I grew up in Iowa and remember seeing 1 tornado, of course there were many but I only saw one, but this outbreak is so crazy.
I have lost track here. In our last house, we had to chainsaw our way out of the neighborhood 3 times in the six years we lived there. I just make sure that I buy houses with a basement that has an interior room in the basement. LOL
I remember one when I was a kid (I'm 37 now) that passed right over my grandma's house. It hadn't yet touched ground but eventually did less than a mile away. We huddled in her basement and the walls just shook. All her jarred veggies from canning were rattling and hopping around on the shelves, just like in the movies. Crazy scary!
I was born and raised in a suburb of KC (Kansas side) and have only seen one tornado as well. I just moved back from Los Angeles and my fear of twisters is not as it was prior to my moving. Nothing scarier than a large earthquake with no warning.