Tornado!!!!

[rfoster]

I'm still kicking.

We are somewhat protected by these hills from the real severe weather that occured down in the flatlands

Micki and I lived in Murfreesboro for 30 plus years prior to moving to Bristol. There the thunderstorms can occur on a daily basis that evolve into the tornadoes. I saw a couple in action in years past and it is very humbling to see the power of mother nature.

If you don't have a basement, you certainly would appreciate a storm shelterd or a deep hole.

[merle&louise]

Glad to hear you and Micki are o.k. Those storms were really something. We drove back from Ruston, LA Sunday afternoon and we caught the tail end of that frontal system. High winds and rain for about 2 hours, it wasn't too bad - no problem for a Newell

[hobobimmer]

Eric and Debbie had no issues with recent storms. They passed to the South of us. Thanks for thinking about the East TN POGGERS. We had an interesting time a couple of weeks ago near Clarksville, TN when the last series of storms hit that area, but all turned out well, thankfully Deb

[merle&louise]

Glad to hear you're o.k. Deb

[mikedee]

Last fall I was asleep in the Ameristar casino lot in Omaha NE. About 1:00 AM I heard the tornado warning go off I tuned on the local TV and got the Doppler up on my computer. In a minute I could see the storm was very close and grabbed the comforter off the bed and huddled up under the blanket in the center bathroom area of the coach.

The tornado went North of me by about a half a mile. I could tell it was close when the coach started flexing and air was leaving my lungs.

I grew up in Iowa and have been in several large tornado's. In 1976 we had the biggest F5 tornado ever recorded until the recent Greenville KS storm. Leveled the ground for 20 miles by 1.5 miles wide. As a boy I watched a tornado touch down in a lake only to come on shore and dump several feet of water on the lake house. Our friends Edsel floated away and ended up in the lake.

Always was impressed with that hardtop convertible.

[merle&louise]

What is the best course of action when you are in a MH and a tornado threatens? As strong and heavy as we feel these coaches are - they are no match for a tornado! Getting in the middle bathroom is good I guess because you are away from windows but it seems to me that getting out of the coach would be the best thing to do. But then, where do you go? I'm just thinking out loud here and trying to learn from those of you who have grown up in tornado alley.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I have no idea if this is valid, but I posted previously that we encountered strong winds on the very first trip we took in our first Prevost, such that we were afraid to keep driving.

I pulled over off the road under a bridge. It made a huge difference in the way the wind was affecting the coach. I have no idea if tornados would be able to get at a coach under a bridge or if the tornados would knock a bridge down on the coach.