The church basement survived the tornado with relatively little damage (comparatively speaking). It now serves as a functional storm shelter, should another storm show up while people are in the town.
Here is a picture of the concrete slab that was the floor to the upstairs of the church. At the edge of the slab, you can see the makeshift railings that have been put up to aid people in going up and down the cement steps. At the bottom of the picture, you can see the bathroom linoleum still holding strong. (With all due respect to the linoleum-picker-outers...maybe next time the church can upgrade to something else.)
Here is a picture from the hallway of the church basement. You can see that some ceiling tile went the way of all the ceiling tile...and the carpet had to be ripped out because of water damage, but some decorations still survived. Remember the pictures earlier where I pointed out their van that had been parked under the carport of the church, and there was another car there that I didn't recognize? It belonged to someone (or maybe a couple of someones) who took shelter in this basement during the tornado and actually spent the night there - they were discovered the next day during search and rescue.
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