Why Tornadoes Are More Destructive Than Ever

Tornadoes are a billion-dollar problem in the United States. From 2018-2023, there have been 17 billion-dollar climate disasters involving tornadoes. As places outside of the traditional Tornado Alley see an increase in tornado frequency, the costs of disasters are expected to grow. But engineers know how to build stronger structures that can withstand high winds. Watch the video to learn more about why tornadoes are so destructive in the U.S. and how communities can invest in resilience.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:22 - Billion-dollar disasters
05:26 - Shifting patterns
07:37 - Investing in resilience
Produced by: Katie Koontz
Edited by: Dain Evans
Animation: Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson
Additional Footage: Getty Images, James Karl Lipscomb, Matt Dehaemers, NBC News, Today, City of Joplin
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Why Tornadoes Are More Destructive Than Ever

[@asheharris6642]

I grew up in tornado alley and saw my fair share of tornadoes. None of the houses were built to withstand them. Now I live on the gulf coast in a gold fortified home. We've had a couple of hurricanes but our house has been fine so far.

[@crand20033]

I have owned my house in a large neighborhood in Durham NC for 23 years and we had only one EF0 Tornado a year ago. It tore down some trees which cost us all some money to clean up but the houses are fine.

[@Number6_]

A hurricane is not a tornado! Tornado are 2 to 3 times as fast. A lot more distructive.

[@Deltathegoldenretriever]

Makes all the difference

[@KittyNinjas]

Don't rage war anymore, it's nature's punishment

[@stefanklein1471]

Some of the worst logic I have ever heard, compared to a tornado a hurricane is a glorified rain blizzard. I can't stop you from trying to ride one out, but I wouldn't advise it!

[@jameskarllipscomb2948]

Thanks for producing and posting this informative video.

[@warthog473]

Here in New England, a tornado was such a rare event that if we had one, it was huge news for months. Now, we are getting several every year, especially Massachusetts and Connecticut where it is more flat, and where the Connecticut River valley seems to funnel winds. In my hometown just north of New Haven, we have had 3 in the last few years, one caused huge damage in one part of town. I never thought, growing up 50 years ago, that we would actually have tornadoes in New England. We're supposed to get hurricanes, and even then, rarely. It feels like something has changed.

[@mohnjayer]

That’s completely anecdotal. The amount of tornadoes that occur annually in “tornado alley” has declined in recent history. Weather is just weird and out of our control.

[@rinmartell2678]

Something has changed? It’s called climate change

[@dragon_nammi]

​@mohnjayer Actually it's illegal to try and control it

[@ax--media]

This video peaked my interest because my city usually only have approximately 1 EF0 tornado every 5 years. However, starting from 2018, the tornadoes have become more destructive and frequent. Now, we expect the get 1 tornado every year so everytime there's a severe thunderstorm, we always get a EAS of a potential tornado just in case.

[@dillonshrop4563]

You're looking at a localized area. You can't do that when you're talking about something on a big scale such as weather. Leading causes into why "tornados are getting more destructive" is we are building more and more as more people move into the country and more people move into Dixie and Tornado alley (Texas for en example) There were terrible tornados decades ago, they're just wasn't much infrastructure for them to hit. The other factor is main stream media. These things happened a long time ago, it would only spread to local newspapers and only the most major ones would make it out of state. We also have better technology to detect tornados and now opposed to 20 years ago we have a better survey system. The local NWS are required to go out and assess any damage that is likely to be a tornado caused. They don't put it on record if it didn't affect any structures but one again... there are more structures.

[@ax--media]

@@dillonshrop4563 An aviation pilot I see you are, noice. Anyways, you did make some pretty good points. However, I often try to avoid media and use first hand accounts on what happened in my city. I get most information from my elderly neighbors who live in Ottawa (yes, that's the city I'm taking about) longer than I did. From their experience, Ottawa never had a severe tornado event in their lifetime until recent years. I also notice you made a point where more people are moving into tornado prone areas of the country which makes sense for the increase in tornado destruction. However, it appears you didn't mention anything about how "tornado allay" is shifting over the years. I read some articles about how recent studies seem to show "tornado allay" is shifting eastwards (and possibly getting larger) which means areas that are not prepared for frequent tornado events are going to get hit hard.

