyone in Florida should have one. But I would ask everyone that has one, how many times have you used it?