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In reply to the discussion: Tushka Ok, has public safe rooms [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)34. Part of it is the cost
California has quakes, standards are not cheap, but a 6.5 we can weather. My view, we are not as hard ass as we should be, given we are in quake country.
We have wild fires. It used to be defensible pace was 30 feet, now it's 100 ft, and it's the law...you can get seriously fined. (Or as seriously as you can do it)
Yup, Californians complaint, a lot...but both have saved lives and property. But it is government intruding in people's life's. (yup, if I got a buck for every time I heard this I could retire) and the taxes, let me tell ya about those, in spite of prop 13.
Doing this takes a lot of money, and the T word being uttered can have people voted out of office.
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Well, is the cost worth it? about 80 people die a year in tornados. I think....
Logical
May 2013
#12
Child vaccinations, children healthcare, prenatal care. Etc. You seem to think there is unlimited..
Logical
May 2013
#18
LOL, also, if you cannot think of anything else but tornado shelters to spend money...
Logical
May 2013
#19
All those things on your above post can be done and shelters as well. There is plenty
Cleita
May 2013
#21
Plenty. Over the years activists and I was one of them who lobbied for seat belts,
Cleita
May 2013
#43
Well, if you think human life is important, I guess the answer is 'yes'. But if 'other things' are
sabrina 1
May 2013
#37
I usually like your posts. This particular one offends me. My grandfater was born
txwhitedove
May 2013
#22
Yes, and I'm sure the real Oklahomans will be working on solutions as best they can.
txwhitedove
May 2013
#28
For some there was, for others, not. It depends on where they were from the start of the
uppityperson
May 2013
#8
Some fellow Okies want you to know they lost friends and family in 1999. They know the
txwhitedove
May 2013
#31
Being a first responder isn't the same thing as having it happen to you, to your town,
winter is coming
May 2013
#36