{"id":1847,"date":"2011-08-28T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T23:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2011-08-28T09:31:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T23:31:45","slug":"basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2011\/08\/basement-1847.html","title":{"rendered":"Tornado vs Basement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those who study survivalism will come across many opinions, a few anecdotes, and virtually no facts. 2012ers therefore have no certainty of what will occur, and no certainty on how to survive it. So it is a relief to come across a genuine review like this one<\/a>, which shows that basements (and of course other underground shelters) really are the safest place to be if a tornado turns up.<\/p>\n

In the last 10 years the USA has suffered tornado deaths<\/li>\n

Due to their light weight and not being anchored, 44% of those who died were in mobile homes<\/li>\n

The Oklahoma tornadoes of May 1999, caused 40 deaths, 133 severe injuries, and 265 minor injuries, yet people in basements had just one minor injury<\/li>\n

In Joplin, where 155 people died in May 2011 \u201482% of homes had no basements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

If you don’t have a basement, consider using steel hurricane straps to anchor your roof to the house – it’s a cheap option. Or, just flee in a vehicle rather than staying inside – while not a great solution, it proves safer.<\/p>\n

Even when you think you have a very secure place to be, s**t can still happen:<\/p>\n

Can basements be dangerous regardless? Absolutely. In April an Iowa couple took cover in an all-concrete \u201ctornado room\u201d they\u2019d built in their basement only to have the wind rip away the eight-inch-thick slab that served as its ceiling. Their pickup truck was then flung into the basement, flattening their pool table but leaving the remains of the bunker (and them) unharmed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Those who study survivalism will come across many opinions, a few anecdotes, and virtually no facts. 2012ers therefore have no certainty of what will occur, and no certainty on how to survive it. So it is a relief to come across a genuine review like this one, which shows that basements (and of course other underground shelters) really are the safest place to be if a tornado turns up.<\/p>\n
In the last 10 years the USA has suffered tornado deaths
\nDue to their light weight and not being anchored, 44% of those who died were in mobile homes
\nThe Oklahoma tornadoes of May 1999, caused 40 deaths, 133 severe injuries, and 265 minor injuries, yet people in basements had just one minor injury
\nIn Joplin, where 155 people died in May 2011 \u201482% of homes had no basements<\/p>\n
If you don’t have a basement, consider using steel hurricane straps to anchor your roof to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tornado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}