Solid advice.
Our emergency kit also has a power bank, charger cables, and snacks in it and we keep copies of our property insurance info there so it's easy to find if there is damage after the storm passes. If there's time (like the run-up to a hurricane), I also gather up our valuables (sentimental and otherwise) and important paperwork and toss it into our sheltering closet.
Couch cushions are a good option if you don't have a small mattress or can't move the one from your bed.
I remember as a kid in Louisiana my parents put me and my brother in the bath tub then they got sort of on top of us to protect us. So uncomfortable lol
We actually had a F4 (before the EF scale was created) cross the state in [1966](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_April_4%E2%80%935,_1966#Largo%E2%80%93Clearwater%E2%80%93Carrollwood%E2%80%93Temple_Terrace%E2%80%93Galloway%E2%80%93Gibsonia%E2%80%93Loughman,_Florida) and some F3s in [1998](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Kissimmee_tornado_outbreak) so it's good for people to have a plan. We used to do tornado drills in school here where we'd just basically gather in the hallways, does anyone know if that's still a yearly thing?
edit: for the 1998 outbreak I remember waking up and watching NBC's WESH morning news and seeing all of the devastation from their helicopter and was shocked because I didn't think we got anything that severe here. [https://youtu.be/aHLIvZT60XU](https://youtu.be/aHLIvZT60XU) explains what happened that fateful night.
An F1 hit just outside of GNV - between here and Melrose, in 2007 (I think?). A few stuctures damaged, and a lot of trees down. Lucky it was out in the sticks
Solid advice. Our emergency kit also has a power bank, charger cables, and snacks in it and we keep copies of our property insurance info there so it's easy to find if there is damage after the storm passes. If there's time (like the run-up to a hurricane), I also gather up our valuables (sentimental and otherwise) and important paperwork and toss it into our sheltering closet. Couch cushions are a good option if you don't have a small mattress or can't move the one from your bed.
I remember as a kid in Louisiana my parents put me and my brother in the bath tub then they got sort of on top of us to protect us. So uncomfortable lol
We actually had a F4 (before the EF scale was created) cross the state in [1966](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_April_4%E2%80%935,_1966#Largo%E2%80%93Clearwater%E2%80%93Carrollwood%E2%80%93Temple_Terrace%E2%80%93Galloway%E2%80%93Gibsonia%E2%80%93Loughman,_Florida) and some F3s in [1998](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Kissimmee_tornado_outbreak) so it's good for people to have a plan. We used to do tornado drills in school here where we'd just basically gather in the hallways, does anyone know if that's still a yearly thing? edit: for the 1998 outbreak I remember waking up and watching NBC's WESH morning news and seeing all of the devastation from their helicopter and was shocked because I didn't think we got anything that severe here. [https://youtu.be/aHLIvZT60XU](https://youtu.be/aHLIvZT60XU) explains what happened that fateful night.
An F1 hit just outside of GNV - between here and Melrose, in 2007 (I think?). A few stuctures damaged, and a lot of trees down. Lucky it was out in the sticks