Death toll in Oklahoma tornado could soon reach 91

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Too many natural calamities are hitting the US at regular intervals!

One wonders why.

The weather has indeed changed all over the world!
 

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America focuses too much on building wooden houses, with a generous helping of plastic and ply-boards. It's about time to seriously consider steel, concrete, brick, and cement-mortar.
 

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America focuses too much on building wooden houses, with a generous helping of plastic and ply-boards. It's about time to seriously consider steel, concrete, brick, and cement-mortar.
Underground shelters are the most effective means to save lives.
 

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Fema uses 'Waffle House index' to take stock of Oklahoma tornado disaster | World news | guardian.co.uk

When the main US federal emergency agency arrives at the scene of a disaster-hit area, one of the first places it turns to is the local Waffle House – and not just for its officials to grab a quick bite.

Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, came up with the idea of the "Waffle House index" as an informal way of measuring the impact of a disaster. The chain, which has a large number of branches in tornado-prone areas, has a robust emergency management plan.

The index has three levels. If the local Waffle House is up and running, serving a full menu, a disaster is classed as green. If it is running with an emergency generator and serving only a limited menu, it is a yellow. If it is closed, badly damaged or totally destroyed, as during hurricane Katrina, it is a red.
 

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So who will be held accountable for the inaccurate reporting of lives lost?
 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/us/oklahoma-tornado.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Officials said it was still too early to say precisely how many people had been killed, but the toll appeared to be significantly less than initially feared. State officials lowered the death toll to at least 24, down from their estimate late Monday night of nearly 100 fatalities. One reason for the uncertainty was that officials believed that some bodies might have been taken to local funeral homes instead of the state medical examiner's office, which was doing the official count. But it appeared that the 48 people who were believed to be missing on Monday night — and were feared dead — had been found. More than 200 were injured, including 70 children.
 

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@W.G.Ewald why can't US build houses brick ,cement ,concrete and steel for a change.I never get the logic of plywoodhouses in US
 
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@W.G.Ewald why can't US build houses brick ,cement ,concrete and steel for a change.I never get the logic of plywoodhouses in US

See post #9. Tornadoes can lift railroad freight cars and throw them like toys.
 
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