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joeglow3

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37. Agreed

Reply to joeglow3 (Reply #30)

Tue May 21, 2013, 09:01 AM

May 2013

We live in Nebraska and have always had basements. A friend of mine was looking at houses and found a HUGE one that was pretty cheap. When he was touring it, he asked where the basement stairs were and they said they had no basement. He laughed and walked out.

Sadly, this neighborhood has no basements and idiots are flooding to move in because it looks like they have a HUGE house to impress people with.

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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