When do I say "Oh sh@t"?
December 21, 2012
Seriously, losing electricity isn't a big deal. After hurricane Ike hit, over 2 million customers in the Houston area lost power for up to 3 weeks and in a few rare cases longer than that. Even if the power goes out when there's no storm it's possible some idiot took out a service pole and disrupted a circuit. That's happened before.
Now if the power goes out and cars won't start and electronics don't work, that's almost an immediate Oh Crap.
Basements are about as rare in this part of Texas as in Florida. I do know of tornado shelters at 2 different houses, both miles away from home. One is under an old house (probably 75-100 years old) and was flooded last time I was there, the other is at an equally old farmhouse about 40 yards from the house. First time I saw it I thought it was a covered machinegun pit, it would make a great one.