[@JJO2012]

Nashvilles was terrifying. Lost neighbors, lost my entire neighborhood…

[@tofer2152]

I wonder if the decrease in tornados west of the Mississippi has anything to do with the drought in the South West. Wind is known to more erratic around bodies of water. and the South East has been more prone to stronger hurricanes, flooding and rainfall.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

A drought in the South-West is a sign of lower-than-normal temperatures. This means it lacked both the moisture and temperature for a Tornado.

[@ashokkumar-se5sl]

BECAUSE AMERICANS KILLED SO MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN IRAQ VIETNAM LIBYA AFGHANISTAN ETC .THESE COUNTRIES HAS BLACK MAGIC POWERS .SO U SEE AFTER 2000 ANERICANS ONLY FACE THESE BIG NATURAL DISASCTERS THAN OTHERS

[@paulstejskal]

It’s possible, but Reed just put out a video showing that the Pacific and Gulf really affect us more.

[@zeak166]

They are not more destructive than ever. There is just more built area than before!

[@erikedward1]

I was in nashville for those tornadoes. That was the craziest thing I have ever seen

[@FreethemGuyz]

1:14.... im SO SO SO SO GLAD THAT HE TOLD THE TRUTH...MORE PPL IN THE WAY OF THE DISASTER

[@dekev7503]

Why do Americans build their homes with wood? Bearing in mind that they have issues with tornadoes and wildfires, one would think that they’d want to steer clear of wooden structures

[@benjamindickey8524]

Because we’re dumb, okay? We didn’t choose this life 😭

[@GalaxyFur]

Because wood is strong and very cheap compared to concrete or brick. Plus, it's far easier to maintain when you need to work on it. Wood also is more resilient to ground movement. We do have brick homes. But they tend to cost more comparatively. But tornados can and do damage them as well. Brick does crack and it can become very expensive when the thawing and freezing take a toll on it from our winters. So there are pros and cons. The problem is that the U.S. gets extremes when it comes to weather that you won't find in most of the rest of the world. So there is often never one perfect solution.

[@hurrdurrmurrgurr]

Car companies lobbied US state governments to go all in on single family cars as the way of the future so they crisscrossed the country with roads and motorways opening up a lot of previously unused regional areas for development making big homes possible. Two world wars bankrupted Europe allowing American industry to fill the void and when the men came home from the wars baby booms happened. A lot of expanding families with a lot more income, with a lot of land to build houses on meant developers were racing to build as many homes as possible. And that meant balloon frame lumber houses rather than the brick and heavy timber homes seen in earlier generations. The market is certainly not what it was post WW2 but Americans still expect big houses at a reasonable cost and that means a continuation of these flimsy houses.

[@webbsurfer]

@@hurrdurrmurrgurr So it's basically the same old same old: People: Why can't we do things so that fewer people die? Companies: Because we like money

[@archmad]

@@webbsurfer companies are people-managed. people == companies

[@Xenon-4300]

I was in Joplin immediately following the tornado and the devastation was second to none.

[@SocietyNeedsImprovement]

We build stick frame houses and then have to beef them up to withstand natural disasters (such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and fires). Alternatively we could build buildings out of modern materials that are fire resistant, water resistant, wind resistant, and termite resistant. Oh yeah, thats right, its expensive. Our economic model makes it difficult to implement technically viable solutions, leaving people dead or without shelter. Lovely system we've got here.

[@RamakrishnanSRM]

Exactly. I am from India and I wonder why Americans still use woods to build the houses. Its ironic that USA sees safety of cars very seriously, but safety codes for houses are lame and funny.

[@sabishiihito]

@@RamakrishnanSRMfar more people die in car accidents than natural disasters in the USA.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

If your main concern is about saving lives basements and storm shelters are the answer. Not trying to build indestructible houses.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

​@@RamakrishnanSRMpart of the reason is because cost of labor. People in the US get paid a whole hell of alot more than people in India.

[@RamakrishnanSRM]

@@chickenfishhybrid44 That’s make sense. Thanks for the information 👍

[@getinthespace7715]

I live in an area with tornado risk. Also some wild fire risk. We are looking to build on some acreage. I'm building an ICF house. I might do a concrete roof also, we'll see. Nothing like the security of living in what is essentially a reinforced concrete bunker.

[@kevinstroup]

Simple: Population density is at an all time high. The cities have a lot of costly stuff to tear up.

[@bogdan78pop]

The population density in the United States is 37 per Km2 .....and USA is at the bottom of the list in the world . As an example Monaco in Europe has a population density of 25,000 people per Sq Km ......so it's not true what you said...!!!!!

