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Show Methods of Escaping From Tornado's Grasp the country at a rate of thirty to sixty miles per hour, usually, and escape for a person In an automohile Is simple If there are highways open. A person on foot directly in the path of such a storm should run toward the northwest which Is at right angles to the storm path and toward the side where the winds are least violent Kansas City Times. The old time "cyclone cellar" or outdoor cave has probably been the means of saving more lives from tornadoes tor-nadoes tl an anything else and Is still one of the best places of refuge ever contrived. The southwest corner of the basement of a frame house is almost al-most as safe, especially If a person crouches close against the wall. Tornadoes Tor-nadoes nearly always approach from the south or west and flying debris or perhaps the house itself will be car ried nwiij from the southwest corner The basement of a brick or stone house is liable to be a death trap In a tornado, ns brick or masonry walls are liable to collapse and tumbledown anyw here. A person caught In the open when a tornado approaches has a choice of lying down flat In a depression or of flight Tornadoes travel across |