I agree with this. I'm in north Louisiana and for the first 30+ years of my life, we never had a tornado actually touch down in this area. You might hear of one hitting the interstate once every 2-3 years, but nothing major.

In the last 3 years, I've seen 2-3 a year and they are not turdy little do-nothing tornados.

What's bad is that there doesn't seem to be any kind of response to this -- not from FEMA, other departments of the federal government, or the states. These areas are filled with trailer homes, most structures do not have a basement, and I don't know a single community with a tornado shelter, and businesses are not obligated to allow anyone in to take shelter even when there's one on the ground. The schools do not even have accessible shelters.

I looked for a grant to install a storm shelter because there's nowhere to go in the event of a storm, but there isn't one. There's community grants, but nobody apparently uses them and they probably aren't enough for a multi-family or community-sized shelter.