VICTIMS NOT PREPARED
One evening last year, shortly before 7:00 PM, a series of tornadoes ripped through Andover, Kansas. When it was all over thirteen people died in the storm. The interesting thing about it was the local storm shelter wasn’t even full. Quoting now from a news account of the tragedy: “When police and fire officials, TV forecasters and the weather service began telling people to take cover Friday, some waited too long to respond. Others apparently ignored the warnings. At the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park, where more than 225 homes were destroyed, many people never even left their homes. Between 150 and 200 of the park’s 700 residents headed into its shelter-which could have held 100 more. All 13 victims were killed at the trailer park. For 40 years, Andover has warned its residents of tornadoes by sending police and fire vehicles into the streets, lights flashing and sirens wailing. The vehicles were out even before the weather service told people…
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