The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, April 4, 1980 Page: 4 of 23
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IFIMyJR0 How would you avoid a tornado?
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By YVETTE MOORE
" Optimist Staff
Texas leads the nation in tornado incidents
and that record-breaking season is here once
again. The number of native Texans reared
under this phenomenon who are not aware of
correct tornado saf tey rules is alarming.
Studies on last year's tragic tornado
touchdown at Wichita Falls show that many of
those killed in the storm were hurt while
fleeing relatively safe places. Having a
working knowledge of what to do is the best
defense against these Unpredictable winds.
One rule is to never try to outrun or outdrive
a twister. The winds are too erratic and have a
reputation of winning this game of "catch me
if you can." If a tornado strikes while you're
driving get out of your car and lie down flat in
the closest thing to a ditch that is available
and cover your head with your arms.
Basements stairwells and ground floors of
sturdy buildings rate high in safe places to be.
Refuge also can be found under strong pieces
of furniture in more stable parts of a building
such as room corners bathrooms and other
small rooms. Spacious places such as
auditoriums and gymnasiums should be
avoided. There's too much space between the
walls and the ceiling making them more
likely to cave in.
y. Alsoto prevent your house.from caving in
leave some windows open during the storm.
This helps balance the pressure created by the.
winds outside.
BOBBY JO JOHNSON Accounting "In case
of a tornado I would go to the bottom floor of
whatever building I'm in and lie on the floor. If
the building has no basement I'd go to a
corner away from the windows. If you're
outside the best thing to do is to go to a nearby
ditch but Abilene doesn't have any ditches.
It's best to leave the car though."
MARIE BROWN Brown Library Statistician
"If a tornado were to approach the Hill the
best thing to do would be to get in a stairwell.
I've always heard they were safe places to be
during tornados. If a person was outside
during the storm he should get into a low lying
area a ditch if possible. But for the library
the stairwell would be the best place.
'tMany houses in this area don't have
basements or storm cellars. The old-timers
the pioneers used to have cellars. .You just
.didn't find a place that didn't have one. Those
cellars were used for more than storing
canned foods. They were used for protection
from tornados and such. Today they just don't
build them with the homes.
DAVE TURNER Bible "I'd pray and go
somewhere that had a strong structure. I'd
stay indoors if possible. If I were outdoors I'd
jump in a ditch beside the road."
JOHN MAYES Speech "I've always heard
that hallways were good places to be. So if a
tornado came I'd try to seek a hallway
wherever I might be. Tornados never come
out of the clear blue sky. Tornado clouds are
black and look like cotton stacked. I've always
been able to spot them. So if I did see any signs
of a tornado I'd go into my room turn on the
radio and get whatever news about it there is.
I'd probably be in my dorm."
NEAL HUDBY Art "I've got nowhere to go
if there's a tornado. I'd probably go to the
.basement of my dorm McKinzie."
BILLY OLSON Communication "I'd go in
the basement of one of the dorms I guess."
AL HEDDEN Industrial Technology "I'd go
to my room. It's on the first floor of Smith-
Adams Dormitory."
MARK SWANN Accounting "I'd to the hall
on the bottom floor of my dorm Smith-Adams.
I live on the third floor. I'd go down stairs to
the first floor and toward the middle of the
building.
"If I were driving around I'd stop my
automobile turn off all lights and turn off the
radio heaters lock my door and run to a
ditch."
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Vietnamese create Chinese cuisine
plates several varieties of fried rice family
dinners and special dinners.
Appetizers include egg rolls for 85 cents
each. Chop suey for $4.95 and chicken beef or
shrimp chow mein ranging from $3.25 to $3.95
are part of the vegetable offerings.
The customer can choose his favorite meat
addition to the fried rice dishes. These com-
binations ranging from $2.95 to $3.75 are less
expensive than most of the menu items.
Crab connoisseurs can choose from seven
selections which cost $2.50 to $8.95. Fish fillet
in tomato sauce is the only fish entree.
Our party of five ordered egg rolls and two
of the group also chose corn flower soup
which is 85 cents.
We selected 'sweet and sour shrimp which
contains large fried shrimp green pepper
bamboo shoots and onion in a delicately
seasoned sweet and sour sauce for $5.95;
Chinese pepper steak which is thinly sliced
beef sauteed with green peppers tomatoes
and onion for $5.25; almond chicken con-
sisting of diced chicken vegetables and
roasted almonds for $4.95; and chicken
cashew which is stir-fried chicken chunks
green pepper carrots green onions and
roasted cashews for $4.95.
The egg rolls which contain chicken eggs
and bean sprouts wrapped in a covering made
from rice flour and deep-fat fried were not as
crisp as they might have been.
The five main course dishes were
delicious! One of our guests remarked that it
was all so good that he couldn't tell which was
best and the rest of us grunted agreement and
kept eating.
The Bamboo House reflects the personality
of its owners Toai and Kim Nguyen Toai who
was our waiter was a major in the Viet-
namese air force. He and his family missed
the American airlift from Saigon. Toai his
wife Kim their 1-year-old daughter Kim's
five sistersand mother escaped April 30 1975
during the last hour of the evacuation in a
canoe on the Saigon River.
Eventually the family was given the op-
portunity to open a restaurant in the Scottish
Inn. More recently they moved to the West-
wood Plaza location where the restaurant is
open Monday through Saturday from 11 till 2
for lunch and on Monday through Thursday
from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The evening hours on
Friday and Saturday are 5:30 to 10. The
restaurant is closed on Sunday.
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