[@nahor88]

@@bogdan78pop That's a horrible comparison. The guy is talking about IN THE CITIES. The US has a TON of empty land in the West, which brings down the overall population density. If you're not American, I get it. If you are, shame on your schooling LMAO.

[@bogdan78pop]

@@nahor88 US Bureau of Statistics say that population density in US is 37 per Km2....you don't like it ...take it on them....!!!

[@nahor88]

@@bogdan78pop I literally just explained how that calculation works. They're taking the ENTIRE LANDMASS. OP is talking about CITIES, NOT the whole country. If you still don't get it, you're braindead and I can't help you.

[@imeep30jj]

Being in an ef5 is scary. Rode out greensburgs in a truck

[@MingRose]

Normalize the volume of the different speakers and clips to the same level

[@AHNYML]

Just a little minor detail that was mentioned but overlooked. Joplin $1 billion then is $3 billion today. So $1 billion today is $333 million then

[@Sj430]

The Joplin tornado was 2.8 billion in 2011.

[@tofer2152]

And there's been way more tornados in New Jersey than ever before. There would be a funnel cloud here a tornado would touch ground once every like 10 years. Now it's like 2-4 per year

[@Waltaere]

🌪️

[@JohnSmith-wt7rb]

'Food for thought' - don't lose track of where these things come from. Who is sending them. Why He is sending them. Keep that on your mind, and get right.

[@lokesh303101]

Better go for Subsurface Bore Tunnel Traffic in Tornado Alleys.

[@myria9644]

and this is why ive dedicated my life to tornado research

[@DeepValueOptions]

Maybe we should research why human don’t change, even if their homes are at risk.

[@myria9644]

@@DeepValueOptions no i kinda get to choose what i want to do with my life

[@DeepValueOptions]

@@myria9644 soon your home will be affected by climate change, you too will face the consequences of being asleep.

[@myria9644]

@@DeepValueOptions i could care less, goodnight

[@DeepValueOptions]

@@myria9644 oui

[@MasticinaAkicta]

Makes sense, if at least EF1 and EF2 can be survived by most buildings... that helps. But yes what is up with the insane building codes. I guess Americans have red tape but building better might help?

[@LIVdaBrand]

Meteorologist here. 5:30 false. We would not say tornado alley is everywhere lol. We would say the center of the country-en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley . Yes, this will expand (which is what he is getting at) but the entire point of saying “alley” is an area of where there generally is a higher concentration of tornadoes based on historical data-not just a few years. They’re always seems to be money for war, but no money for science-I find that interesting. We could solve many scientific problems & by fixing that & having more scientific positions.

[@chadwaynebradley]

It is MASSIVELY cheaper to rebuild the very FEW houses that are destroyed by tornadoes than to build ALL new homes more expensively that it could stop only lower winds.

[@theobserver9131]

Yeah, if we keep building square boxes. Our architecture is stupid. Concrete domes can be inexpensive, and withstand anything natural other than a nearby volcano.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

Good video with solid reasoning to increase the resilience of homes against Tornados. Granted even steel structures will be knocked down with an EF5 Tornado, but it can be reshaped so it isn't a giant sail. Getting tired of the obligatory Climate Change hysteria. It costs more because the costs of building have risen, and the area is more population dense. I am more interested in the survival rate. People should build their homes with the potential environmental hazards in mind.

[@robstimson4234]

That's funny, l thought the Climate Change allusions were matter-of-fact, not hysterical.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

They should all have storm shelters

[@fultzswagon]

Than ever?

[@AGhostInTheMachine]

nope and measuring severity in terms of dollars of damage or death/injury is comparing apple/oranges when density of population/development is considered from the past vs now, i.e., of course there is more destruction when there are way more people and buildings in the affected areas vs decades past, same thing with hurricanes Reply

[@mikecraig9368]

@@AGhostInTheMachine makes sense

[@bhbaker220]

Tornado damage in the 1600’s was very minimal. Same for hurricanes. Go figure.

[@cmecu_seemeseeyou9330]

Why is it more? Because more people buying more home in the places where Tornadoes spawn.. hence more destruction..

[@albear972]

Just a dumb guess? Climate change? Back in the 80's we hardly had 100°F days. Maybe 1 or three during the Summer. Now almost all summer days are that and way more. And a hurricane in L.A. too.

