 When you live in Kansas, you spend a lot of time in the basement when there's a warning, Deb said. Most of the time, I go downstairs and I just kind of sit there, listen to the radio and wait for it to be over with. I had done that and then I had gone back up as I was getting texts from people and that's when I started worrying. Deb quickly gathered what she could, some medicine, work clothes, and importantly, Ken's work boots. Then she ducked under her desk in the basement, taking pillows off the bed in the room and stuffing them around her.