[Dr.Zer0]

I just heard more about that tornado that struck here in maryland, it was an F4 and 3 ppl died, it seems this place cant even be safe for climate

[Zeronet]

Tornades always spell bad things.

[Alikchi]

I'm from Oklahoma, the place with the most tornadoes in the world. And I'm not exaggerating. Whee.

[Styxx]

Hm, Tornadoes suck. Luck we don't have that kind of thing around here...

[Alikchi]

You get used to it. Just May 1999 my cousins' friends houses were completely blown away (literally). Luckily, that's about the only thing you have to deal with in Oklahoma - besides crazed ex-Marines.

[Styxx]

Hm, getting my house blown away is not something I'd get used to that easily... Isn't there a way to build houses so they can whitstand the tornadoes?

[heretic]

it struck a few miles east of where I live, that cloud was dark, and moved fast.. the hail was huge, channel 9 showed it...

[Alikchi]

Originally posted by Styxx
Hm, getting my house blown away is not something I'd get used to that easily... Isn't there a way to build houses so they can withstand the tornadoes?

Not really..It's not like hurricanes. Hurricanes usually cause more damage, money-wise, because they're spread over a wide area. However, they're not nearly as powerful as tornadoes, which can rip the house off its foundations and fling it a couple miles..not cool.

[Corsair]

Originally posted by Alikchi
You get used to it. Just May 1999 my cousins' friends houses were completely blown away (literally). Luckily, that's about the only thing you have to deal with in Oklahoma - besides crazed ex-Marines.

that sounds like Spaceballs...

Said by Dark Helmet
Before you die, know this: I am your mother's father's uncle's cousin's brother's best friend's former roommate!

Sux about the tornados. Although, New England isn't supposed to have earthquakes (no fault line nearby) and we had one that was 5.0 on the Richter scale a few days ago!

[Styxx]

Damn. I guess making the houses strong enough to resist them would be too expensive...

[Zeronet]

Too expensive indeed. You have to live with it or not there at all.

[Thorn]

I dunno...
I think earthquakes are worse...
Ever feel one?
Its the most unsetteling thing you'll ever experience. The ground literally turns into a trampoline...

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by Styxx
Hm, Tornadoes suck. Luck we don't have that kind of thing around here...

that why I posted it, tornados hardly happen here, and when they do they never relly touch down, and as this one being an F4 and lasting about a half hour...

[Stryke 9]

Meh. I live right near where it hit, close enough that it gets a spot in the local paper, and we get tornadoes all the time. Only way to actually get killed by one is either to be asleep or terminally stupid, they're pretty easy to see and make one ***** of a noisy mess when they hit something... Your house taken down, that's another issue. But tornadoes don't exactly come out of nowhere right on top of you...

[LtNarol]

houses that can withstand tornadoes: concrete bunker in the shape of a semi flat dome with walls 2 feet thick and a foundation 10 feet deep, if not more.

[Thorn]

Yeah, just hope the tornado hasnt picked up any metal objects, like a shovel. It could easily drive it through that concrete wall...

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by LtNarol
houses that can withstand tornadoes: concrete bunker in the shape of a semi flat dome with walls 2 feet thick and a foundation 10 feet deep, if not more.

nah, that'd do for a small F2 maybe, but you'd need to just build a deep hole in the ground to save you

[Stryke 9]

Ways to avoid a tornado: See it before it's directly on top of you, run.

Hear the damned thing as it hits your house/whatever, run AWAY, not TOWARDS, sound of house getting demolished.

See it coming towards you in car- if can drive away, do. Otherwise, run.

[Alikchi]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Ways to avoid a tornado: See it before it's directly on top of you, run.

Hear the damned thing as it hits your house/whatever, run AWAY, not TOWARDS, sound of house getting demolished.

See it coming towards you in car- if can drive away, do. Otherwise, run.

In all seriousness, don't get in the car, tornadoes travel at about 60 miles per hour.

AND DON'T HIDE UNDER AN OVERPASS EITHER! That's VERY bad.

[Fineus]

If it's a choice of getting hit by one or hiding under and underpass, I'd have thought the underpass would be a better bet than just standing in the open?

And driving seems better than running if it can travel that fast, at least you can try and flank and move around and out of its way...