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I always get a kick out of people who say, "you live in a mobile home? what are you going to do if a tornado hits your home?" I ask them what are they going to do if a tornado hits their home. Unless a home is a bomb shelter it will be destroyed just as easily as a mobile home in a tornado.
All 21 fatalities in the Groundhog Day tornadoes occurred in mobile homes, so the short version of a risk assessment for fatalities would be residence in a mobile home.
There were many permanant (block built) homes that were damaged and even leveled, yet no fatalities occured in them. You can't argue with facts. You are safer in a permanent structure than you are in a mobile home when a tornado hits.
My parents lived in a moblie home during the last years of their lives. They tried an apartment but it wasn't for them. They liked having outdoor space and living on one level, with no upstairs or downstairs neighbors. It was a very nice little home in a quiet and safe area, and they had many good friends in the neighborhood that looked after each other. It was a much closer-knit community than mine, even though I live in a neighborhood of permanent homes. I certainly would not rule out a mobile home as an option in my future.
Our local news tells people to seek alternative shelter during tornado warnings...I just heard them say it the other day. Said it was preferable to lay in a ditch.
Mobile homes will never appreciate like standard homes...so not a good investment long term.
There were many permanant (block built) homes that were damaged and even leveled, yet no fatalities occured in them. You can't argue with facts. You are safer in a permanent structure than you are in a mobile home when a tornado hits.
The reason for those numbers is 1. so many homes in one small area of land and 2. being located in the outskirts of metropolitian areas. My home has been through hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Lilli, and one other I can't remember the name of.
Our local news tells people to seek alternative shelter during tornado warnings...I just heard them say it the other day. Said it was preferable to lay in a ditch.
Mobile homes will never appreciate like standard homes...so not a good investment long term.
Never claimed it was an investment. I said it was an affordable home alternative in this bad economy. In our area it is much cheaper to get a mobile home than it is to rent an apartment for the same square footage and with the rush rush build quality of newly built apartments the build quality is about the same or better with the new mobile homes.
The reason for those numbers is 1. so many homes in one small area of land and 2. being located in the outskirts of metropolitian areas. My home has been through hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Lilli, and one other I can't remember the name of.
You're wrong. Those tornados began in a very populated area known as The Villages then traveled over 40 miles to the coast, much of it through a very rural area. The majority of the deaths were in sparsely populated rural areas.
The facts are proven over an over. Your chances of surviving a tonado are significantly higher in a permanent structure than a mobile home. I could dig up 50 other similar links to the one I posted above, every single one will have the same scenario. People die in mobile homes when people in permanant structures four doors down walk away. To try to kid yourself otherwise could end tragically for yourself and/or your loved one.
Tornadoes are bad no matter what. This is from one that hit about 25 miles away from me a few years ago. New, supertight houses got totalled. Older, looser houses were damaged but survived.
SailorDave, a mobile home is a good alternative to standard housing..especially when you need a home with just one level and on a limited income. We have one in WA state we have owned for a few years that we are trying to sell, its in a senior park and we have had quite a few calls..so they are still fairly popular and in demand, at least in some areas.
Our local news tells people to seek alternative shelter during tornado warnings...I just heard them say it the other day. Said it was preferable to lay in a ditch.
Mobile homes will never appreciate like standard homes...so not a good investment long term.
Not everyone views their home as an investment that they expect huge returns on. There are those who view it as a place to live and nothing more. It's just home.
If I'm ever lucky enough to buy I don't care what its future worth is. I just want to live there. When I die, it will be sold and the proceeds donated to charity.
Cleasach, that is a great sentiment, that's how it used to be, just home and not a line of equity..
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