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Pastimes : Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Disasters -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (1371)	5/24/2011 4:27:23 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1460

Or you could just build well anchored steel reinforced concrete homes. You could also build them in shapes like domes that the wind flows over better, but that is probably not necessary. If your willing to pay extra you can get a house that has a basic structure that is pretty much tornado-proof, made out of quite a few different types of materials. The real weakness is the windows, also chimneys if the house has one, possibly other connection to the outside. (I'm not sure how much of a vulnerability something like a dryer vent or attic fan is, probably very minimal, but I suppose its possible some damage could come through such small openings.)

To: Snowshoe who wrote (1371)	5/24/2011 7:57:02 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1460

There was a large tornado that hit a plant in Roanoke, Illinois in 2004. Big sucker. Brothers who owned the plant had tornado proof toilets built in the center of the plant. 75 workers went to the can when that sucker was on the way and not a scratch. You couldn't tell the trucks from the building but the toilets worked. They also had tornado insurance that paid the workers while the plant was being rebuilt. The workers got paid for helping the clean up and rebuilding of other's who were hit by the twister, google.com