(05-20-2013, 09:40 PM)Cynical Ninja Wrote: Why does the so called “tornado alley” only seem to effect the poorest working class communties?

I mean seriously is that by some kind of sick design or what?

I don't hear many millionaires complaining about tornados.

Yes...I'm as poor as a church mouse because I live in Tornado Alley...Retard.

(05-20-2013, 09:40 PM)Cynical Ninja Wrote: Why does the so called “tornado alley” only seem to effect the poorest working class communties?

Well, I know where I live, if you choose to buy a house in a flood zone, you'll pay less although you have to get flood insurance so I'm not sure how much you really save.

Are houses purchased on coast lines where they're subject to hurricanes "poor"?

I dunno. I don't think so though.

(05-20-2013, 09:40 PM)Cynical Ninja Wrote: Why does the so called “tornado alley” only seem to effect the poorest working class communties?

I mean seriously is that by some kind of sick design or what?

I don't hear many millionaires complaining about tornados.

I think God is a Democrat...or maybe labour.

(05-20-2013, 09:49 PM)username Wrote: Are houses purchased on coast lines where they're subject to hurricanes "poor"?

I don't know how it is in other places but around here beach houses/beach communities are considered prime real estate.

A tornado ripped through here a few years ago, it ran about 500 yrds from my Moms house the path it went was flattened. She just thought it was a bit windy. When I went out there the place was a mess. I worked all weekend cutting trees and running a backhoe moving shit. But got about 4 cords of firewood out of the deal.

(05-20-2013, 08:13 PM)username Wrote: Those people had just 8-12 minutes warning of immediate danger. Ideally you'd think people were already hunkered down but apparently not since school was in session. Understandably, I guess life doesn't just stop when there's only a watch/warning.

8-12 minutes is pretty good warning. Not too long ago there was very little if any warning during tornados.

I'm somewhat stunned that the schools did not have underground tornado shelters. Maybe the geology of the area doesn't allow for it...

(05-20-2013, 10:39 PM)Jimbone Wrote:

(05-20-2013, 08:13 PM)username Wrote: Those people had just 8-12 minutes warning of immediate danger. Ideally you'd think people were already hunkered down but apparently not since school was in session. Understandably, I guess life doesn't just stop when there's only a watch/warning.

8-12 minutes is pretty good warning. Not too long ago there was very little if any warning during tornados.

I'm somewhat stunned that the schools did not have underground tornado shelters. Maybe the geology of the area doesn't allow for it...

I heard that 8-12 minutes warning is good too but the area is rocky so there aren't a lot of basements.

(05-20-2013, 10:54 PM)username Wrote: I heard that 8-12 minutes warning is good too but the area is rocky so there aren't a lot of basements.

Yeah, they aren't far from North Texas where that is the case as well.

Damn shame... underground is the best way to ride out a tornado.

Those poor babies knew terror in their last minutes unfortunately.

The pictures coming out of there are heartbreaking, it's utter destruction. I fell asleep watching coverage of this & got right back into it the moment I got up. Someone commented that people were wandering the streets like zombies looking for their children, another said that many have no sense of direction, there is nothing recognizable left. Two schools took a direct hit, at least one of them had the walls pancake onto the kids/faculty. Every new picture is worse than the one before it.

There are little kids under this -



What was once her home -





One of the schools -

(05-20-2013, 09:49 PM)FAHQTOO Wrote: Yes...I'm as poor as a church mouse because I live in Tornado Alley...Retard.

How many millionaires are there living in tornado alley?

How many trailer parks are there in tornado alley?

Do the “math” and get back to me fuck bucket.

It's horrible seeing the reporters breaking down on the air.

I have shit for brains for continuing to watch this.

The trailer parks always get hit here and they're all on the mainland, not the beachside. The day that my son was born a tornado went through and demolished a trailer park about a mile away from the hospital.

I'm not watching the news. I can already imagine the devastation, I don't need to see it.

On behalf of all trailer parks I wanna say they are not here for your devastation

I'm turning the television off & going for a ride. It's hugely depressing watching them look for the children & seeing grown men sobbing.

God, you are right there with me me, we are blessed, let's help others

(05-20-2013, 10:54 PM)username Wrote:

(05-20-2013, 10:39 PM)Jimbone Wrote:

(05-20-2013, 08:13 PM)username Wrote: Those people had just 8-12 minutes warning of immediate danger. Ideally you'd think people were already hunkered down but apparently not since school was in session. Understandably, I guess life doesn't just stop when there's only a watch/warning.

8-12 minutes is pretty good warning. Not too long ago there was very little if any warning during tornados.

I'm somewhat stunned that the schools did not have underground tornado shelters. Maybe the geology of the area doesn't allow for it...

I heard that 8-12 minutes warning is good too but the area is rocky so there aren't a lot of basements.

I lived in OKC for 10 years and there are very few homes that have basements. Only 1 of my friends even had a storm shelter.
Coming from Iowa where we have very few tornados and almost every home has a basement it always puzzled me that there were so few basements right in the hear of tornado alley.

I don't get it.

Can't outrun a tornado with a zigzag. Yesterday was a mile wide. Best bet if stuck outside is to get flat and low like in a ditch. Tornados have a tendency to skip over holes etc but the real killer isn't the wind, it's all the shit flying around in the tornado. Taking a broken house piece to the head at 200 mph...not fun.

(05-21-2013, 09:09 AM)aussiefriend Wrote: I don't get it.

From what I understand, it's because the ground is comprised mainly of clay, and would simply allow water to seep into your basement. Thus, no basements.