The University of Alabama is known for many things: education, football, and on April 27, 2011 tornadoes. Students who lived through that terrible day will never forget it. But there’s a new crop of Alabama students. Do they remember? No. That’s not that hard to believe. The storms hit Alabama nearly five years ago, and students come to Tuscaloosa from all over the country. Dr. Laura Myers is executive director at the Center for Advanced Public Safety at UA. Her life’s work is spent researching to see if we are prepared for disasters like tornadoes.