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Donald Ian Rankin

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3. Getting to them, sure, but then what?

Reply to datasuspect (Reply #1)

Wed May 22, 2013, 04:15 PM

May 2013

The dilemma discussed here is purely a practical one, not a test of courage - are you and your children safer in a moderately secure building which the tornado is going to go right over, or in a flimsy car which may be able to avoid it.

I'm very glad I didn't have to make that guess.

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"Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down" [View all] uppityperson May 2013 OP

if i had kids datasuspect May 2013 #1

Getting to them, sure, but then what? Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #3

The parents don't know and can't know what is the best or safest course to take in a situation Arkansas Granny May 2013 #2

Yup. No matter what you chose, it could be very wrong. I saw a row of cars on highway, if it'd hit uppityperson May 2013 #5

hind sight is always 20/20. There was no way they could have known it would be an EF-5. liberal_at_heart May 2013 #4