When I read last week about the Granbury/Cleburne Texas area tornadoes, I
feared the worst. I have friends there, and I chewed on my nails until I heard
they were okay. That storm was an EF-4, with winds between 166 and 200 mph.
No wonder they tell you not to get in your car and try to outrun a twister. A
storm like that can shear houses off their foundations and toss trucks like Tonka
toys. Then came the news from Oklahoma,
where the storm was an EF-5. As I looked
at the photos of entire neighborhoods reduced to matchsticks, I found myself
wondering why all they were all frame houses. Surely, I thought, in “Tornado
Alley” it’s worth investing in brick and stone. So I did a little research. It
turns out that the Three Little Pigs are all a lie. If the big bad wolf blew
gusts of more than 200 mph, the clever pig would just be under heavier debris.
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