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Moore, Oklahoma has been struck by many tornadoes over the years including the most powerful winds every recorded on earth at 303 mph. This made me wonder why few have storm cellars and schools don't have basements.
I was watching Anderson Cooper this evening and I learned the answer to my question. Anderson asked the same question that I asked and was able to find the answer.
I hope that you are sitting down:
It is not required by law and it would cost too much money to build a basement in a school.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? People need the government to pass a law to MAKE them do the right thing?
One more thing? The people of Oklahoma don't want any government telling them what to do (like building a storm shelter) but when bad things happen, the first thing the people do is to call the Federal Government to give them money...
Am I the only one that thinks that something is wrong with the thought process of some folks?
Read about this subject in today's New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/us/shelter-requirements-resisted-in-tornado-alley.html?pagewanted=2&hp
As one of the builders pointed out, they want demands for storm shelters and basements to come from the people and not the government. And how is that working for them?
