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cynatnite

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58. Are you still interested in blaming the parents?

Wed May 22, 2013, 01:08 AM

May 2013

do you think their children should be taken away from them...those that still have their kids and living in tornado prone Oklahoma?

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I'm sorry but where have the parents been? [View all] SHRED May 2013 OP

The People through their government built that stadium and put their children's welfare Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #1

Exactly! This is the voters and parents priorities. Like my R-W friend who's losing his job SharonAnn May 2013 #48

Of course, to rwingers.. everything is "Obama Fault" .. that's how the Cha May 2013 #111

NEVER under-estimate a small-town's love of school athletics! JaneyVee May 2013 #2

Oh I don't... SHRED May 2013 #16

That's not fair Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #3

Ask the injured kids if it's "fair" SHRED May 2013 #7

Is it fair to blame "the parents"? uppityperson May 2013 #9

A majority of parents... SHRED May 2013 #12

it's insenstive to blame the parents especially after this terrible disaster Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #11

They are the people who live there... SHRED May 2013 #13

but they have lost their houses and their children Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #17

and the loss of children could have been prevented dlwickham May 2013 #40

So we're blaming the victims Dorian Gray May 2013 #82

if you consider the truth hateful dlwickham May 2013 #101

They lost them in 1999 too sorefeet May 2013 #92

Lessons? Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #109

So parents who have had their first grader in truedelphi May 2013 #26

If it ever gets to the point in which I blame the consequences of an F-5 tornado LanternWaste May 2013 #95

How not? ananda May 2013 #8

It's Oklahoma ... earthside May 2013 #4

Especially when they have enough Republicans to assert that treestar May 2013 #5

Because parents don't care if little kids get killed, only that they have sports? That isn't fair uppityperson May 2013 #6

^^ This. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #10

apples to oranges SHRED May 2013 #14

What office do you hold? What have you been elected to? What do you volunteer for, participate uppityperson May 2013 #15

Okay... SHRED May 2013 #19

Have you raised heel to have shelters put in your school yet? Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #22

I don't live in Tornado Alley SHRED May 2013 #24

A tornado can still hit you. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #25

really? SHRED May 2013 #27

Read the link. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #29

Look SHRED May 2013 #31

But tornados don'y hit every year. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #34

We don't have that kind of weather here SHRED May 2013 #36

But it does happen. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #37

s-t-r-e-t-c-h SHRED May 2013 #42

So is being hit by a EF-5 twice. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #49

I understand, you are devoting your time to Tsunami defense levees Demo_Chris May 2013 #51

So your schools are all earthquake proof? progressoid May 2013 #67

So why didn't they start building shelters in 1999? brush May 2013 #41

Because an odd of being hit by A torndo is not as high as you think. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #46

I'm sorry. That's not good enough. brush May 2013 #90

Guess what? Sissyk May 2013 #98

It's the community's call brush May 2013 #107

Yep. Dorian Gray May 2013 #84

Yeah but most houses in Brooklyn have basements. nt brush May 2013 #106

Oh please Dorian Gray May 2013 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal May 2013 #28

Please. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #18

You mean like the regular "Hundred Year Floods" we've been getting the past few years? TalkingDog May 2013 #80

20,000 survived? Life Long Dem May 2013 #20

Greensburg Kansas has Tornado Shelters all along the south side of their new gymnasium. NYC_SKP May 2013 #21

^^THIS^^ SHRED May 2013 #23

Here's a pic. Let's see if this loads: NYC_SKP May 2013 #32

To be clear, that structure does have an underground facility, doesn't it? pacalo May 2013 #38

No. And no need for it. NYC_SKP May 2013 #39

Trees, planks, fences, cars being thrown in the wind might penetrate though uppityperson May 2013 #43

So I had to do a quick search. NYC_SKP May 2013 #47

That is interesting, thank you. I was skeptical because all the impacts were broad based, glad uppityperson May 2013 #62

You've never been through a tornado, have you? n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #52

Greensburg is the model that all areas hit with tornadoes should follow, imo. nt laundry_queen May 2013 #35

Because..... defacto7 May 2013 #30

I think the deal is laundry_queen May 2013 #33

well put SHRED May 2013 #44

Ever notice the hate California gets SCVDem May 2013 #66

What are you apologizing for? cynatnite May 2013 #45

+1 Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #50

I'd like to think... SHRED May 2013 #54

This was a beyond belief fluke. Just like you say about you getting hit with a tornado! Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #57

Are you still interested in blaming the parents? cynatnite May 2013 #58

Yeah They are. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #60

Earthquake prone area, military installations that could be targeted close by... cynatnite May 2013 #61

FYI... 2naSalit May 2013 #55

Thank you. I can't hear the vid, what is it saying, more than what you wrote? uppityperson May 2013 #64

People who preface statements with "I'm sorry, but" Inkfreak May 2013 #85

Parents don't care about their kids unless they lose face in the process Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #53

"Parents are bullshit and full of shit." cynatnite May 2013 #63

I am really starting to think that people just can't understand. Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #69

Most tornados land in unpopulated areas... cynatnite May 2013 #70

It is a fluke for them to get hit twice in one small area in14 years by a 5 Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 #71

SOME people just have to have other humans to blame. Sissyk May 2013 #99

Not a huge super fluke at ALL. laundry_queen May 2013 #104

Call it ten years of "good parenting" being in a classroom. Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #73

Parents have lost their children and this is the best you can do....disgusting. n/t cynatnite May 2013 #74

The OP stated why weren't storm shelters built, but a multi-million dollar football was Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #75

No, football fields do not...that is bullshit... cynatnite May 2013 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author Inkfreak May 2013 #86

I have friends in Bay St Louis, Missippippi. HooptieWagon May 2013 #56

The thing about a catastrophe that is "a once in a lifetime event" lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #59

Football Crazy in the Southwest dem in texas May 2013 #65

Once you quit denying climate change SCVDem May 2013 #68

The school in which 7 children died had a basement; No Vested Interest May 2013 #72

red state/blue state Niceguy1 May 2013 #79

No drownings were ever verified. SCVDem May 2013 #87

This has been reported in many places A Little Weird May 2013 #89

No. Both destroyed schools did not have a basement jeff47 May 2013 #94

So this myth is busted! SCVDem May 2013 #97

You are just wrong, you know. If we had built shelters we could not jtuck004 May 2013 #77

It's the tornado version of "Duck & Cover" SoCalDem May 2013 #78

Why can't they have football and B Calm May 2013 #81

Just follow the money! nt SCVDem May 2013 #88

This thread makes me sad A Little Weird May 2013 #91

It's Tornado Alley but... pipi_k May 2013 #93

Huh? I thought Moore or right nearby was hit by a bad tornado in 1999...what is she talking Nay May 2013 #102

I don't know... pipi_k May 2013 #108

Ah, smug, condescending second-guessing from the comfort of your keyboard. Nye Bevan May 2013 #96

Wow, what a totally worthless and idiotic post! n-t Logical May 2013 #100

This is a human fault through and through... Junkpet May 2013 #103

Fully agree gopiscrap May 2013 #105

They will now. Apparently there is an adage that a tornado will not strike in the same place twice. applegrove May 2013 #110