[Peter]

Pour yourself a crown royale put the blinds down and enjoy the movie

[Dan]

Peter, your answer is proof positive why there needs to be a “Like” feature!

[Archived]

Just to prevent rocking, during high wind speed storms I also lower the coach using the level low to its lowest point so as to not shake my whiskey.

[Mike]

How about slides? Is there any rule of thumb on if and when to pull them in?

[Larry]

Retract the slides when you drive.

[Archived]

The bus has wheels, just get the hell out of there!

[Davy]

I agree with TXPrevost comment about it having wheels, but looking at the storm map in the first post, since pontoons are not yet an option on coaches, if you were located in Florida, there was no escape route as it blew through the entire State.

FYI, that was one heck of a storm and my house’s standby generator came to good use for a few hours.

[Marius]

When Charlie was supposed to make land fall in Tampa,
everyone clogged I-4 headed to Orlando.I-4 and I-75 became parking lots with everyone exposed.I went on a side road from Port Richey on the
Gulf Coast over to I-75 to a Pilot truck stop and pulled in between two semi truck
trailers and, like Peter said, made a margarita.About 6 hours later, after Charlie made
landfall South of Tampa and the eye went right through Orlando, I took that
same side road about 35 miles back to Port Richey.The only reason I left Port Richey was to get
away from some tall old growth pine trees that had dead limbs about 60 feet
up.When I got back there was a large
limb laying right where I had been parked. The storm last night had strong winds, but was short lived, only about 15 minutes, then about an hour later another 10-15 minutes. Georgia had it a lot worse.I might retract the slides just to save the slide covers from being torn away by the high winds.

[Ted]

I agree with Peter and Jon. I was in a pretty big storm a couple years ago (80+ MPH). With the coach on the bump stops I hardly noticed a ripple in my Macallan 12 (no ice).

[Archived]

We were 90 minutes due east of Hattiesburg when the storm blew through early Saturday morning. We followed the back side of the storm all day Saturday and we were only a few miles from where the tornado struck Sunday morning in Georgia. Not the smartest day of my life but not terrible in the bus either. We do live on a schedule, otherwise I might have stayed in western Alabama and rode it out.

When the tornado warning was issued around 5:00 AM Sunday, we went inside the church next door for a couple of hours. My daughter does not walk on her own so it a little more difficult to run in a sure enough emergency. We usually take cover when there is a break in the rain.

We lived in Wichita, Kansas for four years and never once took shelter in the storm cellar. We have hunkered down in storm cellars, RV Park bathrooms and offices and a fair number of churches in the 14+ years we have been on the road. We are not “skeered” of a little rain and wind but not too proud to run either.

Davy

[al]

I agree with Davy about taking shelter if available for the really big stuff. – My situation, noted above, did not forecast tornado just bow echo and no campground shelter was available.

[AL]

I rode out a 60 mph squall line at a state park a couples ago. Lasted about 45 minutes. I enjoyed the 4 roses, neat, one cube.

[Archived]

During our first year on the road full-time, we’ve only had to use a brick laundry facility for refuge when a tornado hit just north of us in Nebraska. When winds are in excess of 150mph would not risk loss of life by life staying in our bus.

On the other hand, last night in Naples we had some tornado watches with rain, lightning & 50mph winds. Slept like a baby!

Like Jon, I “low level” the bus if heavy winds are expected, and ensure my fresh water tank is full for additional ballast.

[Archived]

I’m surprised nobody mentioned what I feel to be absolutely necessary…I retract all my awnings!

[Marius]

When caught in a a big wind, if possible point front or rear into the wind and pull in slides.

Roy