MODG 11th grader and VOX staffer Julia Fassero lives in Atchison, Kansas, which was under tornado watch earlier this week.

Julia’s father built a cement room where the family goes during a tornado. Julia said, “My dad built our house, so he built this into it.  It has poured concrete walls. Dad describes it to people as ‘The shelter you go in when you see a tornado coming across the fields.'” Julia said they have to just watch for the tornadoes because there are no warning sirens in the countryside.

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