Machine Games always seemed like an unlikely developer to helm Indiana Jones’ next foray into video games. Aside from the team’s intimate understanding of how to brutalize Nazis in gratifying ways, the studio behind the recent Wolfenstein games isn’t an obvious choice for recreating the franchise’s classic pulp. And the reveal that Indiana Jones And The Great Circle would be a first-person adventure further stoked uncertainty about the direction of the upcoming Xbox exclusive.

After seeing more than 20 minutes of gameplay for the upcoming title, it’s safe to say that skeptical Indiana Jones fans should rest easy. Machine Games clearly understands what a good Indy adventure should and shouldn’t be. And while some design choices — like the focus on puzzle solving and laying low — might alienate gamers looking for something more aligned with Machine Games’ past work, the studio has created a recipe that feels authentic to the films.

It’s a fun afternoon thrill ride to watch tornadoes chew up the scenery in a movie like Twisters, but afterwards, we all want to stumble out into the sunshine, safe in the belief that natural disasters only happen on the big screen — or, at worst, to somebody else, somewhere else.

Take Topeka, Kansas. Local legend had long claimed that Burnett’s Mount, a low hill southwest of downtown acted as a bulwark during a tornado, protecting the city from any destructive blows. But in June of 1966, a powerful EF-5 tornado touched down atop Burnett’s mound and quickly ripped through downtown Topeka, leaving 18 dead and a swath of destruction in its wake.

“Topeka won’t ever come back with another Burnett’s Mound story, because that tornado is sufficiently part of its cultural memory,” Harold Brooks, a meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, tells Inverse.

A surprising number of myths and local legends about what protects, prevents, and causes tornadoes still exist across the United States. Some towns find a sense of safety in the lee of a hill or mountain, or in the curve of a river bend. Other people are sure that tornadoes avoid the dense centers of big cities, or the sites of apocryphal Indigenous legends. Here are three myths about tornadoes that just won’t end.