In general, city areas and hilly areas, particularly the low points in hilly areas, are safer in terms of tornadoes not being likely to touch down, but neither of those is a 100% guarantee (I remember when downtown Kalamazoo got hit while I was in high school. We all took tornadoes a lot more seriously after that).
The odds of being hit by a tornado are relatively low, even in areas where tornadoes are common. It's just that, if one does hit where you are, the damage is horrific. I'm always torn because I know that we're almost certainly safe, but... Of course, the last tornado thing before this one happened while I was still not supposed to put weight on my broken foot. There was no way for me to get into the basement-- let alone back up again-- without putting weight on that foot, so we all stayed upstairs.
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The odds of being hit by a tornado are relatively low, even in areas where tornadoes are common. It's just that, if one does hit where you are, the damage is horrific. I'm always torn because I know that we're almost certainly safe, but... Of course, the last tornado thing before this one happened while I was still not supposed to put weight on my broken foot. There was no way for me to get into the basement-- let alone back up again-- without putting weight on that foot, so we all stayed upstairs.