[@RXI63]

It's crazy, and I wasn't even born in the 80s. I think to solve this climate change issue and save our beautiful planet is more taxes towards green plans, vote in every Democrat and become a single party in our country, and depopulation too. We need to save our planet.

[@mikecraig9368]

@@RXI63 lmao

[@mikecraig9368]

there was no hurricane in L.A., I was there

[@keithdorothy235]

I think things like HAARP are playing with our weather

[@patmcbride9853]

Average daily temperatures have trended downward for decades, but you won't hear that from the mainstream media.

[@rafayhkhokherA786]

😮

[@BentHeWiLdER]

I bet if all the buildings and people where placed outside of tornado alley, there wouldn’t be any damage or deaths. What is there to damage if there’s nothing in a tornado’s path.

[@theobserver9131]

Lol!!! That's about a third of the country, which includes our most productive agricultural land.

[@patmcbride9853]

Every locale has its dangers.

[@mohnjayer]

The two deadliest tornadoes ever were actually in… Bangladesh. So no, that won’t really help.

[@jam5533]

Still have to deal with the tornadoes that do form outside of Tornado Alley. It's worse to deal with a high-end tornado in a forested area or a city and at night at that.

[@tylerlormand5644]

and move about 4 milion ppl where?

[@mohnjayer]

There are more houses in more places that, thanks to insane inflation, continue to cost more each year.

[@naveen5176]

You wana know a official channel on cars in the USA

[@naveen5176]

Now you should understand why America is great.

[@CragM1977]

Duh, homes, cars etc. Are much, much more expensive than they were 20 years ago. Towns and cities are rapidly expanding as well.

[@StadtmusikantBremer]

Build cheap, build twice

[@bokchoy9632]

only twice?

[@thunderb00m]

Build expensive so that more people become homeless

[@skyscraperfan]

Buildings in the US are really flimsy. If you fart too hard, they will fall apart. The US even allow wooden buildings in areas that see wildfires every few years.

[@bokchoy9632]

use cement it's not flammable. Wood is cemetery

[@carlmay9532]

Hint. It’s because the targets are getting larger with the population explosions happening.

[@olafvonbraun7300]

3:54 notice green trash bag. Truly good commercial for manufactures: our bags kling to bin’s so hard even tornado didn’t manage to take it

[@naveen5176]

What

[@DeepValueOptions]

Humans: I love my meat, I’ll never change!

[@naveen5176]

Are they teaching this to kids

[@canukchuk]

How is a tornado a climate disaster? More like a wind disaster. Is it really caused by a tiny temperature differential? Or is this theory just hot air and bluster.

[@josephcadwell6773]

Because more people have built infrastructure and live in tornado alley.

[@Sacto1654]

Does anyone remember the "super outbreak" in 1974 that killed 319 people? They should have strengthened building codes after that gigantic outbreak.

[@analienfromouterspace]

lol, yeah the builders should learn from the past? If 2008 housing crisis was a tornado, then everything would have gone with the winds! These builders and government zoning doesn't care about longevity of your houses!

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Or you know, build storm shelters

[@Zyzzyx42]

I get that tornadoes are happening more often, in more populated places. But also, its always going to be costing more, INFLATION! Replacing a house now costs way more than 20 years ago. Amount of damage could be a better metric than the cost of damage. Its like movies that keep having higher revenue to silly amounts. That's great, but tell me the number of tickets sold instead of the cost.

[@jo5hjo5h19]

I liked the video it was interesting. Let's get some more video game videos

[@naveen5176]

Who give these numbers ask these KZbinrs

[@theobserver9131]

It's not THAT hard to build homes to withstand the environment they are built in, but our building standards are designed to make money for corporations. They are not designed to last.

[@analienfromouterspace]

Perfectly put, not designed to last.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

It's not just about difficulty it's about cost. Stronger houses are built, they just cost more. Big part of that is the US has a comparatively high cost of labor compared to alot of places.

[@StudyBitcoinwtfhappenedin1971]

Bring back the bison. End Central banking.

[@dillonshrop4563]

You can't look at a local level scale when you're talking about something on a big scale such as weather. Leading causes into why "tornados are getting more destructive" is we are building more and more as more people move into the country and more people move into Dixie and Tornado alley (Texas for en example) There were terrible tornados decades ago, they're just wasn't much infrastructure for them to hit. The other factor is main stream media. These things happened a long time ago, it would only spread to local newspapers and only the most major ones would make it out of state. We also have better technology to detect tornados and now opposed to 20 years ago we have a better survey system. The local NWS are required to go out and assess any damage that is likely to be a tornado caused. They don't put it on record if it didn't affect any structures but one again... there are more structures.

