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Isn’t allowing non brick homes in known tornado zones a gross negligence by the government?

Friday, August 14th, 2009

In Australia in a place called Darwin they have a building code that means houses don’t ever blow away anymore.

yet in a place caledd "Tornado Alley" in the US you can still built a house made of drywall – surely this is grossly irresponsible.

What would happen if a tornado passed directly through a really really tall building?

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Suppose the building is really tall, like Sears Tower tall. Would the building get ripped off it’s foundation? Would the tornado dissipate? Or would it simply blow out all the windows?