Don't forget to read Got a Grip's excellent diary on tornado safety and preparation.
Don't fall victim to It Won't Happen In My Backyard Syndrome. Please please please do not fall victim to that potentially fatal mindset. A tornado hit Massachusetts yesterday. Hook echoes akin to the ones that hit Oklahoma and Kansas formed from Maine to Mass. I've heard story after story of people saying "It'll never happen here!" and "I don't know what to do!"
You need to know what to do. You are not immune.
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This is a tornado crossing the Connecticut River in Springfield, MA yesterday. (Picture WWLP)
You are not immune.
3 tornadoes hit the area around Chico, California last week, causing EF-2 damage.
You are not immune.
An EF-4 tornado hit the St. Louis airport and suburbs a few months ago.
You are not immune.
Joplin, MO (Picture: TWC):
Tuscaloosa, AL:
Chickasha, OK (Picture: KWTV):
Raleigh, NC (Picutre: WRAL):
Mobile, AL (Picture: WALA):
A tornado hit Philadelphia the other day (Picture: Philly.com):
Tornado going through Washington DC on September 24, 2001:
2008 Atlanta tornado (pardon everyone's need to put music over videos):
Salt Lake City tornado in 1999:
No matter how safe you think you are, YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE. Tornadoes can and do hit every state. You need to stay alert. You need to have a plan. You need to know where to go when one threatens whether you're at work, school, home or in the car. You need to have a weather radio. You need to do something to keep yourself safe, because it could happen to you. You are not immune.