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Originally Posted by Dutchgirl
We moved from a place where severe weather and tornado warnings are about the same as here. Grew up with it, do not panic. Know what closet you are heading to if something blows in and wait for it to pass.
The liklihood of your being here afterwards and your home unscathed is very good.
It is good we have the warning systems but it must scare people to death who are new to them. For the most part it is usually a dramatic interlude with no ill effects.
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Please do not pooh-pooh us anymore for wisely checking on why we did not receive NWS alerts on our weather radios properly set and tested, and why we did not received our Code Red message when we're registered just fine for both cell and land line phones.
Most of us here "grew up with it" and are not "panicking". The damages incurred right here in TV and the 20 deaths (outside TV) from the tornado that hit here in TV in 2007 are not to be pooh-poohed.
I'm certain the people who wrote this among dozens of other accounts on the linked page would not pooh-pooh our inquiries today.
Note from a Village of Mallory Square resident after the tornado:
Please pass along the importance of a Weather Alert radio. We've had ours since March and I had just complained to my husband that it was a waste of money - since it had never gone off. Well, at 3:11 am it sounded. We took one look at the TV that mentioned 'new construction area of The Villages'. We went to the closet and were protected from flying glass and debris. Our bed was covered with glass shards and the sheets and mattress cover all have holes. We are sure that little $29.95 investment kept us from serious injury!!!!! Also, our thanks to all of the neighbors who came around with soup, water, coffee, etc. It will take us all some time to get other this horrible event, but what better place to do it.
It's ALWAYS a beautiful DAY in The Villages -- it's just the NIGHTS that are a little ROUGH!!!!!!
Pat & Roger
1542 Eastover Terrace
(I've got mine . . . and I pray it NEVER goes off!!)
Tornado
Storm damage video:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmFOnQcIhsE&feature=related]The Villages Tornado - YouTube[/ame]
Photos from Daily Sun:
http://virginiatrace.com/tornado/The...aily%20Sun.pdf