Tushka Ok, has public safe rooms

[MineralMan]

41. Tushka, OK, has a population of 312.

It's a tiny community. Moore, OK, has a population of 55,000. It's a different sort of community. That so few people were killed in this EF5 tornado in Moore is evidence that the community is actually pretty well prepared for tornadoes, I think. I expected much higher numbers. Many of the schoolchildren survived. A few did not. Most people in the path of this tornado survived, despite the horrible destruction of buildings. A few did not.

So, how many public shelters does a city of 55,000 need? Enough for the entire population? I can't even imagine the cost of that. It's interesting that Tushka has a couple of shelters. One was built in 1947, I understand. Sounds like a great little small town, with citizens who probably worked together to build that shelter in 1947, mixing concrete, etc. It appears to be an agricultural community, so there would have been tractors and all sorts of equipment available. I'd be willing to bet that their shelter was community built. Lots of that stuff around in small towns.

I'm looking again at the death toll in Moore. It's amazing it's so low. Looks like people were well-prepared to me.