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Comments on: Weather Report https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/01/weather-report/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/01/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-21425 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:40:15 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/01/weather-report/#comment-21425 The problem is roof construction, especially in gyms. The roofs are just not well connected. It would be easy, and not very expensive, to build with reinforced concrete that would stand up to hurricanes and tornadoes, but it hasn’t been done.

The vaulted roofs of most school auditoriums and/or gyms are what get ripped off, and the walls collapse because they are so long and can’t handle the wind load. The solutions are known, but they aren’t used.

]]> By: andante https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/01/weather-report/comment-page-1/#comment-21424 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:31:23 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/01/weather-report/#comment-21424 I think most of that mess passed to the south of us, with only 3″ of rain last night and howling winds.

I hate it when these systems come through at night. My father actually used to stay up at night when there was severe weather around. He wore an old Army helmet and stood outside watching the sky, just in case he needed to wake the family and get us to safety.

I’m not sure there are many places totally safe as public tornado shelters; that school may have been the best available.

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