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One Year after Tornado, Greensburg Still Struggling to Survive

Midwest News • May 9, 2008
Unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, one year after a devastating tornado destroyed their town, many in Greensburg, Kan. are still not able to go home. Some 700 residents remain in the town that ...

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Subject: rebuilding Greensburg stronger

Posted On: May 9, 2008, 6:38 am CDT
Posted By: Jean SmilingCoyote
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"Almost all" of the policyholders who are rebuilding are adding safe rooms? If things were being done per FEMA 320, ALL new homes would have "safe rooms." This would be required by code. And all those safe rooms would be ADA-compliant, more likely built on grade. The homes' perimeters should survive an EF3 tornado, which means reinforced concrete such as Insulating Concrete Forms or Monolithic Dome construction. These latter are also very energy-efficient.
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RE: rebuilding greensburg Anthony
May 18, 2008, 6:36 pm
RE: rebuilding Greensburg GREEN Mark
May 14, 2008, 9:31 am
rebuilding Greensburg stronger Jean SmilingCoyote
May 9, 2008, 6:38 am
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