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Could anything have been done?
On a side note, frustrations mount as it was recently discovered that the two elementary schools leveled as a result of Monday’s tornado lacked designated safe rooms. Despite the common nature of lethal twisters in the Midwestern and Southern United … Continue reading
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Tagged children, disaster, elementary, Moore, Oklahoma, Safe room, saferoom, school, Shelter, Tornado
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Shelter Talk after Moore, OK Tornado
Following Monday’s deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma that resulted in substantial damage to houses, schools, and several fatalities, conversations have been springing up left and right about safe rooms, shelters, and other means of providing safe areas to those in … Continue reading
Preliminary Report on the Moore, OK Tornado Issued
“Nearly two years to the day after Joplin, MO is hit by the EF-4 tornado, Moore, OK is impacted by another powerful tornado resulting in substantial damage to houses, schools, and several fatalities. The National Weather Service classified the tornado … Continue reading
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Preliminary Report on the North Texas Tornado Issued
“Within 8 hours 16 tornadoes were spotted within an area located two hours west of Dallas, TX. Within that time there were at least 6 fatalities, over a hundred injuries and dozens of single-family homes damaged or destroyed. Mobile homes … Continue reading
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Rotate 2012 Project
The Center for Severe Weather Research has taken a new spin on chasing tornadoes. Radar Observations of Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Experiment (ROTATE) 2012 was an initiative, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), with the purpose of investigating low-level winds … Continue reading
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Mobile, Alabama Tornado
Thursday morning, a little before 5 am CST, December 20th, an EF-1 tornado struck the Mobile and Prichard, Alabama area. According to Alabama local news, the damage due to the tornado amounted to nearly 130 single-family homes and 35 businesses … Continue reading
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Auckland Tornado
Three dead, seven hospitalized, 250 displaced from their homes, several others left without power. The tornado struck Auckland December 6th, 2012 at about 12:15pm with what was said to be indescribable force. It uprooted trees, tore through homes, and sent … Continue reading
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Visit Dr. David O. Prevatt’s Homepage
Dr. David O. Prevatt, PE (Massachusetts) Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
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