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Old 03-02-2012, 02:06 PM
 
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Thanks Don for the tornado shelter information. Any around Murfreesboro/Smyrna?
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Old 03-02-2012, 02:06 PM
 
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That was a great suggestion, wmsn. That hadn't occurred to me either. Repped for me an Don.

I've also heard to have your children wear bicycle helmets. We don't do that every time, but we will have our helmets and shoes on today.
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Old 03-02-2012, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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Thanks! Looking outside at the sun right now, it's kinda funny to think of us all running around the house with our purses and cell phones, wrangling our helmet-wearing kids into the linen closet.





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Old 03-02-2012, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Franklin, TN
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Sounds like it's getting close. I put the collar on the cat and found some flashlights although it's not very dark. No rain. Just win. Still pretty bright. Where are the weather people? Are they in underground bunkers somewhere?

Mom has a map of TN and is sitting on the couch.

After this wave, is it over or will there be more????

Almost cocktail time.

My Mom keeps yelling "Put on your shoes!"
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Old 03-02-2012, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Franklin, TN
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Has this already been posted??

Emergency storm shelters have been opened in these areas:


CANNON COUNTY: Woodbury Church of Christ, intersection of West Water Street and North McCrary Street. Open at noon and will stay open as long as needed.


CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KY: Second Baptist Church, West 7th Street, Hopkinsville Municipal Building, Crofton City Hall, Oak Grove City Hall and Pembroke Baptist Church. Open 2-6 p.m.


HUMPHREYS COUNTY: Waverly Police Department & First Baptist Church in McEwen


WILSON COUNTY: First Baptist Church, 735 N. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet (enter through north entrance on West Wilson Middle side. Push the call button and let them know you're coming to the shelter.


RUTHERFORD COUNTY: Two shelters--LaVergne Multipurpose Building, 5093 Murfreesboro Road, LaVergne (behind City Hall). Open at noon. Also, Kittrell Fire Department.


WILLIAMSON COUNTY: Williamson County Recreation Complex, 1120 Hillsboro Road (Fulton Greer Lane), Franklin.


HENRY COUNTY: Inman Middle School, 400 Harrison Street in Paris. Open at 4 p.m. until storms move through. Deputies will be on duty to assist.


SUMNER COUNTY: Two shelters--Portland City Hall, 100 S Russell St. and Portland Church of Christ, 200 N Russell St. Open until warnings end.


VAN BUREN COUNTY: Bethlehem Church of Christ, 5544 Old SR 111, in Spencer.
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Old 03-02-2012, 03:33 PM
 
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Power outages are common in the aftermath of a tornado. The weather reports usually give you a day or so to prepare for big storms likely to spawn tornadoes. Recommend running the dishwasher and doing laundry the day before the storm hits. Fill cars and gas cans. Check flashlights, bottled water, canned food. Check chainsaw (and chain oil). Check generator. Take pictures of home exterior and interior for insurance. Try to ensure that you can survive for about three days without help from anyone.

Take a bugout bag to shelter with change of clothes, prescriptions, first aid kit, flashlight, batteries, cell phone charger (car or crank), cell phone / camera, and water. Listen to weather radio (if TV goes off). Wear shoes / jackets / helmet or hard hat.

Just in case, go ahead and eat all the ice cream now...
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Old 03-02-2012, 04:00 PM
 
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This storm was not nearly as bad as the predicted it to be. We have had much worse storms in the past that have lasted much longer.
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Old 03-03-2012, 06:48 AM
 
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This storm was not nearly as bad as the predicted it to be. We have had much worse storms in the past that have lasted much longer.
Like the flip of a coin,,, it could have gone either way for us in northern middle TN. Sadly, it didn't go so well for AL, KY and IN - and the twenty-nine lives reported lost.
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Old 03-03-2012, 07:24 AM
 
Location: Almost Paradise
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We moved from Oklahoma to Murfreesboro and for a few months looked around for tornado shelter and/or tornado warning siren. To my surprise TN or at least Murfreesboro/Smyrna area doesn't have any. If nothing else, knowing that there is a tornado shelter (usually all brick public buildings) you can walk to, in case of an emergency was great peace of mind for us.

We live in an apartment and huddling in the bathtub seems to be the best option but again from what I have heard they are not built for that unlike to the apartments in OK were.
We moved from North Alabama to Murfreesboro in 2008 and was shocked when we found out there weren't any warning sirens. We bought a weather alert for the first time. We've since moved to Brentwood and there is a warning siren close to our house.
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Old 03-03-2012, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Nashville, TN
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We moved from North Alabama to Murfreesboro in 2008 and was shocked when we found out there weren't any warning sirens. We bought a weather alert for the first time. We've since moved to Brentwood and there is a warning siren close to our house.
There aren't any in Hendersonville either. It boogles my mind.
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