Tornadoes are bad juju...living just outside the city you got nowhere to run. Only thing you can do is batten down the hatches and go hide.
I did choose the Dogfather for my extraction tool <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> One interesting fact that occured to me later: if you have to cut yourself out of a house that has fallen around you the Res-C handles might save your butt if you cut a live wire.