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Old 06-06-2016, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
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.
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Probably depends on how much time you have. The bathtubs would be my first place to cower or a closet with no windows.