@ Tornado Alley @

I grew up in Oklahoma, which is known as "tornado alley".  I recently returned to Oklahoma after living up north for many years.  Saturday evening I was on my way home from going to town, and the tornado siren went off.  It had looked a little stormy all day, so it was safe to assume that it was a real warning siren, and not just a test.   So was everyone in town down in thier "fraidy hole" (cellar)?  No, they were all out in their yards as if they were waiting for a parade to go by, checking out the weather.  Yep, I'm back home.  Good to be here.

Just to let you know that everyone wasn't being totally irresponsible, as a native Oklahoman, I knew the conditions weren't quite right for a tornado to be hitting-no swirly winds.  When I got home and turned on the news, they said there were conditions favorable to forming a tornado nearby, but there was no tornado at that time.  And although people may have been out in their yards surveying the situation, at that point people do have a plan in place to get into shelter quickly if needed. Unfortunately, a tornado did hit North Enid Oklahoma later that night.