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The real irony is that seven children died in the basement of one of those schools because of flooding. That would have been considered the safest possible place, but it didn't work out that way.
It is a natural reaction to immediately say "We have to do this to prevent such a tragedy again." In truth, when a tornado like that strikes, there is little anybody can do. Some tragedies just can't be prevented. The early warning systems we have now really save a lot of lives. The technology to predict which systems may produce tornadoes has improved greatly over the last 30 years. Sometimes though, the best you can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
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