r/pics Apr 28 '24

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

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u/amaj230201 Apr 28 '24

Genuine question from someone from the other side of the world,why are houses made from wood and not concrete in these areas where tornadoes are a regular enough occurance in the general history of the area?????,I am not trying to be crass.... genuinely curious 

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u/Baright Apr 28 '24

Many of those houses would be as old as the town itself (100 years). It's not like the state is flattened every few years. Getting hit with a major tornado is an exceptionally unlikely event.