Do you even have a safe place to take shelter?
Severe weather is notoriously unpredictable. We have a vast knowledge about the conditions and suroundings that cause it and how often this occurs throughout the country. We have sophisticated warning systems, as well as extensive radio and 24/7 news and television coverage of these storms and Tornadoes as they approach and even destroy. Even with all of this technology and warning systems, still hundreds are killed each year from tornadoes, freak storms and other disasters, with thousands more injured. Property loss is routinely in the billons of dollars.
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FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) describes a tornado as "natures most violent storms". Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a neighborhood in seconds. A tornado appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long. Every state is at some risk from this hazard¹. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
