[onewhippedpuppy]

Many newer homes have true safe rooms. We have a basement, it was a requirement when we were house shopping. Our safe area would be either under the stairs or in a storage area with three concrete foundation walls, both are not near windows. We keep some extra bottles of water and snacks down there just in case.

Just an aside, I've lived here my entire life and never actually seen a tornado on the ground. Lots of funnel clouds but never a tornado actually doing damage. It's actually not as common as it seems.