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SoCalDem

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20. Below ground shelters need not be a traditional "basement"

Tue May 21, 2013, 05:38 AM

May 2013

They are not that complicated, and they surely save lives.

I am from Kansas, so I know a bit about tornadoes.. Our house was hit in 1968 .. (3 came thru between 1 AM to 3 AM)

You go below ground and you wait.. even if it's hot & sticky & there are spiders & bugs..or if it's a muddy dirt floor and there are no lights..and the kids are crying & the cat is yowling & the dog is whining & panting like a maniac..

if you value life, you have a BELOW ground shelter or some kind..

Maybe you'll never use it, and it just sits there "mocking you" for "wasting" that money
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Please, Oklahoma - from now on require underground shelters at schools [View all] ZRT2209 May 2013 OP

I don't understand PADemD May 2013 #1

yes, in that part of the country, there should be a shelter on every block ZRT2209 May 2013 #3

7 kids drowned in the school's basement. But I agree, they need to have some sort of safe place uppityperson May 2013 #2

basement beleiver May 2013 #29

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #39

But that would mean regulations postulater May 2013 #4

You must be a tax and spend liberal---that sounds like liberal tax money to me. nt Lex May 2013 #5

the smallest of the children were sent to the basement grasswire May 2013 #6

Then there was something wrong with the design. Zoeisright May 2013 #7

No power for sump pumps in a storm like this. X_Digger May 2013 #8

Thankfully, there's a new invention called "batteries". DCKit May 2013 #10

Those must be some magic batteries.. X_Digger May 2013 #13

Incredible amount of current to pump out a basement? DCKit May 2013 #14

Lol, go buy an electric water pump capable of pumping out a basement and come back and chat X_Digger May 2013 #15

My VitaMix draws fifteen amps... DCKit May 2013 #16

Below ground shelters need not be a traditional "basement" SoCalDem May 2013 #20

Actually, no. My basement's sump pump is plugged into MineralMan May 2013 #25

Tut Tut malaise May 2013 #23

You are correct! But no one listening today! n-t Logical May 2013 #27

Sometimes I hate yankees... Llewlladdwr May 2013 #9

Might have been broken pipes causing the flooding. krispos42 May 2013 #33

Yeah, my neighbor is from there and has family near Tulsa... cui bono May 2013 #11

yes, it seems like weather analysts were warning at least a day in advance ZRT2209 May 2013 #17

And the kids would have been in the homes which was destroyed, what then. Ones needs to understand Thinkingabout May 2013 #34

Why aren�t there basements in Oklahoma? jakeXT May 2013 #19

Developers want to build the biggest/cheapest house, as fast a possible SoCalDem May 2013 #22

And people want houses they can afford to buy joeglow3 May 2013 #30

It's a gamble. some lose the bets n/t SoCalDem May 2013 #35

Agreed joeglow3 May 2013 #37

That's probably the biggest reason why people don't LuvNewcastle May 2013 #38

The earth in this area is not favorable to installing basements. In some areas the water tables Thinkingabout May 2013 #36

you might as well go to work or school PADemD May 2013 #24

I went to school in Moore and attended both Plaza Towers and Kelley Elementary... cynatnite May 2013 #12

People will NEVER be happy joeglow3 May 2013 #31

Spotters have saved a lot of lives by what they do... cynatnite May 2013 #32

I read about a good idea Politicalboi May 2013 #18

If they are below ground, yes.. SoCalDem May 2013 #21

in a lot of cases its not really possible to build an underground shelter in these area rdking647 May 2013 #26

It is a pure odds decision, spend $50,000 for each 100s of schools.... Logical May 2013 #28