Peace to everyone in Oklahoma. May God be with you all.
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Wow. You made me look it up. This was a deadly one. cn
Dr Kynes
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yes... best wishes for the speedy rebuilding of more stick frame dwellings and sheet steel school buildings in a region called Tornado Alley.
quick thing to note, this EXACT PLACE had a devastating tornado in 2009, and they rebuilt again in exactly the same manner.
listening to the radio news while working on my truck today i was regaled with Idiots telling their "heart wrenching story" which tended to go something like this:
"we barely survived the 2009 tornado, and now this entirely unexpected event. you never think it's going to happen to you... again..."
or
"when we rebuilt after the last tornado we didnt build from concrete or brick, didnt install storm shutters or tornado resistant roofs (yes they totally exist...) or install a storm shelter so we ran across the street and hid in our neighbor's bathroom"
and the ever popular
"im gonna rebuild (exactly the same way, with no concessions to the prevalence of tornadoes...) and CHALLENGE THE GODS!!! even the Mighty Zeus would not dare smite me with a third tornado! He doesnt have the balls, or the Smotency for that kind of smiting!"
if you build your house in "Tornado Alley' i got very little sympathy when you get hit by a tornado. if you take a nap in a Bum Urine Alley you cant really get mad when you wake up covered in piss.
quick thing to note, this EXACT PLACE had a devastating tornado in 2009, and they rebuilt again in exactly the same manner.
listening to the radio news while working on my truck today i was regaled with Idiots telling their "heart wrenching story" which tended to go something like this:
"we barely survived the 2009 tornado, and now this entirely unexpected event. you never think it's going to happen to you... again..."
or
"when we rebuilt after the last tornado we didnt build from concrete or brick, didnt install storm shutters or tornado resistant roofs (yes they totally exist...) or install a storm shelter so we ran across the street and hid in our neighbor's bathroom"
and the ever popular
"im gonna rebuild (exactly the same way, with no concessions to the prevalence of tornadoes...) and CHALLENGE THE GODS!!! even the Mighty Zeus would not dare smite me with a third tornado! He doesnt have the balls, or the Smotency for that kind of smiting!"
if you build your house in "Tornado Alley' i got very little sympathy when you get hit by a tornado. if you take a nap in a Bum Urine Alley you cant really get mad when you wake up covered in piss.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
They must not have laid enough trailer parks as decoys. Bad planning. cn
Dr Kynes
Well-Known Member
in the sacramento valley we had our first tornado in 30 years in 2010. it touched down, and rampaged solely within the confines of a 5 acre mobile home park, leaving the heavily built up suburban areas surrounding the park untouched.
i loled a little.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
In 2000 I lived in the Peninsula. We had a twister, Fujita Scale "oh maybe a little", touch down about a mile from my then-house. I remember some ripped-up rooves, a coupla rearranged trees, and a Tahoe that had been nudged sideways a ways. It was intense. (For there.) cn
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Or just "spin" it. cn
MyPetSkunk
Active Member
Yeah, cause that's real funny.
chewberto
Well-Known Member
Dude! This is a horrible tragedy! Touched down on an elementary school killing kids! And still missing! To imagine the horror those kids were experiencing trapped underneath rubble not knowing if anyone is coming for them! They were screaming but after 630 the screams stopped! This saddens me deeply!
UncleBuck
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tornado humor can be twisted.
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
that's actually what building codes are for.
for all the pissing and moaning about california and all their regulations, at least the fact is that most of their buildings can withstand an earthquake without falling over.
Nutes and Nugs
Well-Known Member
Saw that on the news tonight, it was a grim scene with at least 50 dead. (so they tell us)
California law sucks much less to be imposed on the rest of the country.
It's like paying for shit that doesn't happen but all the tax payers have to give to others living in stupid places.
The earth moves under your feet - Get The Fuck Out!
The wind blows faster than 100MPH each year - Get The Fuck Out!
If you live below sea level - Get The Fuck Out!
Your house has ghosts - Get The Fuck Out!
Move to safe ground.
Dangerous places should be taxed much higher, like humans with their dangerous addictions and health.
Harrekin
Well-Known Member
Nope, fuck that shit.
Why tax them more? Tax them EQUALLY but if something shit happens then tell them to fuck off.
Why do bad decisions have to be subsidised?