[@kennethr2525]

As someone from outside the usa who lives in Europe we have very strict rules on building codes why are all your houses built out of wood it has to be because of its low cost over stone and brick which is standard in most of Europe

[@theobserver9131]

All about $$$

[@theobserver9131]

Corporations own our lawmakers, and cheap building makes more money.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

It's because there's always been an abundance of wood in the US and yeah its affordable and fast to built. Alot of the US is alsonat essentially zero risk for weather events this extreme.

[@kennethr2525]

@@chickenfishhybrid44 that still wouldn't explain for the areas with the extreme weather

[@Lewtable]

You can build out of wood and still have it be sturdy. As someone from Scandinavia (Sweden to be exact) almost all of our houses are made of wood too, including Denmark, Norway and Finland but they are still well built.

[@lastChang]

Thanks China🇨🇳 for continued - building more and more *coal-fired power plants,* and - burning more and more *fossil fuel.*

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

Monolithic Dome Homes

[@peiwu979]

Sometimes money and cost wins over common sense! Just like heath care, we let insurance companies win over lives.

[@ZZ_Tops_007]

GLOBEL WARMING nuff said

[@armandoromero5661]

lt sucks, but it's sad this affects a deal of people easily led into thinking is just God or earth. Then they continue on pumping out more kids and voting for senator @zhats

[@naveen5176]

No a wife isn't home minister. A man in cabinet of minster in the American parliament must be HM meaning home minister

[@citation51power]

I love it how people claim that building more resilient home's would make it too expensive but you look at the type of houses that are getting built, they are so complicated, this significantly adds to labour costs, a simple rectangular floor plan with gable roof would significantly reduce costs meaning you could build in that safe room or build that basement or ground floor with concrete.

[@theobserver9131]

Get away from squares. Use triangles and spheres. Your whole home should be a safe space. Not just one room. edit; quit using wood! Use concrete, stone, brick, and steel.

[@theobserver9131]

Insurance should offset the expense of building better. Fewer payouts, lower rates.

[@theobserver9131]

If your outer shell is a hemisphere of reinforced concrete, a tornado would just be a windy day.

[@Benjamin_Monnoyeur]

Yes, also natural disasters are not correlated to climate change, and are actually decreasing.

[@theobserver9131]

You're hilarious! Love your little fantasy.

[@mohnjayer]

@@theobserver9131 Give us the stats that clearly show they’re increasing.

[@tylerlormand5644]

who told u that trump ,,,,,idiots

[@tylerlormand5644]

NOBODY HAS TO U CAN LOOK IT FOR YA SELF DUMAS@@mohnjayer

[@bricktimelapsebuilds]

that happens when you build your houses out of wood and papers.

[@UndertakerFromWWE]

You would think these areas would have stricter regulations to prevent widespread destruction. But most states in tornado alley are in the south.. and the south HATES regulation.

[@bricktimelapsebuilds]

then that's how things go i think. how is it anyway in the us are those houses only build for one generation or are they built with wood because they are so cheap? here in the eu we only build with stones and concrete.@@UndertakerFromWWE

[@brentkinsworthy4999]

The average annual temperature has barely changed since record keeping started in 1875. I would, in fact, argue the average temps were higher prior to the 1900s. Don't swallow the climate change hook. You'll just end up in someone's skillet.

[@tylerlormand5644]

ima going out my way to tell u dumbasf

[@gabegabe2452]

So if tornados get weaker does that mean global warming is over? Or is this a biased one sided argument?

[@Ann-ig6hj]

Should build 2 storey single family home, one storey below ground level and one above. When tornado strike, at least half of house undamaged.

[@bellcramell5207]

Use concrete foundation instead not some wood.

[@ned431]

they should learn from our EU houses, no tornado can destroy them

[@sabishiihito]

@@ned431pretty sure an EF3+ can destroy most homes *anywhere*

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

​@@ned431oh some of the more serious ones I gurantee they could.

[@taoin5560]

Easy guest, global warming

[@bakmyster]

Where do people go to survive these?

[@redclay2657]

Underground to play uno with the ants until they can come up and be denied by their insurance companies

[@RB-87]

Americans build their homes out of wooden sticks, they never heard of 3 little pigs?

