I share your feeling
Tornados in this area are not as prevalent as the midwest but they do happen. The Cement houses are probably better but the roofs are always the thing that goes in a tornado so I am not sure they are that much safer. Probably somewhat.
I think its more of a preference than anything else.
I was surprised when I moved here that there are no Tornado or hurricane shelters. You are on your own. Of course with Tornados there is usually not time to move to a shelter but with hurricanes you often have a day or more notice.
Our only plan for a tornado is to move into a bathroom that has no outside walls or windows. For hurricanes, depending on predicted strength either that inside bathroom or get out of town. That's what we did last time. We had an RV and we just closed up the house and left town. As long as you don't wait until the last minute you can get a long way from here in a day.
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