I know digging a basement is difficult there, but I don't understand why Oklahoma residents don't put in some sort of small cellar or whatever. Heck put in one of those premade doomsday shelters if you need to. Even if you get together with several neighbors to put in a joint one, it's better than deciding whether to stay in your home or get in the car.
Tornado Emergency Oklahoma City
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I don't know why you would live in Oklahoma, basement or no basement. That state gets huge storms that produce huge tornados but no rain and they are constantly in a drought. Doesn't make a lot sense to me i guess.
Yes, they get more tornadoes on average, but you could say the same thing about the dangers of living in many areas around the world.
The problem with the neighborhood shelter is going to be similar to the asinine "get in your cars" call-to-action tonight. How are people getting there? How big is it?
Are people driving there? Because now you're getting right into traffic jams, parking, etc.
I mean if it is in somebody's back yard and it's like all your neighbors, maybe 5 or 6 houses tops, that might work, but the logistics are eventually going to become a problem as you go up in size.
Still cannot believe he urged, on-air, for people to get in their cars and drive south. :no:
These guys are idiots. You should never try to get that close to a violent multi-vortex tornado like that. They got their shot but stayed around too long, i.e. "We gotta go in 40 seconds!" Wrong. This was an erratic, rain-wrapped tornado. Stupid to be that close.
Same meteorologist said during Moore tornado, "If you are not underground, you will not survive"
No. Just, no.
No. Just, no.
after the Moore stuff it sounded like a few people here and there had shelters. Let your neighbors know that you have one and how many you can fit. 5-6 houses is probably about tops, assuming an 80-90% occupancy rating at the time of a tornado. Of course you wouldn't want them to be driving all over to find a shelter, it'd have to be very local.
I couldn't believe the KFOR met. was giving that advice either. You can't evacuate a metro area like that in such a short amount of time by urging them to drive south to get out of the way. This isn't a hurricane (and see the problems with that during real hurricane evacs) with hours or days of lead time. The OKC public is on edge (rightly so) about tornadoes and tonight thousands made the wrong choice to get on the main highways to try to leave town.
We were lucky to not have a tornado barrel across some of those roads. But that's not even the end of it. If you miss the tornado, then you have to deal with gigantic hail, strong straight line winds, and then flooding. And if you're stuck in traffic you are screwed.
We were lucky to not have a tornado barrel across some of those roads. But that's not even the end of it. If you miss the tornado, then you have to deal with gigantic hail, strong straight line winds, and then flooding. And if you're stuck in traffic you are screwed.
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I think it would be a interesting idea to try and have one for each block maybe?
Or take like every six houses (three from each side of the block, that would share backyards basically) and put one in the middle of the shared backyard area?
I think this the best way for many communities to provide safety. Much like many mobile home parks have tornado shelters for their residents. Local blocks of residents will either have to designate a shelter for all occupants of that block that already exists or build one.
that's a great idea. I know the cost to even have a basement/shelter is high, but I wonder once it's built, what the additional cost per person is? Like if standard would fit 10 people, I would *assume* the cost wouldn't double to fit 20 people, so let's just build it big enough to fit everyone within 30 seconds of running distance. But I have no idea what they cost and I'm not an expert. Obviously.
Iowa seems to get the tornados and drought/ then floods as well.
Anyways, not sure it's a great thing to say as OKC is flooding from this storm.
KFOR crew runs into flash flooding issues | KFOR.com
Brett, especially with the notice, I think its doable. I know sometimes its quick but obviously we are old enough to get that "tornado feeling" weather, so we usually know when it MIGHT happen.
I can't stop laughing at the guy in the passenger seat. I know I'd probably sound like 10 year old kid too as I'm screaming but man, I was laughing at their intense situation.
5 dead in Oklahoma, all in vehicles
Yet, no one died in a home (so far), where if you (approx. quote) "weren't underground, you won't survive."
Lots of poor decisions yesterday, chasers and media.
Yet, no one died in a home (so far), where if you (approx. quote) "weren't underground, you won't survive."
Lots of poor decisions yesterday, chasers and media.
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