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Our analysis finds that the cost per life that can be expected to be saved with shelters is rather high for permanent homes, even in the most tornado-prone states," Simmons and Sutter write."
On tornado watch: Experts predict volatile spring season 2011
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Building codes can be upgraded to require a basement or a safe room such as a bathroom built to these standards in tornado-prone areas.
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In tornado-prone areas, that could mean making sure residents have a safe place to go — a basement, reinforced bathroom or cellar — when the next twister comes, she says.
Rebuilding will take years, millions <emdash/> and patience 2011
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The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.
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But forecasters are growing concerned that people - especially those living in tornado-prone areas of the south and central United States, are becoming blase about warnings, or that the warnings are not getting through in time.
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The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Infectious Diseases Study Site Questioned 2009
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The Department of Homeland Security is planning a $700 million pathogen research facility in a tornado-prone part of Kansas.
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Infectious Diseases Study Site Questioned Washington PostThe Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Infectious Diseases Study Site Questioned 2009
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Its biggest fans are in rural areas and small towns; few live in big cities -- or, ironically, tornado-prone mobile homes.
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