What Door?

Tonight I was talking on the phone with a friend, when a funny siren noise could be heard over the lines. Sounded like the siren that summons the volunteer fire department on the island where my second home is located. But the friend's town is big enough to have a 911 switchboard. She quickly stated that it was the tornado siren, and had to go.

Is there some reason that tornados seem to occur in the dark? Does darkness cause stronger winds? The only tornado that made news in Washington State happened along a river gorge.

Imagine the Ingalls family, in the dark, in a shanty about as sturdy as a packing crate, going down into a cellar, not knowing what was happening. What could Pa see as he was waiting at night? Where did he get his experience storm watching for tornados? New York State? Wisconsin? Minnesota? Iowa? Did he have a cellar dug when the family was in Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri?

Tornados were something I first read about in "My Weekly Reader", along with hurricanes and Walking Catfish.

The Little House sites should all build giant dugout museum/bunkers. Severe weather shelters, and minimized damaging UV rays to artifacts! And cows could graze on top.