tornado shelter

Example Sentences

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Some people will go to a tornado shelter as soon as a warning is issued.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Many mobile homes are spread throughout rural areas, with the nearest tornado shelter too far away to reach when a warning arrives with minutes to spare.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

Harris, the delivery driver who survived the storm, said that after the tornado passed, he saw a green tornado shelter sign still hanging above Amazon’s shelter.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2021

“Many of the employees were gathered in the tornado shelter, and after the storm was over they left the plant and went to their homes,” a company spokesman told the AP.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2021

But at toll plazas with only booths, if they have a tornado shelter it’s going to look like a metal trap door into a concrete box mostly submerged in the ground.

From Washington Times • May 11, 2018