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I’m with you l. The storm was loud and the wind was crazy. I had things inside my house rattling. The clouds afterwards are amazing tho!

I’m glad I have a basement. We don’t get a bunch of tornadoes but in my lifetime I remember 5 or 6 touching down near me. So that’s likely 1 every 8-9 years. Most of the homes in this area have basements for shelter. I would be nervous as well if I didn’t have one.

Grew up in Nebraska, tornado alley, seemed like we spent a few evenings each week sitting in the basement during April/May.

Moved to Texas, and as stittsygirl pointed out, there are no freaking basements. We don't have a lot of tornadoes in SE Texas, TBH, but when we have a hurricane it can spin off tornadoes. During Harvey we had multiple tornado warnings over the course of three days.

Depending on where we've lived, we've either used a downstairs bathroom, walk-in closet, or (in the case of this house) interior hallway as a "shelter." It is what it is!

Stay safe out there!

I agree, after spending the wee hours of the morning after Easter crammed in a tiny bathroom with 4 people, 2 cats, 1 dog and dd’s damn snake, I’m ready to live somewhere with a basement again.

Me too.  When the sky turned green and it sounded very quiet or like a train was coming, we bolted for under the stairs.  I lived in Omaha when tornadoes ripped down the interstate and obliterated entire neighborhoods.

We have a crawl space now but no basement in Colorado.  We've also not had any tornadoes in my area for 33 years.  We've had a few funnel clouds though.  I think the mountains mess with their patterns.

We were fortunate to have one small interior bathroom in our house in Texas, so I’d just shoo the kids into the bathtub with a bunch of blankets when the weather was serious.

Yep - tornado season started off with a bang last night! Our sirens sounded three times - can't remember that ever happening!

DD & SIL moved to an area with higher tornado chances last year.  2 weeks after they moved into their brand new house, a tornado went through.  They were so lucky by less than a block, where damage was heavy for miles.  I had asked them where they would shelter in their house and suggested a closet under the stairwell. So that is where they waited.  The next day they ordered a storm shelter. $4,000.00 for XL installed underground in their garage.  It was an easy process and I am certainly glad they have it. 

I hate tornado season. We had 3 warnings last night. 

Growing up in Arkansas, our tornado shelter was a small interior walk-in pantry, but I guess like Oklahoma, we didn't have basements because of the type of soil. When I moved to Connecticut, everyone has basements, and while we have had a few tornadoes in my 33+ years living here, there are no sirens to tell you to go to the basement, LOL.

One spring when I was home visiting family, we stayed in a hotel and the sirens went off. Tornado veteran, I shooed DH and DS downstairs to find shelter and found the front desk clerk and a bunch of guests milling around nonchalantly in a room FULL of windows. I'm like, "why does it look like a cocktail party in here?", while searching for an interior windowless room.