▁Ant lers ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁dev ast ated ▁the ▁town ▁and ▁killed ▁ 6 9 ▁residents . ▁ ▁Meteor olog ists ▁now ▁believe ▁it ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁category ▁of ▁torn ado ▁possible , ▁and ▁the ▁ 3 2 nd ▁most ▁dev ast ating ▁torn ado ▁in ▁U . S . ▁history . ▁ ▁Modern - day ▁residents ▁are ▁protected ▁by ▁a ▁civil ▁defense ▁system ▁consisting ▁of ▁“ st orm ▁spot ters ” ▁station ed ▁throughout ▁the ▁populated ▁areas ▁during ▁threaten ing ▁weather , ▁obser ving ▁the ▁sk ies ▁for ▁signs ▁of ▁rot ations ▁or ▁fun n els . ▁ ▁In ▁Ant lers ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁three ▁public - alert ▁sir ens ▁sounds ▁the ▁alarm ▁when ▁a ▁fun nel ▁is ▁sp otted , ▁allowing ▁residents ▁to ▁seek ▁shelter . ▁ ▁During ▁recent ▁dec ades ▁the ▁county ▁has ▁experienced ▁un stable ▁weather ▁patterns . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁currently ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁a ▁multi - year ▁dr ought , ▁at ▁least ▁as ▁measured ▁by ▁local ▁standards . ▁ ▁Rain fall ▁has ▁been ▁much ▁below ▁average ▁during ▁this ▁time . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 1 , 5 7 2 ▁people , ▁ 4 , 8 0 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 3 , 2 4 7 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 3 / km ² ▁( 8 / mi ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 6