Posted on 05/20/2013 4:54:37 PM PDT by stockpirate
NO LINK ON THEIR WEBSITE YET,
Bury your head? =)
You have got to be kidding. You don’t run from a twister almost two miles wide.
Exactly. That is why every kid raised in tornado country was and should be taught to get flat in a low spot or a culvert and stay there until it's over. That's what I was taught.
Had my elementary school teacher told me to cower in the corner of a government building built by the lowest bidder, I would have taken my chances on the open prairie.
A ditch is a safer place to take cover.
No, I have survived several of them by getting flat in a low spot away from potential flying debris.
The last place I would want to be would be a government building constructed by the lowest bidder.
whata bout a basement in a school?
Still a government building built by the lowest bidder.
A lot of these kids drowned. What better place to do that than in a basement?
http://www.ktul.com/story/22392743/update-10-children-killed-in-moore-tornado
...Five of the children’s cause of death was listed as “mechanical asphyxia.” The Medical Examiner’s office noted that mechanical asphyxia can refer to drowning, but in this case all the deaths were due to suffocation...
a ditch? i understand the idea of a ditch is that the tornado “hops” over it, but still, I think under the circumstances there was no good option
Well, then you need to move you and yours to tornado country. It then becomes self-explanatory.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
So you are telling us that you’ve rode out EF5 tornados out in the open? Yea, sure that’s the ticket.
i live in indiana . what I’m saying is that THIS particular tornado, an F5, wasn’t going to leave many survivors . I don’t think the kids running at 90deg angles or lying in a ditch were going to survive this tornado. If you do, well, fine.
You were taught wrong. Laying flat on the ground is only what you do if there is absolutely no other option. Anyone laying flat on the ground during that Oklahoma twister would just be dead.
Had my elementary school teacher told me to cower in the corner of a government building built by the lowest bidder, I would have taken my chances on the open prairie.
First, those kids were miles from open prairie, second if you are out on the open prairie and get hit by an F5, you're dead.
I don't think you have any inkling of what 250mph winds do to people and things. I've seen people tossed like rag dolls by 100mph winds.
Well, I will be heading for my local bank which has a vault.
1) They won't let you in there.
2)They won't let you in the vault.
Well, I have an 85-year-old uncle who was with me.
If you want 3rd-party confirmation, I guess I could buy him a computer, guide him through the signup process, explain the protocols to him and let him do that.
Do not speak to me about things of which you have no knowledge.
I'm sitting outside Moore, OK with a 5th wheel in tow, which I intend to deliver to my cousin, who lost everything but the slab on his house.
I'm doing this because his and his family' s recovery from this will take months if not years and housing will be in short supply.
If not for the people with select-fire weapons and military tanks preventing my progress, I would already be there.
I am 61 years old and have lived in "tornado alley" all my life. I'm just relating the facts. You can like them and agree with them or not. Does not matter to me.
Fact remains that those people survived by doing exactly what I described.
They're still missing an 18 year old, but she is smart enough to have survived and will be fine.
Of destructive force, effects on people in the open, and tornadoes, I have plenty of knowledge.
Physics are a fact, your age and location don't mean much. I find that people that are wrong at 30 are generally wrong at 60 too. I've had a lot of people insist that they are safer getting thrown clear of an accident than being belted in too. At a certain point you just let people do what they want, as long as they aren't forcing their silliness on others.
So you hold onto the grass, and I'll get in the basement.
Agreed.
So the authority figures at that school did not force their silliness on elementary school kids.
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