I know its a bit strange to be asking this question so soon after I have already asked another of the same type. But I would like to ask, what if the tornado is just a rumour, you don't know if its real, but you have to go to work or school maybe in the storm. Then in that case how do you protect yourself?

It sounds silly but I did suggest putting stones in the bag so that its not so easy to be blown away. Anyone else have any ideas if you had to go to school or work quite possibly having a storm or tornado blow up halfway?

perhaps big big bricks on a chain wrapped around ur ankles? stand in middle of a field and scream come and get me!! ::tongue

Stop at the closest sturdy building you see and get in quickly even if you have to break a window out to get in if there is no one home. Then get in the tub with a mattress pulled off a bed.

If you are trapped on an Interstate stop under a by-pass and crawl as close to the top into the crack between the ground and concrete as you can.

If you're out on the highway in your car, you can out-run it.

Seriously. Drive away from it at 60+ mph or faster if you can.

Putting stones in a bag will not work. Just look at the footage recently where cars were being swept up and thrown. Small rocks won't do squat. Always take Tornado's seriously ... 999 times out of 1000 it's not chicken little telling you that the sky is falling.

Those passes become wind tunnels for the tornado and all sorts of crap fly through them also at that time. Probably the worst place to be. Crawl into the ditch if you can't out run it.



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This is a myth. Being under an interstate even at the top will not protect you from flying debree. Overpasses are generally created differently, so for example the overpass by my childhood home would not be a good place at all due to it absolutely having no cracks at all.

^ They are totally correct about the overpasses. There was a video out probably ten to fifteen years ago taken by a person who did climb up under the overpass. They were very fortunate and very luckily. From that point on people got the idea that it was a safe place to take shelter. But it could have created a strong vacume and sucked them right out.

D***it, you are all making me paranoid.

I'd be more worried about being torn to pieces because of flying debris rather than getting blown away. Tornados are known to send plywood cutting through thick, sturdy trees. Even something as small as a needle could do serious damage.