After living in this house since 1987, I have finally got around to converting the space under the basement stairs into a workable tornado shelter.
I cleaned it out, installed an outlet and one of those bulb fixtures with a pull string. Now we can have lights and watch a little TV until the storm actually hits.
Some dry wall, some shelves and a couple of chairs from out on the deck and we're done.
We'll lay in some supplies in case we have to wait a day or two for someone to come dig us out.
About time, don't you think?