What are u suppose to do if u live in a mobile home and a tornado is near?
Manufactured Homes August 27th, 2010because they always so do not try to out run the tornado just get to the lowest level and middle of ur home. But i also hear mobile homes are dangerous because they do not have a stable platform and are easily toppled over, so does that mean if u leave in a mobile home and a tornado is approaching u better jump in ur car and run for it? i mean what are u suppose to do if u live in a mobile home?
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
First of all, I want to say that mobile homes are very dangerous places to be during tornadoes but they are also dangerous during severe thunderstorms. Severe thunderstorm warnings are often overlooked by many people but there are certain requirements for issuing these warnings like large hail, damaging stright line winds, etc. So… that being said, you should always pay close attention to weather forcasts.
In an ideal situation, you would already be abreast of the situation (possibility of severe weather) and would have already gone to stay with someoe with a shelter until the storm passes. However, it is for instances in which you aren’t prepared that you should always have a "tornado safety action plan." Plan on where to go and what to do. If a wwarning has been issued, I would say go to the nearest place of substansial shelter. I.E. a neighbor’s house, business, community shelter, etc. If a tornado has been spotted on the ground, however, you need to act quickly. Either go get in the nearest ditch outside your home, or go to the most centrally located room in your house (closet, bathroom, etc.) and protect yourself. I know it may sound stupid, but meteorologist in my area suggest having bike helmets for just this purpose. You may feel really stupid, but that is better than not making it out alive. Pillows, blankets, mattresses, etc. are great for covering exposed skin and protecting from flying debris.
Hope this helps! Keep an eye on the sky!
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
I would get in my car and get the hell out of there or you are going to be a victim.
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
if you have time get outta there and go to someones basement or get under a bridge or get to a jiffy lube or somewhere where thet change oil cuz they have that underground room where they work on the vehicles. If you dont have time to get ouuta the mobile home get in your bath tub and put a mattress over you or pillows or somethin like that to help with all the turbulence
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Go to a shelter near by.
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
If I lived in a mobile home and there is a tornado near by I would leave the mobile home and head to the lowest land point tp be safe
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
You or the trailer park should plan in advance and build a concrete storm shelter, from as low as partly burying a section of concrete pipe/conduit to a reinforced concrete laundry room or similar space with few windows.
You should also have buried anchors for your trailer and gotten one with steel tapes over the top to keep it attached to the anchors.
If you have done none of these, getting is a car is going to be a toss up unless you have remarkably good portable TV data to go in the correct direction sideways of its path.
August 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
I actually went through that one time about 3 years ago.
we rented a mobile home from a farmer on his farmland, nothing was around for miles, it was beautiful and quiet.
Then one night my NOAA started squallin’ so I go up expecting the traditional watch or thunderstorm, and heard "A tornado warning….. Communities in the path…" and both towns that I was in between was mentioned in the path.
And the wind was pounding and in the lighting we saw wall clouds all over the place. The only thing I thougt was get out of here, but we did not have time to get in the car.
There was a large toolshed built into concrete and it took a lot of thougt, because that too was dangerous. We hid in there and that quarter size hail pounded that tin roof, and the wind was flaping that roof like a jack-hammer.
It was the loudest commotion I have ever heard in my life that even holding my ears, I could hear and fell my bones ringing. Then i a split second everything got calm and quiet. I looked out and saw the funnel cloud pass over.
I wish there was more to the story but that is all that happened.
sometimes you have to go with the lesser of the two evils, just like when voting.