Lots of west coasters on some other comment sections on the net being pretty smug, saying things like no big deal, we get them every day...

I grew up about three miles from the San Andreas, and have gotten up in the morning with the bed a few inches from the wall. Yeah, you get used to it. But I bet that there would be some seriously soiled drawers if a city full of Southern Californians saw a funnel cloud coming at them, and folks doing things that were the equivalent of running out into the street in a quake.

Been in hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, near a couple tornadoes, every one of them frightening in thier way. All that can be done is pick up the peices, pick up your neighbor, hope everyone is ok, and don't ridicule someone who has never experienced something scary that you take for granted. So heres hopeing that everything is OK with everyone.