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"What is reasonable" is the question. The vast majority of buildings are never in the direct path of a tornado. Is it worth the substantial costs of having a ba
by throwawayboise 5y ago
"What is reasonable" is the question. The vast majority of buildings are never in the direct path of a tornado. Is it worth the substantial costs of having a basement bunker large enough for all potential occupants, that will almost certainly never be needed in the lifetime of the building?
- mindslight 5y agoThe expectation seems to be that the right thing to do in a tornado is to go into a shelter, so probably? Especially if the costs of adding such shelters are much lower for new construction. I would guess that basements or office areas in large warehouses could be reinforced relatively easily to create a tornado shelter in an otherwise skin-on-structure building. I haven't done the math though, so perhaps it would be burdensome. Then again we end up doing an awful lot of security theatre for the vanishingly small risk of air travel terrorism, due to people's perceptions of not being in control. Maybe being corralled by corporate micromanagement for market-bottom wages falls in a similar place.