The tornadoes that hit Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee yesterday probably killed over 200 people.

Most of those people probably didn’t have access to a secure, hurricane-resistant basement area. Research shows that when people can shelter in a basement, their survival rate is extremely high.

I live near Houston, and even though the swampy environment makes basements more difficult, I DO have one. And this isn’t even the heart of "tornado alley."

I don’t understand why it is legal to build residential or business structures in America without basements. We should know better by now.

Is it time to update the construction codes in states like Alabama? Or should we wait until another 200 people die in tornadoes?

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How deep does the water need to be for a hurricane/cyclone/typhoon? I have a presentation Tuesday and met with my teacher today, and he said that we need to find the water depth…I tried searching, but couldn’t find anything. Any ideas?

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I am currently living in New Jersey and I have been looking to move out of this state for the past 3 years. We are planning on moving before the end of this year. I’m 21 years old with no college degree living with my single mom. The both of us work part-time but plan on looking for full-time jobs. I am potentially going to start college in the new state a couple of months after I move in. We want to get out of the extreme cold winters and move to a place with mild winters. We are trying to gather a persons opinion on which state you recommend for us to move to.

1. washington
2. oregon
3. colorado
4. nebraska
5. kansas
6. texas
7. missouri
8. illinois
9. michigan
10. indiana
11. ohio
12. kentucky
13. mississippi
14. massachusetts
15. rhode island
16. connecticut
17. pennsylvania
18. north carolina
19. hawaii

Things we are trying to avoid:
High crime states
horrible traffic
bad neighborhood/bad schools
rural area
unfriendly/racist people
Bad weather (tornado/hurricane/massive amounts of snow prone areas)

Detailed info would be greatly appreciated Thank You!!!!

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im going to the wilderness in the wisconsin dells for my birthday and i absolutely love the new hurricane water slide! my brother really wants to go on it but i don’t know if hes tall enough!! i hope he can come on it! does anyone the height restriction?

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1. What will happen to total output and real wages, respectively, in Bratislava, if an outbreak of SARS kills 20% of the workforce?
a. increase, decrease
b. uncertain, decrease
c. increase, increase
d. decrease, decrease
e. decrease, increase

2. What will happen to and total output and real wages, respectively, in Bratislava if immigration rules are changed so that there is a sharp increase in immigration by workers from other nations?
a. increase, decrease
b. decrease, uncertain
c. increase, increase
d. decrease, decrease
e. decrease, increase

3. What will happen to real wages and employment, respectively, in Bratislava if a major hurricane destroys a large portion of Bratislava’s capital stock, but does not injure or kill any humans?
a. increase, decrease
b. uncertain, uncertain
c. increase, increase
d. decrease, decrease
e. decrease, increase

4. What will happen to real wages and employment, respectively, in Bratislava if widespread use of the Internet causes a sharp increase in the productivity of workers.
a. increase, decrease
b. decrease, decrease
c. increase, increase
d. decrease, uncertain
e. decrease, increase

5. What will happen to real wages and output, respectively, in Bratislava if a major earthquake destroys a large portion of Bratislava’s capital stock and also kills a significant fraction of its workforce?
a. uncertain, decrease
b. decrease, decrease
c. increase, increase
d. decrease, uncertain
e. uncertain, uncertain

6. Supposing equilibrium in the loanable funds market exists use the following numbers to determine the quantity of funds supplied in the loanable funds market.
GDP .7 trillion
Consumption Spending .5 trillion
Taxes .7 trillion
Government Purchases .0 trillion
a. .2 trillion
b. .5 trillion
c. .9 trillion
d. .2 trillion

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I’d like to go down there to lend a hand, but would I be one of thousands and thousands of volunteers wandering about without something to do? Or should I organize a donation drive to send "hurricane" supplies? But to whom should I send it to? Maybe the donation to the Red Cross IS the best idea after all. Phooey. There has GOT to be something I can do!

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If a hurricane or tornado devastated a republican state and their insurance didn’t want to cover them, would they look to the government for handouts or do they believe its their responsibility to take care of themselves?
Hmmm… people reaching out for other people and taking care of people in need, sounds very democratic to me.

There are insurance contracts that state certain natural distasters aren’t covered, so I am asking a question about if they were not indeed covered for a specific disaster what would they do.
@The OnlyB – so glad you brought up the point that it is the Christian thing to do to help other people. It is not only the Chrisitian way, there are other religions you know and I know it may sound crazy but there are people who are not religious that also help others and give back. Why on earth are the Republicans so far from wanting to help the poor and ones in need, is this what Jesus would’ve wanted, to help the Rich that capitalize on the poor…hmmm.

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If you live in hurricane territory and like to be prepared, what do you keep in a little kit for a quick get away?

I have water, peanut butter, dog and cat food (for the pets), one pillow, a blanket, and some hand sanitizer.

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I need to make a project for 8th grade science that represents a tornado or hurricane. It Is supposed to show the movement of the hurricane or tornado(watered u pick) but b like an art project. Idk wat to do. It also has to be artistic and creative but also include info. We can’t do a cyclone in a bottle. Any ideas?

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I am a native born Californian, who has lived in the same city my entire life, and I always see so much hate against Californians coming from other states. I have heard horror stories of people having their brand new cars keyed while driving through other states because, they have California license plates, one person keyed a US Army veterans car because, he had California purple heart plates. People from other states wish we would die in an earthquake, which is laughable because, I would rather deal with a magnitude 6.0 every 25 years (our buildings are designed to survive up to 8.5) then a hurricane or tornado every year.

