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Originally Posted by Peachie
I find this thread very interesting, Bare, since we live in the Upper Midwest and have a VERY healthy respect for tornados. I saw, within the last week or two, a villa advertised for sale in TV's which had a tornado shelter in the garage floor. Now I want Mr. Peachie to rip out our garage floor and have one installed, (poor guy), but I want the best protection available from those beasts.  |
A house in TV with a tornado shelter in the garage floor, ... how interesting. I didn't know that was possible.
We started looking for a house in TV in February 2007. The Villages Real Estate Agent told us to come back the following day to look at more houses. When we returned the next day, we saw all the devastation. The agent informed us that some of the houses he wanted to show us had been demolished.
Still, that didn't deter us from buying a home in TV. Although we made sure it was block construction.
When there is a tornado watch, I just head for the master bedroom walk-in closet. It is really large and has lots of room for my dogs, cat, cat crate, pillows, blankets, food, flashlight, books, bottled water, you get the idea.
The first watch I hauled everything into the closet and waited breathlessly for something to happen. A friend who has a weather radio promised to call if the watch changed into a warning. Nothing happened, thank goodness. Then we went out and bought a weather radio and had it programmed by the local fire department.
The second watch I put everything in the closet and stayed in bed, but nervously. Now I've gotten used to tornado watches. Today at 6 AM I put outside patio furniture in the garage and took a few precautions. But tornado watches seem to be a fact of life in Florida and I've gotten somewhat used to them.