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Ulthirm
The sirens sound like devil's. The problem is i sleep to that crap every night (devil's not sirens) so probably wouldn't even notice.
ssyoda2
Or when it goes off, stops for 10 min and goes off again?
Lunaura
As someone who grew up in north texas I relate lol.
spyghst720
Mortar alarms in afghanistan.
XedtheRed
Y'all don't have wings and a flight stick on your bed?
Lahoura
Tornado got close to a friend of ours once. Said he heard a weird noise outside, didnt look into it and went to bed.
eggmuffin
Indoors, surrounded by padding seems like the safest place to be.
wildcatfan4life
Just remember if you wake up in Oz just bring a water bottle with you in case the wicked witch shows up.
TikiScott
I always sleep through those
HellMel
I did this a few weeks ago. Except that it was like 1pm and I have no real excuses for having still been in bed.
ensensu
Sleep underground in a hammock. You're safe from everything down there.
lacole725
Sires went off when I was at the library in college. I left bc I'd rather die with my kitty at home instead of a bunch of strangers.
droider04
My old roommate did this. I woke him up for a tornado siren and he said “if I die, tell my parents I was in the closet and not sleeping”
AtsaMattaForYou
koboshi
Why do they only occur in America?
Ireallycantthinkofanythingbetterrightnow
they don't, but you may have bigger ones though. Also houses in the US are mostly made of wood, so there is much more broken afterwards
themanthemyththebellend
If i'm not asleep, when I hear the tornado sirens, I pour a glass of the good scotch and sit on the porch.
DiarrheaTsunami
Been through 2 hurricanes and one tornado. I'll pick the tornado.
MaddPainting
I've had 2 Tornados near my house in the past year 1/2, this has happen since 1997.
SwaghettiYologneseWithMemeballs
It's impossible for me to get out of bed unless I've got my full night's sleep. I will literally only get out of bed to go back to it.
TimTeem0
If I'm gonna die, it better fuckin well be in my bed
Emanresu18
Oh it do be like that. Once it woke me up 3 hours before work. Said "if I die I die" and went back to sleep. And I'm in a trailer lmao
MaeDully
You know you live in the Midwest when......
Hoffafiles
I miss the giant rain storms
MaeDully
There have been some really good ones the past couple of days in Nebraska. But every time I was at work and couldn’t enjoy them.
caninegunner
I have a rather good knowledge of meteorology so my family expects me to be the one to stay up and watch the weather. No sleep.
dangerousDoc
One time I was driving to college with a dead cellphone. I managed to park. Walk all the way to the building before a my professor screamed>
dangerousDoc
At me to get into the bathroom. Apparently a huge tornado was following me down the road to school and I didn't know because I had no radio
youareabsolutegarbage
So you didn't even look in the rear view windows once while driving?
Vegonbrei
metalist5487
I'm laughing but come Saturday if it storms, I too will mow anyways and may have a photo bomber
youcantspelloverreactingwithoutovaries
Berta!!
realistichorsegonadbehavior
Proud to say that's in Three Hills AB, where my Grandma's from.
grin660
This one always cracks me up. Tornadoes in my part of town are common. But I'd at least be in the house if one were that close.
NozMortem
And not a single fuck was given that day.
mzxrules
"Man who mowed lawn with tornado behind him says he 'was keeping an eye on it'"
lookatthisphotographeverytimeidoitmakesmelaugh
Fuck yeah! That is the true meaning of Canada. If this picture had a beaver holding a poutine and a Molson it'd be complete.
MadamMurder
Likes two weeks ago, I got a tornado siren going off,hid in the closet and the damn thing took part of my roof. The sirens terrify me.
ieattacotrucks
That's s powerful siren to take half of your roof
Tracendo
I was in school when one hit the sub next to our school and skipped us. I am petrified of them.
MadamMurder
Ooof. Yeah they are terrifying.
tthbth
Wait, the sirens???:o xD
MadamMurder
Haha no. To be honest no one here is even sure if it was a tornado or just bad winds that tore off part of the roof in my apartment complex.
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MadamMurder
Not really. I mean. The wind. Took off the roof of a brick and mortar building. And threw a dumpster on the other side of it.
themuttonisniceandlean
Tornado country often has air raid type sirens to tell people to seek shelter.
Happyrexmanningday
Yeah they also test them at noon on the first Wednesday of every month here. Fun to watch people freak out in their cars when they hear it
Totallyscrewedinaustin
Town I used to live in in BFE Missouri had their siren set to go off everyday at noon. Just one rotation, but still.....
ToasterBaths
Everyday!? That’s ridiculous.
MadamMurder
Ours recently got updated so it's not so air raidy. But it's still tested daily.
Noksus
Daily? Isn't that a bit excessive?
ThanosWasNotWrong
well TIL
warriorofdiscord
Really? Having always lived in the Midwest, the thought never occurred to me that other places didn't have sirens like us. Where you live?
themuttonisniceandlean
I live in Cen. Texas. We don't have them here but go a little north and they do. We have to depend on our phones yelling at us or a radio.
piranha1537
Where I'm originally from (KY) they arent LIKE air raid sirens. They ARE air raid sirens and they are terrifying.
Lucielll
And living in central Illinois they're a common terrifying occurrence.
LiterallyHitlersLeftNut
Fellow person in the middle of nowhere I see, we are a rare bunch
BallsLikeWatermelonsPeckerLikeAThimble
I saw a tornado out my window once and stayed put. Fuck it.
suazobomber
I like you
jurassicfantastic
But did you go to OZ
aSillyApple
Legendary. I think? I don't know, sounds dangerous
Zyrixion
Living in California, this is pretty much how we feel about earthquakes. If a giant one happens, it happens, fuckall anyone's gonna do.
gellynods
Except consider the numerous reasons to stop living in CA. =)
EnchantedSweatervest
Fuck it? That’s gonna require some serious protection.
CAntthenuclearapocalypsecomesoicanjustdiealready
Saw one during hurricane harvey
intothewilde
As a european, what else would you do? Go outside and greet it with cookies and a Mint Julep?
Himalayiantortoise
Tornados prefer a Guinness. You're fucked if you bring a julep
StAnonymous
Go to the basement, go to the bathroom and hide in the tub, or go take shelter in a doorway, I think. Anywhere where shit can’t land on you.
nextgenpants
Doorway is more of an earthquake thing, the most interior room is recommended. Interior bathrooms or hall closets are best if no basement.
intothewilde
That's reasonable. Why the tub, though, couldn't the ceiling come down just as likely in the bath? Or do you sleep under a chandelier?
dnebdal
Seems like an iron tub may stop some horizontally flying debris?
TackyNameHere
Bathrooms are more likely to be windowless and in the central home area. I used to live in "tornado alley" and another reason is we
TackyNameHere
would put a mattress or other heavy object over 2 of us, usually just us 2 kids, in the tub with a little bit for air in case the ceiling
ButteryButtsButterflyCups
Bathrooms have metal piping in the wall that is supposed to protect you from walls collapsing ive heard. Best bet is basement
StAnonymous
Provided you have one. But if you live in Tornado Alley, have a house instead of a trailer, and no basement, then what the F are you doing.
StAnonymous
I dunno. I’m just regurgitating what I was taught and those are supposed to be the safest places, in order of safety. (1)
intothewilde
It's reasonable, thanks for informing me. :-)
StAnonymous
And the doorway one is more of a “here’s something you might be able to hold onto that maybe won’t move” sort of thing. (/2)