For tornado-prone Oklahoma City suburb, latest deadly storm brings new test of town's mettle

Published January 13, 2015

Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own kids.

But this week's EF5 storm that killed 24 people stands out, even in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where violent weather is common. Surviving a monster twister that dismantles your house highlights an old danger in a new way.

Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just a fact of life in this particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley. But now Bryen and others who live here say they would never build a house without a storm cellar.

Moore has been through this before. The town has been hit by four tornadoes since 1998, including one in 1999 that killed more than 40 people.

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