TOSTER KILLER.. i have not read thru all the replys to
your questions but i sort of recall seeing a photo in
National Geographic??..maybe..anyway a fellow who lived
in tornato alley dug himself a storm shelter under his
home..he had the same deal..no basement but in a smaller
home..from the looks of the photo he just took up the floor
boards and dug a simple "pit" room that his family could
get into..he survived while others were killed in the
storm that ripped his town apart..