I’ve got a good cellar, and three bathrooms with no windows in case we have to hide out. We rarely get those windstorms here where I live but 15 miles away where my son and his family live, they had a big storm that broke a window and blew in all kinds of stuff. Ruined some furniture. They spent a couple of hours in the cellar. It’s scary.
What part of NY are you in? I grew up in the Albany area and I remember 1 tornado in the 60’s that hit the buildings on either side of my Dad’s business but left his virtually untouched. That was in Schenectady.