I live in South Mississippi and have a house on a slab with a basement underneath it, therefore the ceiling of the basement is concrete and it is a very safe structure. I am contemplating moving to Arkansas and am looking at a house with a conventional crawl space type foundation. It also has a basement under it but, I am concerned how safe this type of basement would be in a tornado. Does anyone have any experience or research information that could help ease my fears or would it be best to try and find another house.
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