You're in a top floor hotel room and wake up with a massive tornado (wedge, of course) bearing down. Where do you hide?
I'm on a long term assignment in EF5land, in a corner room of your typical cheap, new, generic Hilton brands construction. 10' (sw facing) and 40 '(nw) of exposed walls, 8' of those the bathroom with just a glassed door shower, no tub for protection. I'd guess a direct hit from a major tornado would drive all kinds of debris through the exterior walls, which being on the top (4th) floor would be about the most likely in the building to fail. Flat roof probably goes quick.
Hide in the hall? Unfortunately, big windows on both ends of that emergency wind tunnel. Elevator lobby alcove is somewhat better, no window on the (ne) exposed wall, but no side room that would provide an interior wall. Second best option? Maybe try to get to the 3rd or 2nd floor alcove?
Stairwell, luckily across from my door, seems like the best bet. Bigger block (maybe 9"x24"?) bricks, all around, but I don't know if they are reinforced, hollow, etc. Go as far down as possible (depending on how many patrons get in there), right? All that metal staircasing potentially coming down on me is a bit unsettling, but I guess if the stairwell gets enough damage for that then the winds and debris towards the top would probably be pretty bad.
No basement, and maybe not enough time to run down 3 flights of stairs and then through the long hallway and passed the sw facing glassed lobby to the somewhat interior bathrooms (that probably couldn't fit in just the first floor guests). The ground floor staff laundry room might be best if the machines lined the exterior wall.
Maybe I should buy a bike helmet....