Total Head
Well-Known Member
with a tornado of this magnitude, you could build your house out of jesus and it would still be gone. the house could be made of whatever you want but once the 200 mph winds rip off your doors and windows the pressure will literally rip the roof off, and that's BEFORE the actual tornado hits the building.
not that i care much for the guy, but ron white put it pretty well: "it's not THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing. If you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many push ups you did that morning."
also, a tornado of this magnitude is extremely rare. even houses with reinforcing clips would be rubble in something like this. i find it obnoxious how every time there's a catastrophic weather event people always pipe up with the "that's what you get for living in x" comments. there's fucking no place in the entire US that is safe from some kind of shit like this whether it's earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, blizzards, wildfires, whatever. people talk shit at the south when there's a hurricane, people talk shit at the north/northeast when there's a death blizzard/nor'easter, people talk shit at california when there's an earthquake. where the fuck SHOULD people live? it's not realistic for everyday people to build their houses out of the most expensive materials and in this kind of storm it wouldn't matter anyway. there was a guy on their local news who had his heavy ass steel door ripped off his storm shelter. i'm way the fuck up in massachusetts and even we can get tornadoes. nothing like this shit since '53 but it's absurd to assume that there is anywhere in the country that's "safe" from nature, especially when we're talking about such a rare event as a 2 mile wide f5 tornado.
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fuck that.
not that i care much for the guy, but ron white put it pretty well: "it's not THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing. If you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many push ups you did that morning."
also, a tornado of this magnitude is extremely rare. even houses with reinforcing clips would be rubble in something like this. i find it obnoxious how every time there's a catastrophic weather event people always pipe up with the "that's what you get for living in x" comments. there's fucking no place in the entire US that is safe from some kind of shit like this whether it's earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, blizzards, wildfires, whatever. people talk shit at the south when there's a hurricane, people talk shit at the north/northeast when there's a death blizzard/nor'easter, people talk shit at california when there's an earthquake. where the fuck SHOULD people live? it's not realistic for everyday people to build their houses out of the most expensive materials and in this kind of storm it wouldn't matter anyway. there was a guy on their local news who had his heavy ass steel door ripped off his storm shelter. i'm way the fuck up in massachusetts and even we can get tornadoes. nothing like this shit since '53 but it's absurd to assume that there is anywhere in the country that's "safe" from nature, especially when we're talking about such a rare event as a 2 mile wide f5 tornado.
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after:
fuck that.
Nutes and Nugs
Well-Known Member
Tax them more for living in a danger zone.
Taxing them equally makes the innocent pay for their stupid endeavors.
It's like paying my taxes to a fat, stupid immigrant who is over weight and has health issues, cant even speak English but gets free cash every month and continues to eat.
These areas are know for problems.
Why keep rebuilding them?
Nutes and Nugs
Well-Known Member
Nowhere is safe, just better choices.
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
disasters can happen just about anywhere, it is all but impossible to not live in some sort of a "stupid place".
actually he was talking about taxing a bad decision, the opposite of a subsidy.
never thought of it that way.
Nutes and Nugs
Well-Known Member
Those pix are amazing.with a tornado of this magnitude, you could build your house out of jesus and it would still be gone. the house could be made of whatever you want but once the 200 mph winds rip off your doors and windows the pressure will literally rip the roof off, and that's BEFORE the actual tornado hits the building.
not that i care much for the guy, but ron white put it pretty well: "it's not THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing. If you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many push ups you did that morning."
also, a tornado of this magnitude is extremely rare. even houses with reinforcing clips would be rubble in something like this. i find it obnoxious how every time there's a catastrophic weather event people always pipe up with the "that's what you get for living in x" comments. there's fucking no place in the entire US that is safe from some kind of shit like this whether it's earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, blizzards, wildfires, whatever. people talk shit at the south when there's a hurricane, people talk shit at the north/northeast when there's a death blizzard/nor'easter, people talk shit at california when there's an earthquake. where the fuck SHOULD people live? it's not realistic for everyday people to build their houses out of the most expensive materials and in this kind of storm it wouldn't matter anyway. there was a guy on their local news who had his heavy ass steel door ripped off his storm shelter. i'm way the fuck up in massachusetts and even we can get tornadoes. nothing like this shit since '53 but it's absurd to assume that there is anywhere in the country that's "safe" from nature, especially when we're talking about such a rare event as a 2 mile wide f5 tornado.
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after:
fuck that.
Looks like a bulldozer or bomb was at work.
Almost looks like a nuclear blast.
Very sad indeed.