In contrast, none of the approximately 150 residents of the mobile-home community who were able to obtain shelter in the community's single underground storm shelter were killed or injured. Unfortunately, at the time of this disaster, 40% of all mobile home parks surveyed in the affected county did not have a community storm shelter.

Although tornado-related mortality in the United States has been steadily decreasing from 1985 through 1993, 151 (36.5%) of the 414 tornado deaths that occurred in the United States during that period were among mobile home residents, even though only 7% of the U.S. population lives in mobile homes (31). This population is thus an important one to target for tornado disaster mitigation (32). Apart from enhancements in warning, the most effective prevention and control measure for reducing tornado-related injuries and deaths is to provide adequate sheltering options for this population (23).