We have an interior laundry room. No windows and doors sealing off all wall openings. Try to stay away from windows and exterior walls. We also have an interior corridor that can be sealed off from the main part of our home, the 2nd bedroom, office, and 2nd bathroom. Both have extra support over doorways and at least 2 wall separation from the exterior of our home.

No stress necessary if you know what to do. CERT does a presentation periodically called "R U Ready" to assist us in preparing for hurricanes, tornados, and wild fires.

I wonder if the 2007 tornado was a tornado warning rather than a tornado watch?
I guess it doesn't matter if people are asleep in their beds at 3 AM.
Our Weather Radio is set to alert us if there is a tornado predicted.
We turn on the weather channel on our television, listen to the predictions, and make our decision on whether we think the tornado is passing close to us.

We were on our Lifestyle Preview a couple of weeks after the 2007 tornado.
There was a lot of property damage and clean up going on.
It didn't deter us from buying a home that Spring.

There are no load carrying walls in the interior of these houses thanks to trussed roofs.

In that case best to stick your rear in the air and grab it with both hands, unless you're a contortionist in which case you can kiss it good-bye:1rotfl:

I don't think it's dumb.


You may find your answer here;


Florida Tornadoes

If our house would have been built in 07 the tornado went right over our lot. So I am hoping we are good

I was told due to the rotation, tornadoes move from S/W to N/E, so any debris will be in the N/E corner.

There has been one tornado that caused death or injury in Sumter County Florida since 1950 and that was the one in 2007.

According to the speaker at the presentation that I attended put on at the Fire Station here by the National Weather Service about being a Weather Watcher, we have tornados in this area, but not usually of the intensity of other parts of the country.

I don't think any of you should worry too much. But you can if you want to.

If you open the chart that I posted a few posts back and go to Sumter, Lake and Marion counties, you should feel some reassurance that we are relatively safe here from tornadoes.

Bonus point for great thread title.

Agreed ! And an interesting thread.

My point is not to worry people but to have everyone make note of the safest location in ones house for the possibility of a tornado. As a pilot, I have observed that weather is extremely difficult to predict and thus I can’t say a tornado will or will not hit the Villages in the future. Let’s discover that safe location when the weather is nice rather than wait until the last moment before the storm.

As the Villages is a super planned community, I would still like to hear from experts as to the best location in say a Holly/Boxwood. If our district government can’t say, maybe one of the two Village community organizations can examine the 60 or so standard builds to suggest the safest location in each for tornadoes.

It is also important to have a minimum 3 day supply of food and water (including for cooking and sanitary needs) for each person and pet in your home. It could take several days for a rescue team to get to you depending on the severity of the storm. Cell phones will unlikely work during this period so you will need to fend for yourself potentially. The Villages CERT will work with the TVPSD to support them in the search and rescue effort, but the time frame will not be like going through a fast food drive through. Keep what you need on hand for your family at all times. (I know Fireboy can give this lecture as well. )