I used to live in Nebraska, so I'm familiar with tornadoes. I'm not nearly as afraid of them as I am for other disasters though. It's a relief that you can see and hear them coming and get to safety. Not a lot of people die from them each year. Now what I'm really afraid of are earthquakes. When we finished school, my SO wanted to move to California. I refused solely due to the potential for earthquakes! He thought I was nuts . But seriously, there's no where to hide in an earthquake and it can kill tens of thousands in one fell swoop. I'm really terrified of those!

Purplefrog - I use this website called olioboard. It doesn't exactly let you lay out rooms the way a traditional room designer app would, but it does allow you to put different furniture and backgrounds on a white board pretty easily. Don't need any photoshop or image editing experience, and you can upload your own stuff. It's good for visual people!