Please, Oklahoma - from now on require underground shelters at schools

[cynatnite]

12. I went to school in Moore and attended both Plaza Towers and Kelley Elementary...

When they built Kelley Elementary way back then, they built it to withstand tornado strength winds. We had our tornado drills in the hallway. It was specially designed to withstand a lot of power. I remember how it was talked about back then.

What it was not designed for was a direct impact of a major tornado which is what hit the school back in 1999. No building could have stood against that.

You are talking thousands of schools across tornado alley which stretches across several states. Tornados have hit in areas that are not in this area of the country.

This is hugely expensive and the costs verses the risk must be weighed. It's not as simple of a question as it sounds. What we need are better warning systems. We need to improve our ability to detect and to predict tornados in order to give people more time to escape.

Money should be spent on this science.

Hindsight is 20/20.