'Plan for Emergencies';the Nashville Tennessean

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As tornado season approches middle Tennessee the newpaper offers helpful hints on how to prepare,what to stock,sources for goods & more info. Anybody want to take a wild guess what is not mentioned?

BTW IMHO the best book on short-term survival is 'Urban Alert!' by Mary Ellen (Mrs.Bruce) Clayton.A bit dated as it came out in the 80's but the most comprehensive I've seen to date.+/- $10 from Amazon.
 
Having been thru numerous tornados while living in Tulsa many moons ago, there was really nothing left to salvage or use as survival items.

While I never recieved a direct hit, helping to clean neighbors properties that did made me realize this fact quickly. Tornado cellars would be the only way to come out ahead.

Unfortunatly the ground was nothing short of hugh rock not friendly to digging a shelter.

That would be the first priority in a tornado prone area. Underground shelters.

I'll take my hurricanes any day over a tornado.
 
don't hurricanes typically spawn numerous tornadoes inside them?
 
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I'll second that! In my younger, more reckless days, I attended a hurricane party...once...Cat-1 storm. It let me know that I do NOT want to see a Cat-5 hurricane...but having been in close proximity to several tornados that ripped through Winston-Salem, NC in May of '89 I can tell ya that I'd much rather go to a Cat-3 party than go through another "Night of the Tornados" again. When I saw monster 150 year-old Oaks twisted into splinters like so many pretzels, I got the picture. A storm cellar really is the only place to hide...
 
Maybe they figured that people who know how to use them don't need them on a list while the people who don't know how to use them are better off without them?
 
don't hurricanes typically spawn numerous tornadoes inside them?
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It is possible to have a tornado during a hurricane. I think the logic for preferring a hurricane to a tornado is because hurricanes aren't as frequent and there is far more "warning" on a hurricane.

Tornados form quickly in severe thunderstorms, and there is often little warning. Hurricanes form off the coast of Africa (usually) and travel great distances, constantly watched by satellite.

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Hurricane-spawned tornados are generally less powerful than the kind spawned by supercell thunderstorms. I've never heard of a mile-wide F-4 or F-5 tornado associated with a hurricane, just small ones.

AFAIK, hurricanes have too much shear to maintain the kind of organization you need to get a really strong tornado going.
 
To kinda sorta keep this on topic, I've got a storm cellar right next to my house that I've been considering using to store weapons and ammo. It would also be a great place to keep emergency supplies, but I'm concerned about the dampness (it's all concrete with no cracks that I'm aware of). I painted the inside with Dri-Lok but I still wind up with moisture on the walls and floor. Do I need to put in more ventilation or would I be better off with a dehumidifier? Any suggestions?
 
Maybe they figured that people who know how to use them don't need them on a list while the people who don't know how to use them are better off without them?
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While there is a lot of truth in that, shouldn’t a responsible news organization give you all the options/facts and then let you, Darwin, and Murphy sort out the details.

I know, I know. What too much to hope for from the Independent Ministry of Propaganda.
 
Emergencies? What emergencies, no emergencies here, we don't allow that sort of thing where I live :neener:

I never used to consider Northern VA a "tornado zone" but the past two years sure have me wondering. I even went so far as to tuck some supplies (and duct tape for windows) down the the basement storage room we have here (the only underground shelter I could find).
 
To kinda sorta keep this on topic, I've got a storm cellar right next to my house that I've been considering using to store weapons and ammo. It would also be a great place to keep emergency supplies, but I'm concerned about the dampness (it's all concrete with no cracks that I'm aware of). I painted the inside with Dri-Lok but I still wind up with moisture on the walls and floor. Do I need to put in more ventilation or would I be better off with a dehumidifier? Any suggestions?
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It probably just needs to be vented better. I would also suggest treating anything you plan on storeing in there as though you were burying it underground. Watertight/airtight containers and multiple layers of sealing. Course if it's cool in there a case of MREs would probably last until the end of time the way those things are packaged. :D
 
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