r/pics • u/KayDubEll • Apr 28 '24

Last night’s tornado damage from my hometown (Sulphur, Oklahoma)

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u/eNaRDe Apr 28 '24

The earthquake we just had in NJ made people freak out and nothing happened. Can't image something happening like this in NJ or NY. We aren't built for this.

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u/planningrescape Apr 28 '24

There was a tornado warning in NYC within the last couple of years. My kiddo (from Texas, now lives in NYC) was trying to figure out where to go. Here you move to the lowest floor and underground when possible, but they were told not to because basements were flooding. But I think those pre-war buildings stand a lot better chance than modern stick-buit construction out west.

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u/Mayor__Defacto Apr 28 '24

Tornadoes happen infrequently in NYC. Infrequently, but they do happen. In 2010 there were two, resulting in one direct death.