Dat Tornado

I live in Florida, the part that seems to be completely untouched by the map so......east coast!

You've got to change the way you build to match where you live dude, and they live in tornado alley. I know it's largly not their fault, I'd bet the real reason the buildings arn't up to the standard that'd survive this **** is actually cause a lot of people make money on rebuilding, and as always the poor guy is the one who gets screwed.
But **** it, why not move? half of these people have houses on wheels.

Well,.. if Americans built houses from steel and stone instead of the cheap material called wood. But most of them don't so this is the result. And it's called one of the richest, advances & modern countries? LMAO.
Before you guys gonna hate me, Im sorry for the deaths.

Too late.

I really don't understand why everyone is hating on the tornado victims. Why call them "****", Madman? What the **** did they do to you? Why bash the entire United States based on this small region, Mathias? I guess wherever you live, they build houses out of expensive steel. Sorry, but those people can't afford multi-million dollar houses, which is why they live in that region and not in a sea-side mansion in fortunate, fantastic little England, michael. What the **** is wrong with you people?

I understand it, it's hard but it's reality. Anyways I dont hate the victims. But here we have floods several times each year. You can do a bit(built dikes/dunes etc.) to control it a little bit. Tornado's are something else but in my opinion you can control them a little bit bye building stronger houses. And now we are arrived at the problem, MONEY. The goverment should help the people to built stronger/better houses. But that's quite difficult in this times. I can write a whole book about this but i'm quiting now..

The problem isn't "OH THEY NEED BETTER HOUSES!!" or Michael's, "Why not move? :S" Tornados like that are VERY rare and happen maybe every so often? It's not an annual event like hurricanes on the Gulf and Florida. It's just not severe enough to displace that large an amount of people. It's not their fault, it's not the government's fault, and its not the construction company's fault. It's purely nature and humanities never ending fight against it. We can never control nature. So basically, it doesn't happen enough for these people to move.

My house would only have to get flattened once for me to decide to move :\

I really don't understand why everyone is hating on the tornado victims. Why call them "****", Madman? What the **** did they do to you?

I guess you could say my humor is really...








...twisted.

You've got to change the way you build to match where you live dude, and they live in tornado alley. I know it's largly not their fault, I'd bet the real reason the buildings arn't up to the standard that'd survive this **** is actually cause a lot of people make money on rebuilding, and as always the poor guy is the one who gets screwed.
But **** it, why not move? half of these people have houses on wheels.

The reason why buildings (well, their framework at least) are made of wood in North America is largely due to it being an abundant resource. Wood is not only cheaper, but very flexible in terms it's usage, very reliable, and easy to replace (should something go haywire years down the road). The reason why the UK and many other island-countries have structures made out of concrete/brick/metal is because they have no trees. Its much easier (and cheaper) to manufacture artificial stone than it is to import wood from outside the country.

they're generally brick with wood frames.

My house would only have to get flattened once for me to decide to move :\

Not everyone has the money to move. >_> And besides, all of the USA is a death trap. West Coast, earthquake danger. Great Plains, tornadoes. Southeast Coast, hurricanes. Go to New England, apparently the only safe zone.

yeah i know, moving is expensive, but so is replacing everything you own, if insurance pays out, why not move if you can? I mean you're starting from scratch anyway. I just find it bizzare that so many people are like "nope we'll stay and rebuild"

yeah i know, moving is expensive, but so is replacing everything you own, if insurance pays out, why not move if you can? I mean you're starting from scratch anyway. I just find it bizzare that so many people are like "nope we'll stay and rebuild"

Still, something THAT major doesn't happen often. That's why they stay. Sure tornadoes are "common" once a year, but the chances of a cell actually spurting over an area is slim, considering the amount of land in that region. It's probability, and they just lucked out.