AURORA, Mo. -- Hundreds of families survived deadly tornado and severe thunderstorms on Monday night.  Some lost everything. A couple from Aurora knows all too well what's its like to clean up after a twister.  They’ve been through three of them.

  It all started with a tornado in May 2003.  KY3 News told Ralph and Risby Atwood’s story in March 2006 after they were hit the second time by a tornado.

  “This is ridiculous,” Ralph said then.

  The Atwoods lost everything in ‘03 and then again in ‘06.

  “We're not rebuilding here,” said Ralph on Friday.

  After the '06 twister, the Atwoods moved from just north of Aurora, south near Crane, to get out of the tornadoes’ paths.  Monday, they got hit again.

  “This is beyond ridiculous,” said Ralph.

  Early on Tuesday morning, Jan. 8, a tornado found where the Atwoods had moved.

  “Forty years and there hasn't been a tornado here,” said Ralph.  “Then we moved here.”

   The third time, there wasn’t much harm.  A doghouse, shed and horse’s pole barn were all that was shredded.

   “It's like I got a magnet in my back,” said Ralph.

  Scruffey, the dog, was missing for three days.  As for the other animals, they're okay.  Bacon Bits, a pig, didn't take another 400-foot flight like she did in '06.

  “Flying pig -- we have one,” said Ralph.

   Working at an Aurora landmark, Richard's Hawgwild restaurant, Risby gets a little ribbing from co-workers.

  “She should just live in a shelter or an underground house,” said co-worker Myra Goodson.

  Even patrons have a story about the Atwoods.

  “My parents and grandparents lived there for 25 years and nothing happened,” said one.

   That was until Risby and Ralph Atwood moved to town.  Here's a good tip: keep a look out for these two when properties are for sale next door.

  “I'd buy the land first before I let them move in,” said Goodson with a laugh. “I do love her though.”

   “Nobody wants us to live next to them,” said Risby.

  Oddly enough, a tornado also hit Ralph's work on Tuesday morning - for the second time. The couple says, no matter what, they're not running anymore -- one can't keep running away from adversity.