# TX, OK, MO, KS dopers be safe -- twisters are coming!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260 "2019-05-20T23:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/1 "2019-05-20T23:34:22Z")
I’m watching on KHOU (Houston). Apparently this is supposed to be a nasty, nasty outbreak. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/2 "2019-05-20T23:42:38Z")
We, here in Arkansas are in the storm corridor. It’s been overcast and humid today and we had one strong shower. I expect it to be worse tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/3 "2019-05-21T00:35:17Z")
Hey, my city already has had a major tornado strike, back when I was a kid. Surely lightening would not strike twice…excuse me, do I hear sirens?😃 Thanks for the good wishes though, I have a good basement to shelter in. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/4 "2019-05-21T01:52:16Z")
Do you all have tornado shelters underground? I always wanted this when I lived in the South (kinda like how I was glad I lived in a 1-level home or ranch house in California when earthquakes hit). ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/5 "2019-05-21T01:55:44Z")
I hate this but it looks like the tornado watches/warnings are going into the night. I used to hate this living in the South. There were several nights when tornado watches would start at like 9 or 10 PM and we’d have intense rain, hail, lightning, loud thunder, major winds (60-70 mph). Just the straight line winds would make you think there was a tornado. You never knew if one was gonna drop out of the sky at night and crush your home ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/6 "2019-05-21T02:02:04Z")
I have an in ground shelter. Only problem is I’m afraid of it. Spiders, one notorious snake, and the fear of a piece of debris or a tree will block me in. I used to throw my kids and pets in there and stand in the garage. Dumb, I know. I like to see what’s coming at me. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/7 "2019-05-21T03:50:58Z")
We had a tornado on Saturday here in Ft. Smith.that I slept through. Sis and her ex hubby got shuffled to the cellar of the mall and my parents got put in the restroom of a restaurant. Apparently it went right past Hooters which is only a few blocks from the house. Unfortunately, Hooters was undamaged. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/8 "2019-05-21T04:19:26Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > We had a tornado on Saturday here in Ft. Smith.that I slept through. Sis and her ex hubby got shuffled to the cellar of the mall and my parents got put in the restroom of a restaurant. Apparently it went right past Hooters which is only a few blocks from the house. Unfortunately, Hooters was undamaged. You were lucky. That storm was bad. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/9 "2019-05-21T04:34:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You were lucky. That storm was bad. If I was lucky, Hooters would have been destroyed. And I wouldn’t be in AR at all. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/10 "2019-05-21T05:05:03Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > If I was lucky, Hooters would have been destroyed. And I wouldn’t be in AR at all. You’re in Arkansas for Hooters? I’m ashamed of you. You sure you’re not here for the opportunities and lovely scenary? And such speshul people! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/11 "2019-05-21T05:16:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You’re in Arkansas for Hooters? I’m ashamed of you. You sure you’re not here for the opportunities and lovely scenary? And such speshul people! No no no! I HATE Hooters. And I’m here due to a string of unfortunate events. Also to help out with my mom’s newest book launch called (shameless plug)[Garrison Avenue](https://www.fortsmith.org/events/book-launch-garrison-avenue-by-joyce-faulkner/), which (tenuous link to thread topic) said tornado traveled down. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/12 "2019-05-21T06:11:06Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > No no no! I HATE Hooters. And I’m here due to a string of unfortunate events. Also to help out with my mom’s newest book launch called (shameless plug)[Garrison Avenue](https://www.fortsmith.org/events/book-launch-garrison-avenue-by-joyce-faulkner/), which (tenuous link to thread topic) said tornado traveled down. I misunderstood. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/13 "2019-05-21T21:51:34Z")
They’ve already canceled tonight’s Royals-Cardinals game in St. Louis because of the storm threat. The TV stations have just broken in with their first tornado sightings, about 100 miles from StL and moving right up I-44. ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/14 "2019-05-21T23:18:05Z")
The Sirens. They seem to mean “go outside and look up”. It’s so very foreboding. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ok-mo-ks-dopers-be-safe-twisters-are-coming/834260/15 "2019-05-22T01:43:30Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You’re in Arkansas for Hooters? I’m ashamed of you. You sure you’re not here for the opportunities and lovely scenary? I’ve always enjoyed the lovely scenery but I’ve never felt that I had a real opportunity.