When Dan went to the kitchen for potato chips, the window was open, but no wind was blowing.

Dan's mother had just begun learning to sew and use her new machine.

When Mom tried to call Grandma Hatch, the phone lines were dead.

During the first tornado warning on TV, it was announced that the storm was not in the area of Grandpa's farm.

Normally, Dan's mom was more nervous about storms than his dad.

Instead of moving into the basement immediately, Mom suggested they keep listening to the TV reports.

According to what he knew about tornadoes, Arthur predicted the storm would not move in their direction.

Once the tornado watch was issured, Dan was so terrified he could not conce ntrate on the TV.

When she tried to call Aunt Goldie and Mrs. Smiley, Dan's mother did not get an answer.

Dan's mom left the house because she wanted to make sure Mrs. Smiley had her TV on.

Before she left, Dan's mom gave orders he was to take a flashlight and blanket to the downstairs bathroom and go there if the siren started.

Minerva was Dan's puppy.

When the siren sounded, the person Dan thought of first was his baby brother.

Dan was not able to get his grandmother on the phone.

The wrning siren stopped abruptly and then began blaring again.

Arthur heard the tornado alert announced on the radio.

Dan didn't know the meaning of the letters "CD" that flashed on the TV screen.

Dan heard sucking sounds coming from the kitchen and bathroom, and then he felt as though there were vacuums on both sides of his head.

Arthur automatically ran to the basement without being told.