I was shocked to hear that so many had been killed! We don't usually associate that kind of death count with tornadoes. I guess T.S. Eliot was right: "April is the cruellest (sic) month".

One year eons ago, I drove from SoCal to Maine. As I drove across Tornado Alley, I was amazed at the thousand and thousands of mobile homes in that area. And I couldn't see a single one with any indication of an underground shelter.

Do people think because tornadoes are on the ground for such short periods of time (relatively speaking) that they fall into the trap of 'It won't happen to us'? Do they quote The Law of Averages? Do they feel the same way as they hold the body of their child?

It is frustrating to read about things like this, the deaths that might have been prevent, if only... The old refrain, 'if only'.

Sue