all our american peeps ok?

[butters]

We don't have a storm cellar or even a basement: our house is built on a concrete slab. That's fairly typical for newer homes around here. Anyway, being that we're up in the mountains, we generally don't get the tornadoes like people in flatlands do. If we do need to get somewhere safe inside, it's the bedroom closet for us. It's actually a rather long room for a closet--closets on on side of the wall, sinks and vanity on the other. But it has no windows and I can shut if off from the bedroom and the loo (on the other side of it). So we could--in a pinch--ride out a storm there. I suppose the way things have been, I should store some water and flashlights and a radio in there. Scary thought, that...

even if you never need to use them, it'd give you some small piece of mind to know it was ready 'in case'.

 

[bronzeage]

surprisingly, perhaps, i already knew this - but i love listening to you explaining things like this. i feel like i'm hearing it for the first time. must be the authoritative way you say it

The "straw that went through the two by four" is the standard cautionary tale told to young children to make them understand the power of a tornado and to follow the emergency rules. "The Wizard of Oz" gives a very unrealistic image of the experience.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Storm cellars appear to be more common in the Midwest, mostly in tornado alley.
Our house here is just on a slab, the house I grew up in, like most in the Chicago area, had a basement.
Tornadoes here are often associated with hurricanes.

 

[Angeline]

Bronzeage, I just saw the news about the flooding in your area: just wanted to say my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

 

[bronzeage]

Bronzeage, I just saw the news about the flooding in your area: just wanted to say my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

LB and I just returned from a walk along the BR river front and all is well at this time. The water is still about 15 feet below the top of the levee. Low spots have been filled in with sandbags.

We are on high ground, so a true levee failure would not flood us, but it would put half the LSU campus under 15 of water, along with about 100,000 homes.

 

[Angeline]

LB and I just returned from a walk along the BR river front and all is well at this time. The water is still about 15 feet below the top of the levee. Low spots have been filled in with sandbags.

We are on high ground, so a true levee failure would not flood us, but it would put half the LSU campus under 15 of water, along with about 100,000 homes.

Glad to hear you folks are ok and hopeful that your city won't be hit (like Memphis). Jesus, what a spring for the South.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Glad to hear you folks are ok and hopeful that your city won't be hit (like Memphis). Jesus, what a spring for the South.

And just wait a bit more and Texas, along with states to the west burn down due to lack of moisture!