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Originally Posted by mikeod
Don't forget that the 2007 tornado produced no deaths and minimal injuries in TV despite the significant property damage and the 3 AM strike. And I think it was an EF3. I am comfortable using the interior room in my home.
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Although there were no fatalities in TV, this storm went on to cause 19 deaths after it left TV. Most if not all of the deaths were in mobile homes. So I think it’s safe to assume that there would have been fatalities here had the path of the storm taken it through the historic section of TV instead of passing to the south of it as it did.
Based on many stories told by villagers in the book ‘Ten Seconds Inside a Tornado’, those without weather alert radios had barely enough time to get from their bed to a closet to take shelter. So I don’t think having an underground shelter with a car parked over it is a good idea.