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Quote: I just thought it would be a given. Ya know. Tornado = basement In some southern states, I've been told, the ground won't support basements. I think that it has something to do with the type of soil we have. True. North Carolina was VERY sandy near the coast. I just have always...

Quote: I just thought it would be a given. Ya know. Tornado = basement

ok. I have always wondered this so I figure to ask you all Why, if you live in a area/state where there are always tornado's, do they not build houses with basements? Not even my aunts house had one, but they had a "cellar" type of thing about 100 feet from the back door.

been thru one when I was visiting family in LeClaire IA years ago. Not fun. Went through a smaller one, that the MA weather people never have admitted happened. But one could see the trees and KNOW it. PLus the sky did that awful "green" thing right before. I was in the barn with my little Arab...