You know you are from tornado alley when....

The first thing you do if you hear tornado sirens during the day is check your watch to see if it's noon.
-Yep...I sure do


You don't get worried unless the sky looks "green".
-I don't usually get worried.

You use the word "tornado" as a verb.
-not really


You chuckle at all the facebook groups called "I survived the ___ tornado."
Nope...never seen a group like that


You might go indoors when there's a tornado, but you won't "seek shelter" for anything less than an F3.
-HELLO?! I'm a chaser, I don't think so. I wont seek shelter at all. Unless God himself threatens me within an inch of my life. (OK, so Ill be safe about it)



You know what Doppler radar, Hook echo, wall cloud, and rain-wrapped all mean.
-Yep....That and a few others.....;)


You've never exactly memorized the tornado precautions, but you've heard them enough times that you know them by heart anyway.
-Most of it is common sense anyway



Watching the weather is entertaining. And red on the Doppler radar is exciting.
-Watching the weather is boring. Chasing it kicks butt.




The phrase "Tornado on the ground, take your immediate tornado precautions" sends exciting shivers up your spine.
-Always



You've seen photos/videos of tornadoes and said, "Wow, that's a nice one!"
-Yep



You can feel/smell tornado weather brewing a few hours before the storm actually begins.
-I cant, but my mom can....Its freaky....



There's an odd feeling as though you've misplaced something if you make it all the way to June without a tornado warning near you.
-Id go insane if that happened.



You think people that live in earthquake and/or hurricane prone areas are crazy.
-Earthquakes, yes. Hurricanes, no



You know what people are talking about when they mention the "May 3rd/Moore" tornado and the "Greensburg/May4th" tornado.
-Boy, do i ever....and its May 5th



You watch the movie "Twister" just so you can point out all the inaccuracies in it.
-There are a ton of them



You know your weathermen by their first names. i.e. Gary.
-Hmmm....Jim Cantore, Steve Lyons and Greg Forbes. Kristina Abernathy, Heather Tessche and Marshal Seese. Jennifer Lopez....and that's all i can remember....

When you hear the tornado sirens go off, you go outside to watch the storm and take pictures.
-Seriously...Is this question even necessary?


Most of the tornado video footage comes from everyday people with camcorders instead of from actual news/weathermen.
-No; some of it comes from irresponsible "yahoos" that give us chasers a bad name....and everyday people with camcorders...

You're sure there's a giant tornado magnet hidden somewhere in Moore. And that there are smaller ones distributed throughout trailer parks.
-Hmm....Lets look at that name for a quick second. "Moore". Looks and sounds alot like the word "More". I think i have made my point. Trailer parks are just bad luck.

You know that the four seasons are actually: summer, late summer, winter (if you're lucky), and tornado.
-Dang right.

You don't consider it windy until the wind speed is faster than 30mph.
-That's nothing but a light breeze

You are highly entertained by people from outside tornado alley when there is a tornado watch.
-No, its more entertaining to watch mammatus clouds scare the crap out of them.

Your school has tornado drills. And you assumed that schools in every other state had them as well.
-You mean they don't??

There's enough random stuff in your tornado shelter that you could live there for a year
Well, at least for 6 months

You stand under your carport or open your front door to watch hail and/or thunderstorms.
-Back door/garage door/carport/front door/window/tree (ha ha....just kidding)

You know the difference between a basement, a cellar, and a storm shelter.
-Our house has a basement, the neighbors have a cellar, and the farm house out in the country has a storm shelter

The weather is a completely acceptable subject for conversation, at any time, for any occasion.
-Sure. Why not?

Your local mall has "tornado shelter" signs posted.
-I am from a small town. The "local mall" is 30 miles away...and yes, it does. The gym here in town does too.

It doesn't bother you the next day to find out that your area was under a tornado watch the night before and you had no idea. Unless, of course, it caused you to miss some interesting cloud formations.
-You have no idea how much that torques me off!!

Getting to "play" in the basement/cellar/storm shelter numbers among your favorite childhood memories.
-Getting to play in the back of my dads grain truck during harvest time numbers among my favorite childhood memories

You keep matches, candles, and candle holders in more than one place in your house.
-Yep

Your town will never get hit by a tornado because you're between two rivers or because an old Indian legend says so.
-Oh, it'll get hit....sometime

You complain about severe weather reports that interrupt the TV show you're watching.
-For me, its more like i complain about the TV shows that interrupt the Severe Weather Reports I'm watching.

You can get together all your most important possessions in 2 minutes flat.
-No....Don't really have any

When tornado sirens woke you up in the middle of the night...you rolled over and went back to sleep.
-When tornado sirens wake me up in the middle of the night...I get out of bed to see whats going on.

You've ever tried to reassure someone by saying that "if anything forms it will only be a little tornado"...and couldn't understand why this didn't calm them down any.
-You have to wonder....

It's normal for your area to be under a tornado watch for multiple days in a row.
-THAT would be cool.

When looking at houses/buildings you give them a "tornado survival ranking". i.e., how big of a tornado it would take to destroy it.
-Sometimes

You've ever asked (probably w/ disdain) "Don't they know the difference between a warning and a watch?"
-That's annoying...

You know what towns/cities a tornado normally passes through before coming your way.
-Before May 22, 2004, Fairfield hadn't been hit by one since like the 80's.

From watching radar maps, you've heard of almost every small town in your state. And you know what towns are around them, but you have no idea where in the state they are.
-Ha ha...like El Dorado Ne.? "Welcome to El Dorado--Population: Hardly worth mentioning"

You laughed at everything in this list, but you also respect a tornado's power. And you know that after it's over, clean-up and re-building has to begin.