An inner room is one which does not have walls around the perimeter of the building, hence a hall, closet near the center of the house. We, in hurricane country, use the hall which in the center of the house and close the doors. We've been blessed not to have been hit head on by tornadoes, but they have passed close to us.... a frightful experience. As for the hurricanes, the lasting winds and rain can be scary. I remember Hurricane Hilda in '64 being one fo the worse to hit us, but there have been others that were also pretty bad. Thankfully we escaped Katrina's full force.