The tornados in Oklahoma

[ioan]

Unfortunately Lee, that is the sad truth in a lot of the older homes. There are some older homes and newer houses that have been fitted with "safe rooms" that are reinforced concrete cubes placed in the center of the homes that are designed to withstand winds up to 200 mph. There are companies that build storm rooms prefab and then installed in new and old construction. Anything that you can add to or put in your home to give you a fighting chance is worth it's weight in gold.

What about not building a home in a place called 'tornado alley'?

[ioan]

That devastation was unreal...it's terrible that children were among those lost in this horrible disaster.

It is terrible that such phenomena still results in human life losses, children or not.

[Starter]

What about not building a home in a place called 'tornado alley'?

Let's see, America's west coast = earthquakes; central = tornadoes; east & gulf coasts = hurricanes. Where would you have them locate?

[BleAivano]

Let's see, America's west coast = earthquakes; central = tornadoes; east & gulf coasts = hurricanes. Where would you have them locate?

North? Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan...?

[R.Lee]

What about not building a home in a place called 'tornado alley'?

Move entire state populations? Not really realistic. Besides, as someone above pointed out, natural disasters can occur anywhere and so can tornados. We have had quite a few here in Georgia and in other parts of the South and we are not close to "tornado alley". It is a fact that you really are not safe from a Natural disaster anywhere. You just do what you can, to make yourself as safe as possible, wherever you live. Weather runs in cycles, it always has and always will. Some decades/years it will be more intense, other decades/years, less intense. That is nature, something man has not ever, does not now and will not ever be able to control.