Traveling in Tornado prone areas

Cosmotaf wrote:
Will be traveling to SD the last of May. We are traveling in a Ram 3500 Dually with a 5th wheel. My husband who is a firefighter/EMT will have a weather radio. He has been West several times with Wildfire crews. So if there is a Wildfire he will know what to do. However living on the East coast we have only camped as far west as Tennessee. We are a little nervous about driving through areas that are tornado and severe storm prone this time of year. Do rest areas have appropriate shelter? Any safety tips/suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks, Nervous Wife.

I would not be nervous at all. I grew up in Indiana, moved to to S.D. in '78 and Back to Indiana in '87. We have been back and froth more times than I can count in all seasons, including this past Christmas. We have never had a real problem with the weather. In fact the only time I was concerned was this past Christmas and the snow storm in Iowa so we took an alt. route that cost us 170 extra miles. Travel and have fun.