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Central Oklahoma City Closes 2 Public Storm Shelters

A central Oklahoma city will no longer use its city hall and a fire station as public storm shelters. Donald Lynch, Shawnee’s emergency management director, recommended the city commission vote on eliminating use of the buildings as shelters, citing potential …

Residential And Public Safe Rooms More Common Now

It’s been more than 20 years since a massive tornado decimated about one-third of Andover, killing 13 people in the Golden Spur mobile home park. But folks in the Butler County town haven’t forgotten about the tornado – or the …