[Mears]

I have never lived in a tornado area (Eastern MA) but find them terrifying-—we had ONE big one in 1953 and I have feared them ever since.

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Just use your common sense and learn to read radar patterns.

The morons running our schools didn’t let the kids out one time. I was watching radar and it was going to put the ‘hook echo’ right over at pick-up time. I tore to the school and checked them out. SURE ‘NUFF.....the school went into lockdown at 3:00 and parents in cars were left to fend for themselves. Partly tore off a roof, thank God. No one hurt.

[Celtic Conservative]

Near miss to me 6 years ago. 1/2 mile south. That was a bad year. Same year we had a waterspout in the lake in early October. (Huron)

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[MamaB]

We have had 3 very bad ones. One in 1974, one in 1989 and one in 2012. A friend on FB posted a picture of the 1974 one the other day. That was the one which told local tv stations to get their own generators and radar. We had watched it form in west AL and it was getting closer when power was lost. The one in 1989 hit a few miles from our house. My husband had just gone through a traffic light when we lost power again. The 2012 hit my hometown in MS before hitting here. We take warnings very seriously. People complain about the full time weather coverage but I am thankful for it. I want to know if I should head for cover or just relax. Y'all be safe. God bless.