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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2546054" data-attributes="member: 246624">Dozens of people died in tornadoes in the US over the last couple of days, and most of those deaths were preventable.&nbsp; The truth is, most of those killed died because of a decision they made, so their death is to some extent their fault. But, for good reason, no one wants to blame the victim, so we see very little discussion about how a death spree like this happened over the weekend could have bee avoided.&nbsp; Also, almost every single feature of avoiding similar deaths in the future touches on a difficult political issue or points to a costly solution.&nbsp; Therefore, those involved and those reporting on the issue tend to avoid talking about the obvious.&nbsp; Finally, there is a small set of commonly used explanations, which are either totally incorrect or partly incorrect, that are easy for loved ones of the dead, reporters, local and state officials, and others to pull out of their nether regions.&nbsp; The main explanations are, of course, &quot;God&#039;s Will&quot; and &quot;Random Chance.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Either way, someone&#039;s gonna lose themselves a trailer, which brings us to the real reasons people die in tornadoes.&nbsp; They are:&nbsp;<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/how_to_avoid_tornado_deaths.php" target="_blank">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/how_to_avoid_tornado_deaths.php#commentsArea" target="_blank">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/Jnh4okUsN9s" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geek, post: 2546054, member: 246624"] Dozens of people died in tornadoes in the US over the last couple of days, and most of those deaths were preventable. The truth is, most of those killed died because of a decision they made, so their death is to some extent their fault. But, for good reason, no one wants to blame the victim, so we see very little discussion about how a death spree like this happened over the weekend could have bee avoided. Also, almost every single feature of avoiding similar deaths in the future touches on a difficult political issue or points to a costly solution. Therefore, those involved and those reporting on the issue tend to avoid talking about the obvious. Finally, there is a small set of commonly used explanations, which are either totally incorrect or partly incorrect, that are easy for loved ones of the dead, reporters, local and state officials, and others to pull out of their nether regions. The main explanations are, of course, "God's Will" and "Random Chance." Either way, someone's gonna lose themselves a trailer, which brings us to the real reasons people die in tornadoes. They are: [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/how_to_avoid_tornado_deaths.php"]Read the rest of this post...[/URL] | [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/04/how_to_avoid_tornado_deaths.php#commentsArea"]Read the comments on this post...[/URL][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/Jnh4okUsN9s[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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