Texasboots,

Welcome to equipped and welcome to Texas. We live just north of Houston and see a scary number of tornados in the area. Unfortunately, I still haven't figured out the best was to protect ourselves from them. The lack of a basement sucks. The water table is only about five feet down here so any hole in the ground has it's own set of problems. The only area in our house that isn't loaded with windows is the interior staircase. However, our hot water heater sits in the attic directly above this staircase. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I'm scared of it crashing downon us.

Our current plan pretty much is pray or maybe hide in a vehicle in the garage. I'd love to fill the walls of our utility room with concrete, but DW hasn't been sold on that plan yet...

-Blast