DISASTERS: TORNADOES : COUNTRIES: UNITED STATES: STATES: OKLAHOMA : EDUCATION: K-12: SCHOOLS: Parents Ask Why Some Oklahoma Schools Lack Tornado Shelters

[David P. Dillard]

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DISASTERS: TORNADOES :

COUNTRIES: UNITED STATES: STATES: OKLAHOMA :

EDUCATION: K-12: SCHOOLS:

Parents Ask Why Some Oklahoma Schools Lack Tornado Shelters

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Parents Ask Why Some Oklahoma Schools Lack Tornado Shelters

By Elaine Quijano

May 22, 2013 7:29 PM

CBS Evening News

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57585803/
parents-ask-why-oklahoma-schools-dont-have-tornado-shelters/

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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/qf66ta4

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Most of the children who died were in school. And parents are asking why
those schools don't have shelters.

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Helen Grant rode out the tornado in her neighbor's underground shelter in
Moore. She thought her two daughters were also in a shelter at their
nearby Central Elementary School. Instead, they huddled in a bathroom.

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"I'm really upset," she said. "I know there were shelters in some schools
and the fact that there aren't shelters in other schools just shows
disparity."

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Seven children were killed Monday when the tornado destroyed Plaza Towers
Elementary in Moore, which did not have a shelter.

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There is no state law in Oklahoma requiring schools to have safe rooms or
tornado shelters in schools, despite the increased risk of tornadoes
there.

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Albert Ashwood, Oklahoma's director of emergency management, says they
have built safe rooms in about 100 schools, but its costly.

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"Most of these projects have been between $600,000 to $1 million and
usually applied to brand new construction of new schools," he said.

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Grant doesn't think money should be an excuse.

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"I don't think you can put a price on human life," she said. "And even if
the storm doesn't hit your town in the next 20 years, you're making an
investment in the children of the future."

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