Overnight rescuers saved 132.

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34. I agree.

There is some controversy over the windows thing, but all sources I know of that have studied and experimented on it, have debunked it. Just one of those things that lives on and on.

On the magnitude of the Tornado, I also agree, I don't know of any very large F4+ tornadoes that have hit that area in recorded American history. When I said 'hit before' I didn't specify magnitude (and to be technical, you didn't either when you responded) but I can see why you point out that people who live there might not have appreciated the threat, based on the historical data that hadn't shown any very large tornadoes hitting that location.

I thought it would justify shelters based on even the threat of smaller tornadoes, after all, they have put in place a very good warning system in response, so that's one half of the equation. But the warning system is of questionable efficacy, if the building codes don't withstand the tornadoes, or shelters aren't readily available. Especially when the prevailing public safety instructions are to shelter in place in an interior room of a structure, rather than flee.