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16. I believe so. And that's a problem, too. How do you make a basement flood-proof?

Tue May 21, 2013, 08:09 AM

May 2013

Make it air tight and they would suffocate.

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How can they build tall buildings in OKC area, but not basements? [View all] Hugabear May 2013 OP

Substrate. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #2

It's probably mostly the expense. AndyA May 2013 #4

Our soil and the water table aren't conducive to basements. KatyaR May 2013 #5

Maddow's team has answered this question nobodyspecial May 2013 #6

Thanks for the link. MinneapolisMatt May 2013 #11

tall buildings are already expensive dsc May 2013 #7

Weight? Texasgal May 2013 #8

You're putting an awful lot of words in my mouth Hugabear May 2013 #9

Simple cost pokerfan May 2013 #10

A high water table makes it hard to keep a basement dry. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #12

Some of the kids at a school who died, died of drowning so I heard. MNBrewer May 2013 #13

I grew up in a house in Georgia with no basement MNBrewer May 2013 #17

$$$$ GeorgeGist May 2013 #14

I don't think basements in the houses I lived in were much TexasProgresive May 2013 #15

My understanding is Ok. has a relatively shallow bedrock hootinholler May 2013 #18