This killed 100+ ppl

[SUPAstarr]

Just massive

[wagonrunner]

GATDAMN

[shogun]

Wow! was a mile wide, from reports on the news.

[red5FWD]

[White CZ4A]

power of nature...wow!
we really lucky in this place..

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

was now reading that in the newspapers, what continues to confuse me is why doesnt the US government change their Building codes when constructing buildings in Tornado areas?

stop the plyboard and dry wall exterior walls and use some good ole concrete.

[RawVoltage]

damn, the place turned night yes, man hadda put on his headlights.

[noobie]

was now reading that in the newspapers, what continues to confuse me is why doesnt the US government change their Building codes when constructing buildings in Tornado areas?

stop the plyboard and dry wall exterior walls and use some good ole concrete.

Not sure that concrete helps much , with the forces that these tornadoes produce.

[SUPAstarr]

^ agreed, those things have no respect for concrete or the 4 door luxury sedan that it picks up an pelts through the concrete wall


Category FO-- Gale Tornado Category 40 - 72 mph--
Light damage: some damage to chimneys, breaks branches off trees, pushes over shallow-rooted trees, and damages sign boards.

Category F1-- Moderate Tornado Category 73 - 112 mph--
Moderate damage: The lower limit Category 73 mph-- is the beginning of hurricane wind speed, peels surfaces of roofs, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, and moving autos pushed off roads.

Category F2-- Significant Tornado Category 112 - 157 mph--
Considerable damage: Roofs torn off the frames of houses, mobile homes demolished, boxcars pushed over, large trees snapped or uprooted, and heavy cars lifted off ground and thrown

Category F3-- Severe Tornado Category 158 - 206 mph--
Severe damage: Roofs and some walls torn off well-constructed houses, trains overturned, most trees in forest uprooted, and heavy cars lifted off ground and thrown.

Category F4-- Devastating Tornado Category 207 - 260 mph--
Devastating damage: Well-constructed houses leveled, structures blown off weak foundations, and cars and other large objects thrown about.

Category F5-- Incredible Tornado Category 261 - 318 mph--
Incredible damage: Strong frame houses are lifted off foundations and carried a considerable distance and disintegrated, automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters, and trees debarked.

Category F6+-- Inconceivable Tornado Category 319 - 379 mph--
The maximum wind speed of tornadoes is not expected to reach the F6 wind speeds.

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

at the sAme time it would still offer much better protection than the typical american house if built properly

[Sky]

was now reading that in the newspapers, what continues to confuse me is why doesnt the US government change their Building codes when constructing buildings in Tornado areas?

stop the plyboard and dry wall exterior walls and use some good ole concrete.

There was a guy down in Florida who said that, at the age of 53 years old, he was in good enough physical condition to withstand the wind, rain and hail of a force-3 hurricane. Now, let me explain somethin' to ya: it isn't that the wind is blowin', it's what the wind is blowin'. If you get hit by a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many sit-ups you did that morning. If you have a "Yield" sign in your spleen, joggin' don't really come into play. "I can run 25 miles without stopping." "You're bleedin'." "sheit!"

[crazybalhead]

Seen pics of tornados in the past where they have thrown pieces of two by four that pierced concrete walls!

[Sky]

And actually that's why they build the cheapo houses, because it won't make sense spending much more on concrete when the house is done for anyway. Let them continue to cheapout on the houses and have bunkers below.

[SUPAstarr]

yup to me thats the thinkin, spend the money on a strong basement, cuz no matter what upstairs it go mash up

[rossi]

I think they build with ply board and dry wall because it's cheaper to rebuild if a tornado hits. Think about it, it would be a waste of money to build something concrete and have it obliterated, while you could spend less to build and repair using cheap materials.

That tornado was intense......anybody gonna blame HAARP for this one?

[noobie]

And actually that's why they build the cheapo houses, because it won't make sense spending much more on concrete when the house is done for anyway. Let them continue to cheapout on the houses and have bunkers below.

That's it. Every house, business etc. needs to have underground bunkers specced to resist the F5 or F6 tornadoes.

Rememebr there was a 20 minute warning before this tornado hit. Technically this should have been enough time to take a sheit AND get into your bunker.

[psykomorf]

can't believe the sirens weren't on when this was recorded.

[kevcam]

Seen pics of tornados in the past where they have thrown pieces of two by four that pierced concrete walls!

Yup. The first time I saw this I was shocked.

[Gladiator]

I think they build with ply board and dry wall because it's cheaper to rebuild if a tornado hits. Think about it, it would be a waste of money to build something concrete and have it obliterated, while you could spend less to build and repair using cheap materials.

That tornado was intense......anybody gonna blame HAARP for this one?

I guess you can save a hell of alot of money when you are dead

[Sky]

And actually that's why they build the cheapo houses, because it won't make sense spending much more on concrete when the house is done for anyway. Let them continue to cheapout on the houses and have bunkers below.

That's it. Every house, business etc. needs to have underground bunkers specced to resist the F5 or F6 tornadoes.

Rememebr there was a 20 minute warning before this tornado hit. Technically this should have been enough time to take a sheit AND get into your bunker.

If you wait outside to see the tornado yourself you can take a sheit while running to the bunker.

[rossi]

I think they build with ply board and dry wall because it's cheaper to rebuild if a tornado hits. Think about it, it would be a waste of money to build something concrete and have it obliterated, while you could spend less to build and repair using cheap materials.

That tornado was intense......anybody gonna blame HAARP for this one?

I guess you can save a hell of alot of money when you are dead

Read "noobie" comment above.
Build a fortified basement/bunker.

[redmanjp]

Seen pics of tornados in the past where they have thrown pieces of two by four that pierced concrete walls!

serious?

[trini mk5]

They build with wood also because of there climate. Wood can expand and contract better than concrete

[Razkal]

jaaah, that is breeze fadda.

[gencon]

most amount of people killed in a single event, since record keeping began 60 years ago, 118 so far.....

[douglaking]

And actually that's why they build the cheapo houses, because it won't make sense spending much more on concrete when the house is done for anyway. Let them continue to cheapout on the houses and have bunkers below.

That's it. Every house, business etc. needs to have underground bunkers specced to resist the F5 or F6 tornadoes.

Rememebr there was a 20 minute warning before this tornado hit. Technically this should have been enough time to take a sheit AND get into your bunker.

If you wait outside to see the tornado yourself you can take a sheit while running to the bunker.

[redmanjp]

this vid real popular now on utube

[cornfused]

Hurricanes can do the same with 2x 4 , but its all depending on the brick

notice the reinforced concrete wall

there can be houses built to withstand such forces , or with reinforced bunkers and safe rooms

[~Vēġó~]

man I so glad we doh have these here nah......well not often anyway...