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."

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Re:Best way to survive tornadoes

[Grishnakh]

Honestly, this is the best advice here, by far. If you live someplace where storms come by frequently and kill people, why the hell would you want to stay there? Even worse, these storms occur in the middle of the midwest, where the culture sucks and there's nothing to do, so it's not like there's any good reason to stay.

I got tired of snow storms, ice storms, hurricanes, and all that crap when I lived on the east coast, so I moved to the southwest where there simply is no bad weather (other than being a little hot). No earthquakes, no tornados, no hurricanes, no blizzards; simply very few serious weather conditions to worry about. And with all the retired people moving to this part of the country every year (my county is one of the fastest-growing in the country), I'm not the only one that thinks this way.

You know...

[Evil Adrian]

You know, millions of dollars and thousands of lives could be saved if you Okies just, you know, moved somewhere that wasn't right in the middle of tornado alley...

Just a thought. :-)