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dgibby

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6. No, not many basements

Reply to angstlessk (Reply #5)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:28 PM

May 2013

due to bedrock and hard clay soil. In order to dig a basement, TNT is needed, and the process is very expensive. Some people have reinforced "safe" rooms in their houses, but I doubt much of anything could withstand winds of 200mph.

(The info provided was from a local reporter in OK per MSNBC.)

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