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Warpy

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15. The odds in any given year are several million to one

Reply to NoodleyAppendage (Reply #5)

Sun May 19, 2013, 09:23 PM

May 2013

that a tornado will strike any particular area. Mobile homes give the best bang for the buck in housing, and Tornado Alley isn't exactly a high wage bastion. People live in them mostly because they can't afford stick built housing, which does a little better in these things but which can still be flattened.

If I had to live there, I'd live in a trailer. I'd also have a storm cellar dug and stocked with emergency water, dry clothing, and food for several days.

I hope people in that trailer park are safe. I know why they're living there.

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We are in the one part of the state that does not get tornadoes dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #36

The odds in any given year are several million to one Warpy May 2013 #15

Million to one? Not in Wichita KS. longship May 2013 #23

Do tornadoes level Witchita every time a warning sounds? Warpy May 2013 #34

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