Posted on 07/01/2007 5:32:30 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
The House bill is modeled on law in Indiana, where tornado killed 20 in one home park:
WASHINGTON ; All new manufactured homes would have to come with a weather-alert radio under legislation introduced in the House.
"I was almost stunned that such a wonderful idea as this, that we hadn't done it before," said one sponsor, Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.
Named for a 2-year-old boy killed in a tornado in Indiana in 2005, C.J.'s Home Protection Act would change the federal safety standards for manufactured homes and make the industry pay for the receivers and their installation before the homes are delivered.
"I say it makes the mobile home that much more valuable," Bachus said Thursday.
The legislation, introduced June 20 but not yet set for debate, was initiated by C.J. Martin's parents, who lost three family members in the 2005 storm that killed 25 people, 20 of them in the same mobile home park.
"It's important for me to do this. I believe in this," Kathryn Martin said. "If my family had that warning, they would've been here today. This just makes sense."
The bill is modeled after a similar state law recently approved in Indiana.
It was introduced by U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., who at the time was the sheriff who responded to the scene where C.J. died.
"It's a public safety issue, not a Big Brother issue, and it's not us trying to force things on people," Ellsworth said. "It's trying to give families ... that extra little chance, an extra few moments."
The receivers cost between $20 and $200, according to the National Weather Service, depending on the features, the manufacturer and the retailer.
A spokesman for the industry took issue with the bill singling out manufactured homes.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
NO!
You are not alone!
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”
Ronald Reagan
This owner of a new 2280 s.f. manufactured home (not trailer, or mobile home) took initiative and bought his own weather radio - as should anybody who lives in any kind of dwelling.
How would the occupants be able to hear it over The Jerry Springer Show?
Why not make it manditory for everyone?
Wouldn't "making it mandatory for everyone" be the result of "NEEDING" the government to pass a law making it mandatory? :)
I keep thinking of the FAA’s 30 ton poured concrete reinforced electronics shelters. (Ten tons of rebar encased in 20 tons of concrete.) About as big as trailer but lots more storm worthy. Anyone who’s been in one will tell you that that’s where they want to be during a Tornado.
Also, with a jillion BTUs of air conditioning and a one inch diameter steel grounding cable.
Why not just skip this middleman stuff, and outlaw the storms themselves?
There you go... lets legislate that all trailers must be Ten tons of rebar encased in 20 tons of concrete. Problem solved.
I've contacted my reps and asked them to pass a law banning all "cutely named" laws.
To be named "the graybeard law".
God hates mobile homes. That’s why tornadoes always attack them first.
- Dr. Johnny Fever
Now what was that town out in the midwest that was just leveled? I guess all new houses should come with weather alert radios as well.
;)
http://www.ecoenquirer.com/fema-trailers.htm
FEMA Trailers To Be Used As ‘Tornado Bait’
“Thousands of trailers meant to house New Orleans evacuees never made it to their destination, but they will not go to waste: they will be deployed throughout the midwest and south to divert tornadoes away from residential areas.”
I know, I know, I know....we’ll call it....
Dorothy’s Law!!!
DING DING DING DING DING DING
If you’re ever threatened with a tornado you night find a ditch safer - maybe even build one ... under where you normally park?
I’ve lived in Illinois and Texas.
I’ve seen and experienced many tornadoes.
I even lived in a mobile home park in Gardener,Ill that was hit by a tornado.
Tornadoes do tear up towns and countryside,but they don’t mean to. They are just looking for the mobile home parks.
Instead of weather radios in mobile homes, they should mandate all residents of mobile home parks have a parachute.
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