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Where in a mobile home can you be safe from a tornado?
You should not be in a mobile home if there is a tornado coming. Mobile homes are very susceptible to tornado damage and should be abandoned for sturdier shelter during a tornado warning.
How do I protect my mobile home from tornados?
The short answer is: you can't. A tornado will probably destroy even a tied-down mobile home, so if a tornado is coming toward your mobile home, the only thing to do is run for it.
What do you do if you are in a mobile home in a tornado?
If you are in a mobile home during a tornado, seek shelter immediately in a nearby sturdy building or storm shelter. If that's not an option, go to the lowest level of the home, such as a basement or interior room, and cover yourself with a mattress or heavy blankets to protect against flying debris. Avoid windows and exterior walls. It is best to evacuate to a safer location if time permits.
If you were in a mobile home during a tornado what would you do?
Leave the mobile home for a sturdy building or an underground shelter.
If you were in a mobile home when tornado is spotted what should you do and why?
You should leave the mobile home for a sturdier shelter. Mobile homes are usually weakly constructed and either weakly anchored or not anchored at all. Because of this they can easily by overturned and destroyed, even tornadoes that are not particularly strong. Nearly half of all tornado related deaths in the U.S. occur in mobile homes, even though only a small percentage of Americans live in such homes.
Are there evacuation routes for a tornado?
No. There is not enough time to evacuate if a tornado is coming. The recommended course of action is to take cover rather than evacuate.
How can you get away from a tornado?
If a tornado is coming there usually isn't enough time to evacuate. Instead get to the nearest safe shelter such as a basement or cellar. If you don't have one go to an interior room on the lowest floor of the building you are in. If you are in a mobile home leave it for sturdier shelter. Some trailer parks have storm shelters.
When was Mobile Tornado created?
Mobile Tornado was created in 1999.
What type of home MUST be evactuated in a tornado?
Mobile homes must be evacuated in a tornado for sturdier shelter. Mobile homes can be overturned or destroyed even by relatively weak tornadoes.
What should you do if you're in a mobile home during a tornado?
If you are in a mobile home and a tornado is coming you should leave and find a sturdier structure nearby, preferably one with a basement or cellar. Some trailer parks in tornado-prone areas have communal underground storm shelters that you can go to.
Is a double wide mobile home safe in tornado?
No. While a double wide mobile home is usually a bit sturdier than a single wide, you should still seek a sturdier shelter, preferably with a basement, in the event of a tornado.
How do you evacuate from a Tornado?
Do not attempt to evacuate from a tornado. They strike too quickly for an effective evacuation to take place. Instead, get to a basement or storm cellar or, if none is available, to the center part of a sturdy building.
