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Why don't people in tornado-prone areas
 
have basementss?

That's something I've always wondered about. A bad tornado hit my hometown in Wisconsin a couple of years ago, and there was only one minor injury, and that is largely because virtually every home has a basement, and most people were in them.

Seems like people in Oklahoma and Texas would make that a priority.

There is an answer to that:

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NutmegYankee (4,824 posts)
1. Sometimes the terrain prohibits it.

May be a high water table or shallow rock.

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GoneOffShore (11,123 posts)
3. Many people have storm cellars.

Sometimes the tornadoes show up without much warning.

Perhaps you should investigate before you judge?


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Demo_Chris (2,331 posts)
5. Most of us have no money and no shelter. nt

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quinnox (15,676 posts)
7. I dunno. I wonder why people even live in tornado prone areas

I have heard they are one of the most scary weather phenomenons, I would move away from places like that.

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Politicalboi (9,455 posts)
12. With Climate change

A lot of places have become scary places. I live in Ca and I would rather have an earthquake than a tornado any day.

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GoneOffShore (11,123 posts)
14. There is nowhere left to move to.

And the tornadoes and hurricanes are only going to get stronger and more frequent.

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LeftInTX (2,207 posts)
11. In South and Central Texas we have no topsoil. We got a few inches of soil.

Then it is solid limestone.

I don't live in tornado alley though.
Jerrell, Texas was hit by an F5 in 1997.
Therefore the possibility of a large tornado can occur in the Austin area. And I think the Jerrell tornado spawned an F3 in the Austin area.

San Antonio was hit by an F3 way back in 1927.

Yes, DUmmies.  In the Midwest, we almost always have basements.  And despite being "flyover country", we aren't stupid.  We know to go to the basement when the tornado sirens are blaring.  There are parts of the country where it simply isn't practical or doable.

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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2013, 06:11:01 PM »
Did one of them really say there is nowhere else to move?  :lmao: That confirms for me what I think of most dummies--they live in a small bubble of their own existence without any realization of the rest of the world around them. I swear you'd think some of them lived in the  mid-1800's with their 'small world' outlook. There's nowhere left to move--oh noooossss :panic: :panic: :panic:

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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2013, 06:11:07 PM »
With what it has cost us to keep up all the damn democrat voters, we could have had a basement in every house for less money.
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2013, 06:45:46 PM »
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7. I dunno. I wonder why people even live in tornado prone areas CA resident?

I have heard they are one of the most scary weather phenomenons, I would move away from places like that.
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2013, 10:52:33 PM »
I know that in places like Arkansas you would be lucky to be able to dig a few inches let alone feet. I have seen backhoes barely scrape out the beginnings of a fighting position at Fort Chaffee after twenty minutes.
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2013, 07:45:24 AM »
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Response to quinnox (Reply #13)Mon May 20, 2013, 07:01 PM
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16. So I guess we should ALL move to California?

The best idea ever.
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2013, 08:35:43 AM »
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16. So I guess we should ALL move to California?

Yes. Nothing ever bad happens there. Have fun!
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2013, 08:37:58 AM »
Yes. Nothing ever bad happens there. Have fun!

Actually, California has earthquakes.  I think all the Dummies should move to New York, and then the overflow can go to Cuba and Venezuela  O-)

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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2013, 08:49:09 AM »
Actually, California has earthquakes.  I think all the Dummies should move to New York, and then the overflow can go to Cuba and Venezuela  O-)

Don't go wishing them on me! :mad: :rant:

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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2013, 08:55:23 AM »
Actually, California has earthquakes.  I think all the Dummies should move to New York, and then the overflow can go to Cuba and Venezuela  O-)

I have been a fan of Buckminister Fuller and his design for Geodesic Dome homes.  These are said to be tornado, earth quake proof.   We have them all over the country, said to be 50% more energy efficient.

I wonder if the old English style of home with squares and rectangles are not practical  for those in Tornado Alley

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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2013, 08:55:25 AM »
They are terrified of everything.  Everything.  Then you get stuff like this;

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5. Most of us have no money and no shelter. nt

Now they not only want you to give them a home but it must have a basement?!

I have news for the DUmmies, life is unsafe.  If you are so scared maybe you should just leave.

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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2013, 08:56:50 AM »
Actually, California has earthquakes.  I think all the Dummies should move to New York, and then the overflow can go to Cuba and Venezuela  O-)

Hence my point.  :whistling:



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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2013, 08:58:30 AM »
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5. Most of us have no money and no shelter. nt


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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2013, 09:00:41 AM »
Take shelter between Ed Schultz and Michael Moore.
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2013, 10:13:45 AM »
Take shelter between Ed Schultz and Michael Moore.

If you don't drown in sweat, the noxious fumes will surely get you...I'll take my chances with the tornado.
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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2013, 11:01:53 AM »
Three shitty things about Red State Hell:
1. No basement
2. Central Time
3. Summer


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Re: More DUmmy ignorance about lack of basements/storm shelters
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2013, 12:27:53 PM »
No worries DUmmies, soon enough we will all be living in a basement.....more like just a hole in the ground because no one can afford to put a house over it.....it's Obama's dream of fundamentally changing America.
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