Should we just cutoff all resources to the US, I am sure the military and everyone else will have fun relying on Chinese silicon chips instead of American chips produced in Silicon Valley. What about a vast majority of of the produce in the US which comes from this state? What about all your movies and video games, most of which are either produced in this state or companies have their North American offices based here. Your aircraft parts? Even though Hughes is now owned by Boeing the factories here still pump out aircraft parts for aircraft of all shapes and sizes? Cars? Solar panels? Wine, Beer? I could go on and on.

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For science class, I need to know what differences are between a tsunami and a hurricane. please help!

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His mos is something involving tank supply…He found out he was getting stationed there about a month before the hurricane/tsunami happened. He’s home on leave now and will be going there in about 2 weeks and will be there for 2 years.

After everything that’s happened there, what does this mean for him? Is it dangerous? What about all this i’m hearing about radiation??

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30 Seconds to Mars id coming to dallas on sunday and the theme is hurricane night. I was wondering what everybody else will be wearing so I can get an idea! any input will help!

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First of all I would like to ask what is the main difference between supply and "aggregate" supply? In my class we learned it using the graphs and it’s a little confusing to me and I was wondering if I could get help on whether these factors increase or decrease long-run aggregate supply I would greatly appreciate it thanks!!!

1) immigration
2) a raise in minimum wage
3) development of new technology
4) a hurricane

Thank you very much for all the help I greatly appreciate it!!!
thanks so much for the answers!!! @charoo actually I forgot to add that in my homework it said that some of these factors may have no effect on the long run aggregate supply, again thank you!!!

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I have to make a powerpoint for my spanish class on what to do before during and after a hurricane. I live in Chicago so I have never experienced a hurricane.

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Say I plan a trip for August to Bermuda, but a hurricane happens to be lurking at the same time. What happens in this event?

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Today Diane referred to the time when the hurricane hit…. HAHA!! Guess no one remembered that they are in Wisconsin, and it was a Tornado!
they even said it was a tornado- that’s when lily was under the table with the twins- because there was a ‘tornado touchdown’ haha.

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I need to find Hurricane Ike damage pictures for places like Lake Charles, DeRidder, Pineville, and other places closer to Southwest Louisisana.

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Connecticut ships large amounts of apples to all parts of the United States by rail. Circle the words that show the effects on price and quantity for the situation below, and complete graphs showing how a hurricane that destroys apples before they are picked in Connecticut might affect the price and quantity of: the wages of apple pickers in Connecticut?
Does the price rise, stay the same, or fall?
Does the quantity rise, stay the same, or fall?
Can you give me a basic idea of how my graph would look given P as my vertical axis, Q as my horizontal axis, S as my original supply curve, and D as my original demand curve.

Thank you! (I always choose a best answer.)
The original graph looks something like this: http://economicallycorrect.50megs.com/images/supply_and_demand.jpg

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Will we then attempt to pass global legislation aimed at warming the earth back up? Are our world leaders really so arrogant as to think they can control the climate of our planet? What’s next? Will they attempt to pass anti tornado and hurricane laws?
Since they really think they can control the climate, why not just try to turn down the sun a little? It’s not that far a stretch from their current level of arrogance.

Here’s a great idea! Since polar ice is disappearing, lets fly a bunch of planes up close to where the ice used to be and add more "greenhouse" gasses to the atmosphere there! If they were really serious about this they would have met at the equator.

Look, these people want "everyone else" to make sacrifices to try to cool the earth. They want YOU to drive an electric car and turn off your lights and turn down your heat while "That One" keeps the Oval Office a toasty 80 degrees. Paul McCartney wants everyone to stop eating meat on Mondays so he can jet around the globe. Here’s an idea Paul, keep your old a** at home, nobody wants to hear your stuff anymore!

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A. Brief, heavy precipitation
B. Cloudy and rain
C. cloudy, followed by rain/snow
D. clouds and thunderstorms
E. fair weather
F. freezing rain or ice storm
G. possible tropical storm or hurricane
H. possible tornado

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Why don’t they just take their dogs with them? I would take my dog with me and if I can’t bring him into a shelter, I would keep driving farther from the hurricane and stay in my car. Can’t they do that? I don’t understand. It is too sad to do that to a dog, abandon it during a scary traumatic storm!

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I’ve looked into the state & federal programs-there’s nothing I qualify for
or that is available.

Looking for someone who can donate time to do or help do repairs.
Even someone who has knowledge of how things should be done, would be helpful.
(Most of repairs not incredibly difficult, but do require someone who has done this
stuff before)

I need some stucco repaired, drywall in one room, some damaged wood replaced,
some holes dug for replacement fence posts and some assistance repairing the fence.
Also need to replace some window cranks for according windows.
And need some plywood cut to cover windows in case of future hurricane.
(I have plywood-I’m just not able to cut it)

I could probably pay something, but not allot.
I have misc items that could be used for trade: golf clubs & bag ,
bowling balls, several clothes dryers that need minor repairs, misc garage stuff.
IN MIAMI – NEAR NE 163RD STREET MALL

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A. Brief, heavy precipitation
B. Cloudy and rain
C. cloudy, followed by rain/snow
D. clouds and thunderstorms
E. fair weather
F. freezing rain or ice storm
G. possible tropical storm or hurricane
H. possible tornado

If everyone could please answer this by Monday the 17th, 2011.
(MLK day)
Thanks for your help!
I have other science related questions here so if you could
try and answer those too!
Thanks again

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A. Brief, heavy precipitation
B. Cloudy and rain
C. cloudy, followed by rain/snow
D. clouds and thunderstorms
E. fair weather
F. freezing rain or ice storm
G. possible tropical storm or hurricane
H. possible tornado

Please answer by January 17,2011!
all answers greatly appreciated
i have other science related questions
up if you could look at those too!
Thanks

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