[MrEdd]

All across the prairie states, even if you are never in a tornado it's a pretty good bet that you will have straight winds of seventy miles per hour or more a few times a year.

Older trees and diseased trees fall.

We live in a fallen world, but adding fear to it isn't conducive to living a good life. There is an extent of precaution which goes beyond reasonable, and denigrating others for not going that far (which is the purpose of this thread) is just disgusting.

[Robert DeLong]

Whatever. In tornado alley it’s wise to have an underground shelter you can seek refuge in. Even if one survives a huge storm the aftermath can sometimes be even worse. I wasn’t denigrating anyone. I was remarking that he was more concerned with looting. Material things are not, in my opinion, worth risking life & limb over.

[Libloather]

(which is the purpose of this thread)

Not at all.