person A: A tornado blew through my town last week. My family hid in our storm shelter_comma_ but I wasn't sure if we were going to survive it unscathed.
person B: Wow_comma_ must have been rather frightening. Glad you are ok!
person A: Thank you! We were rather frightened_comma_ and we feel very fortunate. Tornadoes are quite the force of nature. No pun intended.
person B: I hope you have all the emergency essentials you need for next time.