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Old 04-07-2012, 09:19 AM   #21
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Tornadoes generally have a fairly narrow damages path, until recently most neighborhoods even in the most storm-pron areas have never been hit by a funnel. Texas and Oklahoma have good number of brick houses and I suspect more are being built recently due to the crazy number of damaging storms.

But for a lot of low income people there aren't a whole lot of options.
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Old 04-07-2012, 09:33 AM   #22
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Texas and Oklahoma have good number of brick houses and I suspect more are being built recently due to the crazy number of damaging storms.
I would say most houses are brick, some 2 stories will cheap out and just go wood/siding on the upper floor. Brick won't matter much because even all brick houses have wood framed roofs. As soon as the windows break, the vacuum effect takes over, rips the roof off and the rest of the structure collapses.

It is scary, but so are wild fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, volcano's and sharks. No matter where you are, something bad nature wise can happen to you.

As bad as those were, they were really nothing compared to the F5 type storm that hit Oklahoma city. Nothing survives that. These were just a bunch of F2's and F3's all really close to each other that destroyed property. Fortunately, they were in the afternoon, and most were at work or school. Minor injuries is all I have seen reported.
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