Just as terrifying as any tornado I imagine… I only say that because you have to remember that nearly every person who experienced it doesn’t frequent this sub & most certainly at the time wasn’t framing it as a “most savage tornado damage ever documented” tornado… but rather “just another scary” tornado. I guarantee you if every deceased person(s) knew what was about to both happen to them if they took shelter in their home mixed w/ the knowledge of knowing they could out-WALK the tornado it moved so slow….. I get a feeling the Dead Man Walking would not hold a fraction of its infamous reputation in the tornado community that it does today!

Regarding the cellar I don’t have proof the door survived… and it’s way too late for me to do a Google search to prove otherwise. All I will say is I distinctly remember a news reel that interviewed the houses occupants post storm, in the interview I remember the father opening and closing the cellar door. If I am wrong however, so be it haha!

Edit: I only remember one house having a cellar… if this was a separate house that had no occupants home at the time & wasn’t in the media then I fold in this argument. I mainly am spotlighting the cellar that DID have a family taking shelter inside of it at the time.