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Surviving Tornadoes
SharkJumper writes "We here in central Oklahoma, USA are just climbing out of the wreckage of another series of tornadoes. Unlike the tornadoes of May 3rd, 1999, which killed 47 and injured more than 800, we now have much better tornado information and prediction technology. Largely because of this, there have been far fewer injuries, and (as of this morning) no reported deaths. Here in the greater Oklahoma City area, we can even register our storm shelters with the city. After a severe storm, GIS technology is used to create a map for rescuers detailing location and type of the shelter as well as emergency contact information. Rescuers can then use these maps to search for survivors that may be trapped by debris in their shelters."
Being a big fat ass can actually increase your chances of survival.
Je t'aime Stéphanie
We here in central Oklahoma, USA are just climbing out of the wreckage of another series of tornadoes.
/. and they'll post it!
Ok, you just climbed out of tornado wreckage (which is nothing to laugh about, I've been through a couple when I lived in Indiana), but the first thing that comes to your mind is dude, I bet we can submit this to
Seriously, though, its cool that technology can help when mother nature is being a muthah...
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
*ducks*
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
Oh sure, it seems harmless now -- "Just register your shelter with the government, and we'll help you out later!"
But the next thing you know, Big Brother has these lists of shelters! It only makes it easier when they need to confiscate them later!!
I tell you what, you can have my unregistered shelter when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
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I would think you wouldn't want to be near porcelain at a time like that...
I'd be wishing I was near porcelain, since the alternatives involve begging rescue-workers for a clean pair of pants...
Mod early, mod often.
You realize that government registration of shelters is just the first step to taking our tornado shelters away. And then we'll be totally dependent on our government for our own personal safety.
You can have my tornado shelter when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Four words: decoy mobile home parks.
If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.
Get out of the trailor park... Dude... Stop driving a Yugo, get an H2.
...just not right before.
If Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton can easily survive them anyone can.
Blizzard Survival 101
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1. Have food already bought
2. Have wood already cut for heat
3. Have a steep enough roof to naturally dump off snow.
4.
5. Profit!
People in cars cause accidents....accidents in cars cause people
If the sky is green, there's a problem
:)
What about is a cow or two go flying by?
"Actualy I think that was the same cow."
England has weather that's quite unlikely to kill you.
Unless of course you find a winter season that lasts from September to June a bit too depressing and kill yourself.
I had a roommate back when I was an undergrad who was from near Birmingham. Everytime we'd have a rainy, cold, gloomy, miserable day he'd get homesick. None of us quite understood why you'd miss that but hey, it's home right? You get used to it I guess. Being from near Cleveland, I don't think it's winter unless there is two feet of lake effect snow on the ground.
Anyway England is a nice place but it needs a roof.
What about tangerine trees and marmalade skies?
What if you're walking around in the fog, and fall in a hole and break your neck?
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
The solutions is obvious....fill in the low area with the standing water using the mounds of earth to the west.
WTF? Over?
-Max
Yes. Lawn gnomes are good for blocking very small tornadoes.
Peter
Downsize DC Today!
Did anyone notice the Pringles crisis caused by a tornado last Sunday?
"As anybody with half a clue knows, all severe weather is caused by closed source, Microsoft anti-chaos climate control devices located in Redmond. If only the source code to these devices would be released to the public, the bugs that cause tornadoes, hail and other extreme atmospheric distubances could be eliminated. When it is eventually released, the GNU/linux GnStorm software will prevent these tragedies. Of course, the evil, neo-fascist, corporate worshiping Busch administration and their E-VIL minions in the republican-taliban party will prevent this from ever coming to pass"
There, Better?
I'm a California transplanted Okie. It's not all earthquakes out here. Hell, Chico could be Oklahoma in many ways. Just ask my mule.
Actualy I think that was the same cow.
Deja-moo.
But, then you look up, see Dorthy's house falling towards you, and you can't get the chains off in time!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
not a tornado.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
my pet machine
Uhh. Doesn't it normally go that way? Y'know, kinda from the sky to the ground?
Oh, my god! It's raining...vertically!!! RUN FOR SHELTER!
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
6. If you see small people its too late for the plan
Duh.
Population is sparse everywhere, it is only a few tiny places where it is dense. From your favorite city, pick a random direction and drive for 30 miles. If you're not out of the city, you're driving between D.C. and Boston. Turn left or right and go another 30 miles.
How dense is the population there? That's what most of the world is like. (Oh, you're going to quibble about your random direction taking you into the ocean? That is sparcely populated too.)