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Oklahoma tornado: Mayor of Moore pushes for shelter law | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 16845676  United States05/22/2013 02:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank Goodness somebody is thinking  The law would require a storm shelter or safe room in all single- and multi-family homes and could be in place in a few months. "We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," Mr Lewis told CNN. [link to www.bbc.co.uk] FEMA’s Watson said that in the past 20 years, “FEMA has invested more than $57 million in 11,768 private and public safe rooms in Oklahoma, more structures than any other state. Many were in the same area as yesterday’s tornado.” most interviewed used the money and had one built [link to openchannel.nbcnews.com] |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States05/22/2013 02:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Schultz, the Kansas architect, said Oklahoma schools are not required to have storm shelters, but can apply for federal funding to build them. Albert Ashwood, who heads the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, said at a press conference Tuesday that safe rooms at more than 100 schools had been funded via FEMA, but that the two schools hit in Oklahoma, Briarwood Elementary and Plaza Towers Elementary, were not among them. There are more than 1,800 public schools in Ok [link to openchannel.nbcnews.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 40267058  Canada05/25/2013 04:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | St. Louis Arch - Weather Control / Protection? -------------------------------------------------- The St. Louis Arch, a 636 ft. monument on the west bank of the Mississippi River, has stood for nearly forty years. It is a shining monument built to convey St. Louis’s role as the Gateway to the West. Thus, the design for the arch was conceived. As storms roll across the plains of North America they cut a path of destruction. The midwest has a notorious reputation for severe and dangerous weather. Powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes, and severe ice and snowstorms pummel the area year round. But, for some odd reason, as these storm systems approach the St. Louis metro area; they seem to “split” in half. One half of the storm system will move to the north, while the other half will move the opposite direction; creating an area in the middle without any severe weather. This area in the middle, you guessed it, the St. Louis metro area. These storms then “rejoin” again over Illinois and Indiana, well past St. Louis. ... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 3359905 United States05/25/2013 04:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | St. Louis Arch - Weather Control / Protection? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40267058 -------------------------------------------------- The St. Louis Arch, a 636 ft. monument on the west bank of the Mississippi River, has stood for nearly forty years. It is a shining monument built to convey St. Louis’s role as the Gateway to the West. Thus, the design for the arch was conceived. As storms roll across the plains of North America they cut a path of destruction. The midwest has a notorious reputation for severe and dangerous weather. Powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes, and severe ice and snowstorms pummel the area year round. But, for some odd reason, as these storm systems approach the St. Louis metro area; they seem to “split” in half. One half of the storm system will move to the north, while the other half will move the opposite direction; creating an area in the middle without any severe weather. This area in the middle, you guessed it, the St. Louis metro area. These storms then “rejoin” again over Illinois and Indiana, well past St. Louis. ... St. Louis Arch - Weather Control / Protection? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40267058 -------------------------------------------------- The St. Louis Arch, a 636 ft. monument on the west bank of the Mississippi River, has stood for nearly forty years. It is a shining monument built to convey St. Louis’s role as the Gateway to the West. Thus, the design for the arch was conceived. As storms roll across the plains of North America they cut a path of destruction. The midwest has a notorious reputation for severe and dangerous weather. Powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes, and severe ice and snowstorms pummel the area year round. But, for some odd reason, as these storm systems approach the St. Louis metro area; they seem to “split” in half. One half of the storm system will move to the north, while the other half will move the opposite direction; creating an area in the middle without any severe weather. This area in the middle, you guessed it, the St. Louis metro area. These storms then “rejoin” again over Illinois and Indiana, well past St. Louis. ... These storm clouds are about 1000-20000 feet in the air. Do you think a ribbon thin sheet of metal that's about 600 feet tall can stop these storms? [link to en.wikipedia.org] |
