Heh, we had the tornado sirens go off the other night so we went down to the basement for a while. It’s nice to have that option.
Yes, it is. We've had to take cover in the basement a couple of times, since we've been here. We don't get tornadoes often here in MA, but we had several of them during the year we lived in Indiana. Paul was our only child at that time, and he and I spent several bad weather sessions in the basement.
Yikes! Do the sirens go off when they’ve actually spotted a tornado, or just when they are possible? I’ve never lived in a place that had tornado sirens.