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Tornado Season / Storm Shelters #998745

CBS Evening News for Thursday, May 26, 2011
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Statistics on American homes with storm shelters cited.

(New York: Anthony Mason) Home improvements intended to increase safety during storms featured; scenes shown of the shelter in Elaine Davis††’s home and tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri and of test homes bombarded by hurricane-force winds; animation shown of how hurricane ties can help reinforce a house. [DAVIS – comments.] [Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety Julie ROCHMAN†- says at some point Mother Nature's physical force will overwhelm even the best engineering.] [University of Florida assistant professor of coastal engineering David PREVATT††- notes anything we can do to reduce deaths and damage is a benefit.]

Reporter(s):
Smith, Harry;
Mason, Anthony
Duration:
00:02:30

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