JOPLIN, Mo. —
A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood.
Authorities warned that the death toll could climb as search and rescue workers continued their efforts. Their task was made more miserable as a new thunderstorm with strong winds, heavy rain pelted part of the city with quarter-sized hail.
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La Nina has turned out to be a real bitch this year. This spring has been one of the worst ones for tornadoes in history.
And they're going to put the exact same houses in the exact same places, on the taxpayer's dime, and everyone's going to be truly astounded when this happens again.
And they're going to put the exact same houses in the exact same places, on the taxpayer's dime, and everyone's going to be truly astounded when this happens again.
And they're going to put the exact same houses in the exact same places, on the taxpayer's dime, and everyone's going to be truly astounded when this happens again.
True, but it isn't particularly difficult to make houses tornado resistant. You'll notice that they won't do this.
True, but it isn't particularly difficult to make houses tornado resistant. You'll notice that they won't do this.
True, but it isn't particularly difficult to make houses tornado resistant. You'll notice that they won't do this.
F5 tornado with 170 MPH
True, but it isn't particularly difficult to make houses tornado resistant. You'll notice that they won't do this.
Concrete construction.
doesn't matter how "resistant" you make a house, if it gets hit by a freaking F5 tornado with 170 MPH winds you'll end up with a bunch of kindling.
And they're going to put the exact same houses in the exact same places, on the taxpayer's dime, and everyone's going to be truly astounded when this happens again.
I spent two weeks in Tuscaloosa after the APR 27 tornadoes there. I saw hundreds of steel and concrete contructions that had been reduced to rubble. I saw a freakin storm shelter that had been literally sucked out of the ground.
What are people supposed to do? Move out of tornado alley entirely?
Concrete construction.
Evidently they should make "Tornado Resistant" homes. Ya know, go down to your local Ace Hardware and pick up the kit, it's only $19.95...
I was just thinking how funny it is...I lived in Michigan for a few years and up there they don't practice tornado drills. If a tornado watch is issued (maybe once a year) they just send all of the kids home. Up there, almost every house has a basement almost completely below ground level, weather tight (due to snow melt), so if there's a watch out most people just trek down to the basement and hang out until the storm passes, terrified that a tornado will hit any time.
In Texas, meanwhile...we have multiple tornado drills in school every year. If a warning comes through you've got to "duck n cover", but they aren't sending you home for any reason. Then, if we're home, we'll stand outside on the porch and watch the storm roll through. When the siren goes off we'll watch for the wind to die, at which point we might go into an interior room with a blanket or mattress. If you're at a retail facility they'll advise that you stay away from the windows, but otherwise it's business as usual. The only exception I've experienced was working at the mall, when they wanted to escort everybody into the underground tunnels.
Different soil/conditions. You can't just put a basement into any type of ground.
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