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Old 08-13-2013, 08:13 AM   #1
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Tornado Warning

This morning we had a tornado warning here, luckily we were not camping. This got me thinking, what do folks do camping during a tornado warning. How do you get notified? Do most campers use a weather radio? Smart Phone? If you are alerted where do you go? Inside the bath house if there is one close?
Has anyone actually had this experience?
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Old 08-13-2013, 08:16 AM   #2
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Noaa now sends all severe alerts to all smart phones if you have one.
I'm not to sure its not all cellular devices.

Our camper has a weather radio built in.

We actually had tornado sirens go off at the goshen rally last week.
We all headed to storm shelters!
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I ALWAYS carry my Midland Model HH54 weather radio with me in Tornado country and sleep with it on by the bed.

Every campground I have stayed at has the shelter location in their brochure somewhere (ask if it does not). Bath Houses are usually the locations.

If you hear the sirens (GO TO THE SHELTER!)
DO NOT WAIT - DO NOT LOOK TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS GOING - GO!

If you need to leave your pets - leave your camper UNLOCKED.
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I ALWAYS carry my Midland Model HH54 weather radio with me in Tornado country and sleep with it on by the bed.

Every campground I have stayed at has the shelter location in their brochure somewhere (ask if it does not). Bath Houses are usually the locations.

If you hear the sirens (GO TO THE SHELTER!)
DO NOT WAIT - DO NOT LOOK TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS GOING - GO!

If you need to leave your pets - leave your camper UNLOCKED.
Its true I seen lou with his portable midland weather radio.
Ps I was keeping near him to get the low down minute by minute when the tornado sirens went off in goshen.

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Old 08-13-2013, 09:54 AM   #5
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We also had a Tornado and Flash Flood warning this morning (before sunrise). Our Verizon cell phone service sends automatic text message warnings to our cell phones. It knows exactly where your cell phones are located at that moment (home, traveling, camping, etc.) and sends the appropriate warning for that area. These text messages first appeared on our cell phones in April and it asked if we would like to receive these types of messages in the future - of course we said yes since we do quite a bit of traveling. And no extra charges on our bill!!

The we'll quickly contemplate what choices we have to evacuate and / or survive.
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Head to the shelter at the campground, haven't found one yet in Tornado country that didn't have one.
As mentioned above, usually it is one of the bath houses.
I have seen a tornado up close and personal and will say without any hesitation, DON'T WAIT!
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Old 08-17-2013, 05:54 PM   #7
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What ticks me off is traveling and the warning says "Tornado Warning in Franklin County".

HUH? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT COUNTY I AM IN. GIVE ME A CLOSE CITY PLEASE.

Duh.
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Old 08-17-2013, 08:02 PM   #9
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Earlier this year we had just checked into Sylamore Creek CG in Mountain View, AR; set up the satellite dish and tuned to The Weather Channel only to learn a tornado was headed directly toward us. I went to the CG office and asked what plans they had for a tornado and was told "I'm heading home to the storm shelter". We gathered our medicines, laptops, papers and a couple of days clothes and headed to the local Walmart. The store was closed for business but we were welcomed to take shelter in a corner of the building where the employee lounge was located. The manager provided bottled water, snacks and frequent updates on the status of the approaching tornado. It missed us by a few miles, but did considerable damage to some of the surrounding area. IMHO...I would seek shelter somewhere other than a bath house at the CG...somewhere more public where emergency services would be more readily available.
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Tornado wants you, it'll get you. You can't hide.

But it'd be nice to at least know how far it was from me, and not get warnings from the Weather Porn TV Folks with info that's useless.

EVERY TV weatherman in America gives warnings by County. That's the most useless info to a traveler, and usually even to residents, that ever existed. WHY DO THEY DO THAT?

Do YOU know every county in YOUR state? DO YOU?
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Head to the shelter at the campground, haven't found one yet in Tornado country that didn't have one.
As mentioned above, usually it is one of the bath houses.
I have seen a tornado up close and personal and will say without any hesitation, DON'T WAIT!
I lived in Texas for 4 years. Saw 3 tornados up close. I know what you mean. I moved to VA. And within 2 weeks one came through Leesburg and did major damage. I saw the sky turn and seconds later saw the funnel.
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Tornado wants you, it'll get you. You can't hide.

But it'd be nice to at least know how far it was from me, and not get warnings from the Weather Porn TV Folks with info that's useless.

EVERY TV weatherman in America gives warnings by County. That's the most useless info to a traveler, and usually even to residents, that ever existed. WHY DO THEY DO THAT?

Do YOU know every county in YOUR state? DO YOU?
Where I grew up I knew every county. Ok that was Delaware. We had 3.
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I think Texas has elebbenteen gazillion. Georgia has about 1/2 that many. Louisiana has NONE! Ha!

But man......I barely know my own counties. I just wish I knew WHY they do the warnings by county???? For what??? To confuse us??? to kill us??? what???
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Although tornadoes are relatively rare in the mountains of Western NC where my TT is set up in a permanent location, the lack of cell phone service is much more common. I usually depend on my smart phone to alert me to watches and warnings in surrounding areas, but this thread made me realize I won't be able to depend on those alerts by phone at my mountain get-a-way. Because of that I have ordered a small weather radio to keep in my camper for warnings...Thanks!
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I think Texas has elebbenteen gazillion. Georgia has about 1/2 that many. Louisiana has NONE! Ha!

But man......I barely know my own counties. I just wish I knew WHY they do the warnings by county???? For what??? To confuse us??? to kill us??? what???
They can't get the weather right by county. They would never be able to do it by city. Where is what they should say everyday "50% chance of precipitation. Either it will or it won't. Temps between -30 and 150. " at least they would be right everyday. Actually somehow they would be wrong.
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I have a Weather Rock. It is 100% accurate.

I hang it from a string outside.

If it is wet, it's raining.
If it is hot, it's sunny.
If it is swinging, it's windy.
If it is white, it's snowing.
If it is gone, it's storming.
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I have a Weather Rock. It is 100% accurate.

I hang it from a string outside.

If it is wet, it's raining.
If it is hot, it's sunny.
If it is swinging, it's windy.
If it is white, it's snowing.
If it is gone, it's storming.
You should market that. You would put the weather people out of a job!!
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