Bush sheltered during tornado alert

by DIG THE HEAVY | December 30, 2006 at 02:16 pm

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Deb Riechmann, Associated Press - CRAWFORD, Texas --President Bush and first lady Laura Bush
were moved to an armored vehicle on their ranch Friday when a tornado
warning was issued in central Texas, the White House said. The vehicle was driven to a tornado shelter on the ranch at 1:30 p.m.
CST, and the president, Mrs. Bush and their two Scottish terriers,
Barney and Miss Beazley, sat inside until the weather cleared, deputy
White House press secretary Scott Stanzel said. They were never moved
into the shelter, he said. The shelter is a few hundred yards away from
the president's house on the ranch.

"He was in the vehicle for about 10 minutes and then he went back to the house," Stanzel said, adding that other members of the staff at the ranch were sheltered as well.