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15. Fatal tornados are extremely rare events. Average of 40 a year. n-t

Tue May 21, 2013, 12:40 AM

May 2013

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why do people/or locations like Oklahoma and general out west do not have basements? [View all] diabeticman May 2013 OP

Oklahoma sits on an aquifer and has a high water table - basements flood! TheDebbieDee May 2013 #3

Frost. Or lack thereof. jeff47 May 2013 #5

thank you this is helpful for me to understand diabeticman May 2013 #10

No basements dem in texas May 2013 #6

Pacific Northwest has basements. grasswire May 2013 #7

many of which smell like mold and dry rot 0rganism May 2013 #16

The Weather Channel was wrong justcommenting May 2013 #20

Mostly slabs here, too GoCubsGo May 2013 #11

We have one. X_Digger May 2013 #12

No, because they're cheap to build. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #18

Why not at least a small storm shelter? Doesn't have to be a full TwilightGardener May 2013 #13

I live on the Texas Gulf Coast. Llewlladdwr May 2013 #14

Fatal tornados are extremely rare events. Average of 40 a year. n-t Logical May 2013 #15

Real estate developers and corrupt politicians. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #17

Money Retrograde May 2013 #19