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Imagine. You head to pick up your child from school and abruptly, the only thing separating you, your daughter and your sister from 200 mile per hour winds are two collapsed walls supporting each other in a triangular formation. You hold your daughter with adrenaline-induced strength while you scream and pray as the realistic fear of being sucked up into a monster overwhelms you. That’s what happened to a family I spoke with who survived the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado. As they cowered for protection at Briarwood Elementary, what we now know to be an E5 tornado, whipped them with flying debris leaving their feet, arms, and heads lacerated by its ferocity. As this mother shared her traumatic experience with me, she related that her sister was waiting in their van parked outside the school. When the school advised her that a...To Full Article
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True disaster denial story.
Years ago, we moved form Southern California to Austin. After a couple of house hunting trips with a local Realtor, I was surprised that none of the houses we looked at had a storm cellar or a basement. I thought that in Tornado country, at least some of the homes will have such a facility.
When I asked the Realtor about it, he gave me a wink and a smile and told me about his proffered solution.
When a tornado warning is issued, he starts drinking and the Tornado will just move away.
It was a funny way to sidestep discussing the need for preparedness or facing up to the fact that many people allow families and businesses to be exposed to a reoccurring known risk.