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1. The Oklahoma Storm Shelters Saved many lives of The Devastating
Tornadoes
The residents of Oklahoma region are reluctant to Oklahoma storm shelters because of the high
costs such a tornado shelter can rich. Glen Lewis, the Moore city mayor managed to convince
the capital city’s counsellors that Oklahoma storm shelters should be mandatory by law.
The USA annually confronts with over one thousand tornadoes, most of all low intensity and
without too many damages. The city of Moore was devastated by many tornadoes and storms
along time: in 4th October 1999, 3rd may 1999, 8th may 2003, 10th may 2010 and 20th may
2013. These dates are deeply engraved into the local’s memories and on the funeral stones in
cemeteries. Even though, the city does not have a public tornado shelter to save the lives of the
inhabitants from the greatest tornado in history. The argument is that after just a 16 minutes
alert, very few may have managed to reach the shelter and this way is much more efficient to
find a refugee on their own, in their own house.
The calculation count 13, 000 houses completely destroyed by the 20 th May 2013 tornado. Of
all these, only 3000 possessed storm shelters. As a principle, the locals knew where to hide but
the no furnishing could face the rage of the tornado. The number of victims was not as large as
expected. There were 24 deaths, among them, 10 children. Another dramatic deaths count was
in Mississippi, in 2011, with 161 bodies.
In Oklahoma, where 16.3 percent of population lives below the poverty limit, the cost of
building an Oklahoma storm shelters, between $3000 and $30, 000, is way too higher for many
of them. On the other hand, because of the clay soil, a cement consolidation is needed for the
shelters, which increases the expenses. The main issue of the mayor Lewis is the reluctance of
the inhabitants of this “in depth” America, which will not accept to involve government instead
of letting their lives in God’s hands.
This stubbornness explains why the congressman Tom Cole, born in Oklahoma, was the first
who refused that government to provide federal funds to rebuilt as it should the devastated
city that the president Barack Obama visited on 26 May.
A tornado shelter is the best option in case of calamities, since the inhabitants can store in
there all the most needed items to survive a few days. From clothing to food, water, lightning
resources, to any other valuable things, people can gather in there, as much as to keep them
safe.