A basement is considered a good, safe place to go during a tornado.
Tornadoes are very destructive and can be very deadly.
It's important that people have a safe place to go during a tornado. A specially built safe room can save lives. The plans for the safe rooms were developed along with the Wind Engineering Research Center of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The idea behind safe rooms is that they are build inside but separate from the main house. The walls and ceilings are extra thick and strong so that the safe room remains standing and intact even if the rest of the house is destroyed by high winds and flying objects.