Okay. Don't laugh. This is serious.

[Baitball Blogger]

[lastlib]

1. Not a good idea.

I suppose maybe better than no shelter at all, but not by much. A tornado could EASILY rip the lid off it and suck the occupant out in a blink of an eye. They could send a deadly projectile through the plastic lid just as easily.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I know.

I was just trying to treat the subject with proper reverence, given the tragedies in OK.

[HappyMe]

3. Hmm...not the best because of

the plastic lid.
But it just might be the seed of an idea for people with smarts and know how.

[CBGLuthier]

4. I have had those cans filled with a hundred pounds of debris blown over by a straight wind.

The tornado yesterday would pick that can up, occupants included and send it hundreds of feet away.

[Chan790]

5. Lessons from the 7th grade egg-drop.

If you filled the trash-can after you were in it with a tight fill of packing peanuts, devised a strong and durable way to secure the lid from the inside and left sufficient head clearance on all sides, you'd still have a low enough density to be able to breathe through the packing and probably survive being thrown a few hundred feet.

I'm not suggesting anybody try it to find out.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I have to give these women an A for effort.

I, myself, can see Floridians looking for ways to create storm cellars as these storms grow larger.