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niyad

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1. I am so glad to know all your friends and family are safe. seeing the pictures of the devastation

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 10:09 AM

May 2013

was just wrenching.

from what I read, that tornado in 99 was an ef5, with winds over 300 miles an hour. almost unimaginable. and it seems that the track of the two tornadoes was very close to each other, too.

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What happened to Plaza Towers Elementary was a direct impact of the tornado... [View all] cynatnite May 2013 OP

I am so glad to know all your friends and family are safe. seeing the pictures of the devastation niyad May 2013 #1

"Basements were not built because they are very expensive addition." Scuba May 2013 #2

It's like people think that those who live in Tornado Alley have never considered these things Brickbat May 2013 #3

And put a few shekels toward the science of basements. aquart May 2013 #4

wouldn't it be nice to have that simplistic of a world? cynatnite May 2013 #6

It is exactly that simple. aquart May 2013 #10

I am glad you are all safe. HappyMe May 2013 #5

There's no doubt that school systems have limited budgets and costs have to be considered alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #7

^ This. nt DCKit May 2013 #8

Yes there is a shortage of funding... Demo_Chris May 2013 #9

I am glad your family is ok nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #11

But there's budget for this... Matariki May 2013 #12

I've been trying to find out how the building was constructed. hedgehog May 2013 #13

About the science laundry_queen May 2013 #14