[dillywho]

Originally Posted by Army Guy

For tornados, large structures are not the safest place. They may be rated for hurricanes as others have posted, but tornados are not straight winds, they rotate, create a vortex, and s u ck! Those large roofs offer little protection in a tornado. Nothing like them, once you personally see one and the destruction, you can not EVER forget it. That town I mentioned in an earlier post, that was completely destroyed, I still ride through it every day, Ragland, AL, and at this one place, where after the tornado passed, the Salvation Army had one of their trucks set up for coffee, etc. It wa son a circular driveway, that is all that was left. Well of course now the house has been rebuilt, but everyday I still can see in my mind that truck set up there! And trees? Where in a hurricane they are just blown down/over, remember in the King Kong movies where he tears the trees apart, you know rips them off, that is what a tornado does. The stumps are there, but the rest is ripped off. Like I said, nothing like them. I have been to combat zones, etc in my career, they don't scare me like a tornado.

Army Guy

They scare the devil out of me, too. Until you have been there, up close and personal, you just cannot wrap your mind around what happens, can you? I'm much more afraid of tornadoes and lightning than hurricanes.