[Gopher Broke]

My thoughts, too. The media is focused on the Tuscaloosa tornado and ignore the EF5 that killed record numbers in Northern AL.

My family is from Hackleburg and Marion County.....,.

Here is a good site to help people in Hackleburg....Hackleburg and Phil Campbell were both basically leveled by this EF5 tornado...

http://www.myjrpaper.com/

[Publius6961]

Not having ever lived in tornado county, I have what may seem like a stupid question. All my life I have heard of "storm cellars." Are these universally effective?
If they are, why doesn't everyone have one?

A simpler question : is there such a thing as an underground shelter that works every time?