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
About 100 people hunkered down in a tornado shelter in Starkville, Mississippi, where Craig Ceecee, a meteorologist at Mississippi State University, said he peered out at “incredibly black” skies.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022
“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
