Well, seeing what happened in the southeast, I think I'll keep the alarm feature of the weather radio turned on. Unless the weather pattern changes, it is liable to get worse in the heartland; the peak of deadly tornadoes is April-May, and if these intense storms shift a little north, which the are liable to do in spring, then the severe whether will shift north with them. A preliminary storm report shows tornado reports of yesterday, and a line of touchdowns was indeed headed right at us, but did not get all that close (maybe 80 miles), although there was wind damage destruction in Moberly, which is a lot closer (I think). But, there was no watch out for our county (Boone), and there was a reason for that: a little more stable, so the supercells weakened as they approached. Watching the news this morning with the report of the fatalities at the school in Alabama...there is some parallel to earthquake preparation: they had a warning, they knew the storm was coming, but they did not have safe enough places for the students. Theye were going to close school early and send students home, but the tornado came before they had a chance to do that. But, on another day, where the tornado might not have hit the school directly, it would be worse to be in vehicles or mobile homes than in a school. Last March 12 Heartland wife spent 1 1/2 hours in a Target store waiting out tornado warnings...a big box store might not be the best place to be...but in this case, baseball-sized hail fell and damaged every car in the parking lot, so walking across the street to her motel would have been worse..
Chris