In the State of Oklahoma there is a debate over storm shelters and safe rooms in schools. Mostly over the price tag, but surprisingly enough, over the need. In a pool of Oklahoma residents only 75% were in favor of putting safe rooms/storm shelters in schools. My question is…what’s wrong with the …
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Andrea’s Corner: Sinkholes-Swallowing Chunks of Earth
You have got to see this… I read this story this morning and watched the video, this is a freaky video. There is a 24 acre sinkhole in Louisiana and it “burped” and sucked down a bunch of trees. The sink hole is man-made and has been there since August of last year. In …
Andrea’s Corner: Remain Strong-The Moore Oklahoma Tornado
It is said by people who tally such things that there are around 1000 tornadoes annually in the continental U.S., and that the recent EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma was only the 59th such tornado since 1950. That’s an average of less than one per year, meaning that this unimaginably powerful type of tornado is very, …
Andrea’s Corner: Security Shattered-The Moore Oklahoma Tornado
On May 20, 2013, around school dismissal time the town of Moore, Oklahoma had their sense of security shattered when a 1.3 mile wide EF5 tornado with max speeds of 200+ winds tore through Moore. Cutting a 30 square mile swatch of devastation, hitting 2 elementary schools, the medical center, many homes and …
