re: Central & Southern U.S. Severe Weather Continues: 4/27/2024 - 4/29/2024

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Could a swimming pool only four feet deep be a safe place of last resort if a tornado is aiming at your home?

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I'd throw on a snorkel and hope for the best depending on the storm. Of course, there's always the chance of debris being blown into the pool and you getting trapped and drowning.

With the overwhelming majority of tornadoes (barring access to a shelter or safe room) you are safest in an interior room, on the lowest floor, away from windows. Through a high end EF3 you're going to ride it out without major injury, it happens all the time. Even if the roof comes off, people make it out without serious injury all the time. When you get into violent tornadoes, EF4, you can still survive it, but you're much more likely to have serious injury. When you talk about high end EF5 tornadoes, you're not likely to survive most of them if you're above ground. People do survive, and there are miraculous stories out there, but it is a crap shoot (or a God/fate thing).