Thanks so much! We live in a fairly hilly part of Ohio, and there is a ridge to the west of town that somehow diverts tornadoes from coming right at us.
They go north and south, and occasionally skip right over town, but don't hit us directly. One tornado about 10 years ago hit to the west, then jumped over town to the east, and took off part of the roof of my kids' elementary school about a half hour after they had been standing in front of the school loading the busses! It was a bright sunny day, too!
Tornadoes are frightful things, because of their unpredictability! Just think.....only 9 houses away from Miss Marple's house! Thank You, Lord for Your protection of her, and her family!!
I am terrified of them. In 1979 most of my husband's family lost their homes in a mammoth F-4 that practically destroyed the town of Wichita Falls, Texas. We drove in to check on them the day after the tornado hit and the damage was unbelievable. Half of the city had been reduced to shredded toothpicks. His brother and one sister lost their homes, but thankfully all of them were alive.