Betty, remember Chip is a professional photographer. I don't live in tornado alley (now that's REALLY scary), but am in the hurricane belt, and have been through many, many in my lifetime that have put much damage on ocean front properties owned by my family, but never damaged our residences or threatened life. My own parents' property on the coast has been there forever (well, maybe back to the 30's), never a problem or a drop of water flood damage. But I do have that same morbid sense of adventure as Chip when a hurricane is coming, and hunker everything down to avoid damage. My house is so sound, is on the bay but not the ocean. Too far from other houses to have flying debris like in a tornado. I have had as many as 25 friends camping at my house being evacuated from the island, and yes, we opened the wine and had a storm party! So maybe we are nuts, so long as we feel safe from all our past experience. It is those people in mobile home parks in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi that I really feel for, and pray they will get to a safe spot. My house ground floor is at a 12 elevation, so I never worry about water, just wind, and of course loss of electric! BE SAFE everyone down there, and get to high ground!