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Originally Posted by Jazuela
If it's a tornado warning, you won't have time to really go very far. Just to the nearest fire department building or other sturdy structure. For a tornado watch, you have time to prepare. But you wouldn't leave town for a tornado watch anyway. They're over too quick. Hurricane watches and warnings are a whole nother story. I've endured a few of each living up here in New England, and was actually chased down the road by the tornado that destroyed part of Hamden, Connecticut while I was driving to the ice cream shop. I didn't notice it was there til my rear view mirror turned greenish. I looked over my shoulder and it was touching down maybe 20 yards behind me, and carrying pieces of trees and someone's car bumper with it. I was VERY fortunate to have noticed and turned off into the ice cream shop's driveway when I did. The power went out on the whole street before I even opened the car door, and the tornado ripped all the telephone poles out of the ground as it passed by.
That is why I take these things seriously. It sounds like it's all a big joke to everyone here. But when I asked what you all do to prepare, it was a serious question.
WHEN the time comes that you feel you need to have prepared for a tornado, living in the Villages, what are those preparations? Is there any kind of plan in the communities for when the power goes out in the whole neighborhood? Who does the cleanup, and who pays for it? I've never lived in a home that had no cellar. That would normally be where we'd go in case of a tornado, up here.
Do people really have generators? If so, where do they keep them? Where's the nearest gas station that has diesel fuel?
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It's unrealistic for people to go running to the nearest fire station every time a tornado warning/watch is issued. In addition, depending on the particular fire station, your home might be more safe/sturdy. My plan is to shelter in place, in a closet at our home.
Some people have whole house generators, and many others have portable ones, which they keep in the garage. There is no shortage of gas stations which sell diesel.