[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I don't want to minimize the devastating effects of a tornado, but the odds of being hit by one are very, very small. We have had 16 tornadoes here in 43 years. That's about one every three years. Twelve of those have been F-0 which are relatively weak.

Tornadoes also usually impact a very small area. So although the impact on those affected is severe, there are relatively few who get hit.

Eight deaths in 43 years? You have more chance of getting killed in a car accident or a golf cart accident. Is there any information as to which of those 16 tornadoes caused the deaths? In other words, did the deaths all occur from the F2 and F3 tornadoes?

I know that a lot of people here lived through a tornado a few years ago and I'm sure that it was a horrifying experience but I'm not going to get myself all in a panic over the very slim chance of my house being hit by a tornado. I see the look in some people's eyes every time the hear thunder or wind and I don't want to become one of those people, living in fear every moment of their lives.

I have some canned foods and bottled water stored in my cabinets and I have flashlights and a battery powered radio. It would be nice to have a map with a rain warning like this because I like to know when it's going to rain. But I'm not going to live my entire life worrying about a tornado hitting. There's really not much I can do about it and I don't want to live every day in fear.