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Reported tornado headed towards downtown Wichita! (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan May 2013 OP
I've heard it's going to be a nasty night of tornadoes. xmas74 May 2013 #1
Looks like a scary night proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #2
Right now I'm living in a trailer xmas74 May 2013 #5
Stay safe! proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #6
You know me well enough from here xmas74 May 2013 #16
What can you do in a trailer? Stay low? Strap yourself into place? randome May 2013 #7
Get in the bathtub proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #9
When we lived in one, the rule was (if a tornado was spotted and there was not time to get out) ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #10
My church is a storm shelter during warnings for the community. xmas74 May 2013 #11
Put shoes on wercal May 2013 #14
Yes, I know it is scary. RebelOne May 2013 #8
There are place xmas74 May 2013 #12
If you've still got some time before the storms... wercal May 2013 #13
I have plenty of time. xmas74 May 2013 #15
Be safe! Sherman A1 May 2013 #17
I've been watching the NOAA site Warpy May 2013 #3
Please stay safe malaise May 2013 #4
Looks like another nasty ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #18
nasty indeed ProdigalJunkMail May 2013 #19
OMG now the weather guy is telling the storm chasers how to get to the tornado proud2BlibKansan May 2013 #20

xmas74

(29,673 posts)
1. I've heard it's going to be a nasty night of tornadoes.
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:02 PM
May 2013

It's really muggy here and you can feel the storms coming our way in a few hours.

xmas74

(29,673 posts)
5. Right now I'm living in a trailer
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:10 PM
May 2013

until I find someplace a bit nicer.

This will be a very, very long night for me.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
7. What can you do in a trailer? Stay low? Strap yourself into place?
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:13 PM
May 2013

Anything you can think of, do it! Don't take any chances!

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ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
10. When we lived in one, the rule was (if a tornado was spotted and there was not time to get out)
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:15 PM
May 2013

to jump in a bathtub with a mattress over you.

Outside of that, it was run outside (yes outside) to the nearest, lowest ditch.

wercal

(1,370 posts)
14. Put shoes on
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:44 PM
May 2013

Its a weird thing, but the local news harps on it every time there's a tornado. After it hits, its best to already have good shoes on, since there will be glass and other sharp stuff everywhere.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
8. Yes, I know it is scary.
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:14 PM
May 2013

I live in a mobile home in Georgia. Fortunately, there have been a lot of near hits here in North Georgia. I live in fear every time I hear the tornado sirens going off and there is nowhere to run. Stay safe.

wercal

(1,370 posts)
13. If you've still got some time before the storms...
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:41 PM
May 2013

Alot of communities have ad hoc storm shelters. My little community in Auburn, KS opens up a church basement. A trailer is a scary thing if this storm hits.

Warpy

(111,237 posts)
3. I've been watching the NOAA site
Sun May 19, 2013, 05:09 PM
May 2013

Winds have been howling here in NM since yesterday, so it's not likely to get better downstream tomorrow, keep your eyes and ears open if you live in the midwest.

The storm that's causing a derecho to build in Wisconsin is all the way back in western N. Dakota.

Stay safe, everybody.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
18. Looks like another nasty
Sun May 19, 2013, 06:07 PM
May 2013

headed from the northern suburbs of OKC toward Tulsa paralleling 44... prominent hook...

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