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Good that they're safe and sound but come on Americans, you live the most tornado prone area in the world and insist in building houses out of wood and paper
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Tornadoes are deceptively rare, even here. The population density is quite low throughout the midwest, and most tornadoes only cover a tiny tract of land compared to any other weather disaster. When they do happen, you can easily survive the vast majority of tornadoes (99% of all tornadoes are below EF2 strength) even in a cheap house. You get into higher level tornadoes and anything other than a purpose built concrete bunker of a building will turn to rubble anyways. Wood is a lot lighter than a pile of bricks. Plus, when a tornado rolls through, it's much cheaper to rebuild, and insurance often covers it anyways.
There's also a reason we have basements. Building millions of bunkers for a relatively marginal risk is a hell of a lot more expensive than a hole in the ground of any kind. Getting low is by far the best defense against a tornado. In fact, I'll give you one thing: Trailer parks and mobile homes are just death traps, and they are unfortunately common in the alley. It's actually more dangerous to be in one, even with a EF0, than to just leave it and lay flat on the ground. Many of the deadliest low strength tornadoes are the ones that hit these homes.
No source, but apparently insurance rates are cheaper here than with hurricane-risk areas. Tornadoes are just not that big of a deal compared to other disasters.
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It's literally the tale of the three little pigs, having any excuses for dying from regular natural events is dumb
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