You should have a pre-planned place to go that you can get to quickly. This can be a sturdy building, preferably with a basement, or an underground shelter. Some mobile home parks have underground storm shelters.
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.
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.
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.
Leave the mobile home for a sturdy building or an underground shelter.
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.
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.
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.
Mobile Tornado was created in 1999.
Mobile homes must be evacuated in a tornado for sturdier shelter. Mobile homes can be overturned or destroyed even by relatively weak tornadoes.
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.
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.
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.