no tornadoes occurring. Cleveland Abbe added on to the publication by Widmeyer saying, "it is unnecessary to resort to the caves and cellars, or to stop our ordinary avocations for fear of a tornado, until we see the cloud in the distance, or are positively certain that one is about to pass near us".

In April 1908, the U.S. Weather Bureau published several replies regarding a question posed to the Weather Bureau on: How can we protect against tornadoes?.
*Lieutenant John Park Finley responded