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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We weren't in the tornado warning area in NW D.C. this morning, so I didn't take any precautions then. But I don't really understand why you wouldn't go to the basement if a tornado warning is issued for where you are. It's like 20 or 30 minutes, as a PP noted. And if you're home anyway, what's the harm?[/quote]

I don't have a basement. In fact, most don't.[/quote]

Most houses in this area have a basement. If you're in an apartment, yes, that's tougher.

As PPs explained, a daytime tornado can be surveilled yourself by sticking your head out of the window. But at night, it's better to take precautions and move into an interior bathroom or something. Somewhere without windows.[/quote]

I live in a house in this area that doesn’t have a basement. There are plenty like that in this neighborhood. [/quote]

Zero homes in Florida have basements. The water table is inches from the surface.

You go to an interior closet or room without windows. If you hear a tornado a bathtub is not the worst thing though now days every one has glass doors so that really doesn’t help. You want to avoid glass shards from imploding windows.

I agree these are baby tornados here, you aren’t getting a ticket to Oz. But we have a ton more trees than the Midwest, so a tree falling on the top floor bedroom so a real risk.   Head to a lower floor; get away from windows; maybe find a shelter like a pantry or closet if it seems imminent. [/quote]

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