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Old 06-19-2012, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CW Spook View Post
I think the OP has it about right. A 6x8 shelter is NOT something you're going to use for more than shelter for an hour or so. I wouldn't even bother with the jack. I've worked tornado SAR and in the very, very unlikely event you'd be trapped in the shelter, the rescue folks are going to be there in an hour or so anyway. A cellphone...preferably a smartphone with weather/radar app, or at least a WX radio; lights, water, maybe a potty. That's all you're going to need in tornado country.
I know the plan is rescue folks are there before it stops raining. But, in a large outbreak with a large area laid waste, it could be days before all areas are checked, and cell towers are the first comm link knocked out.

I would never go into a burial crypt without a way to get myself out, waiting on luck and others to save me is not a plan I would trust.
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