Tushka Ok, has public safe rooms

[txwhitedove]

31. Some fellow Okies want you to know they lost friends and family in 1999. They know the

drill and help each other since most have been in the same shoes.

Many in the midwest have lost a lot, love the area and prepare as best they can. Most cities have public places to go, city halls or church basements. Those without basements have contingency plans with friends or families. They are not ignorant on what to do. Okies grow up knowing the preparedness routine, learn to watch the sky, practice and have preparedness food enough to last a week. Most Oklahomans know what to do. Schools have monthly tornado drills, towns test their sirens every week but sometimes the best laid plans go awry.

Please do not act like they don't know what to do or like you know better. It really is offensive.

As far as shelters, there are a lot of places to go and most people know where to go. Not every house has a basement because not every house had one when built. Those that can be selective when home buying can wait for that perfect house with the basement, many have to buy what they can afford.

Until it happens to you, you don't really know how you would react.