[@aperson696]

bricks would not hold up any better instead the bricks are going to become missiles and bricks are more expensive then wood

[@DavidGulledge411]

MOST rich people stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then most poor people stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich but impressing them...,

[@SimonnSquibb]

People prefer to spend money on liabilities, Rather than investing in assets and be very profitable.

[@CharlyneBaker]

You are so correct! Save, invest and spend for necessities and a few small luxuries relatives to on's total assets ratio.

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[@steven4315]

Developers fight building codes tooth and nail, because every nail cost money.

[@patmcbride9853]

And you won't pay for the cost increases.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Yeah you act like there aren't builders out there who would gladly build different types of houses.. the added costs will be passed onto thrle consumer.

[@Ayo22210]

Standing seam metal roofs should be mainstream instead of asphalt roofs. And they should put thin film solar on there

[@theobserver9131]

Sheets of metal blow off as easily as asphalt shingles, and they can slice a human in half. Concrete domes all the way.

[@PK-999]

The planet believes in reciprocity. A century of industrial pollution has a price.

[@patmcbride9853]

You have the same brain capacity of a big ball of rock. And less power.

[@jamesmoore5630]

Why weep for people who were; "in the way???" Sounds like the next bonfire to relight the climate change argument!!!

[@faustinpippin9208]

I think they should stop building houses from paper, instead of 600m2 paper house, just make 150m2 proper house

[@rdallas81]

Next year will be hotter. More tornadoes and hurricanes. You will live to see the rapid change of the entire world

[@mohnjayer]

The year with the most tornados ever recorded was 2011 and there hasn’t been an EF5 tornado since 2013. We will almost certainly have less tornadoes this year than we did in 2019. The average amount of tornadoes per year over the last 10 years (2013-2023) is less than the average per year of the preceding 10 years (2003-2013). Please explain since you seem to know for a fact there will be more next year.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

And if that doesn't happen?

[@breadgarlichouse2265]

who the hell would want to live in a flat, boring tornado prone area?

[@KittyNinjas]

Don't rage wars anymore. There's karma built on earth. Back in ancient time, after kings invaded other countries, they experienced floods moonsoon and severe weather.

[@kaminoge513]

2:46, the graph clearly shows hurricane causing more damage than tornadoes. Why are we fixated on 7B when hurricane caused 33B in damages. I feel like there really isn't much you can do about tornadoes but we can do more to lessen the damage caused by hurricane. Edit: grammar

[@wakazouwal]

Why americans people doesn't build more solid houses , like brick house ? Somebody can explain me?

[@faustinpippin9208]

they want to save a little money up front and then pay for the AC/heating 10 times more

[@GalaxyFur]

Because brick doesn't often hold up to tornadoes any better and bricks become missiles. Brick is also far more expensive than wood. So it makes the homes cost too much. Brick is also far harder to repair compared to wood when it becomes damaged and it also doesn't handle ground settlement as well. There are advantages and disadvantages to using brick.

[@wakazouwal]

THANK U@@GalaxyFur

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

​​​@@faustinpippin9208the US has pretty cheap electricity and nat gas compared to most places. Its also more than a little money. Labor costs in the US are quite a bit more than alot of places. Building a brick house is quite labor intensive compared to wood framing.

[@theresemalmberg955]

Yes, we know how to build resilient structures. The problem is affordability. Not everyone can afford to buy a nice single-family suburban home with a garage. So to speak of replacing the garage door with a wind-resistant door is already knocking a lot of people out of the running. People who live in apartments. In mobile home parks. But we are left out of the equation. It's as if those people who live in substandard housing, well, it sucks to be you, but that's your fault for not making enough money to buy a better house. And if you live in a mobile home park, boy oh boy are you ever looked down upon. People who are relatively well off don't know what it is like to walk in the shoes of someone who is struggling just to keep a roof (any roof) over their head. This is a problem I think will get worse. Hate to say it but Mother Nature sure seems to have it out for poor folks. Maybe Her way of thinning the ranks?

[@theobserver9131]

We could build better homes for less money, but the corporations don't like that. The way we build is crap. I'm a 40+ year carpenter, but I can't change the industry, or what people think they want. I try to give people better construction, but if it's not what they see in advertising, they don't want it.

[@theobserver9131]

I'm also too stingey to waste my money on a house. I've lived most of my life under tarps or in busses and vans. I refuse to borrow money and spend my life being a slave to debt. If my "house" gets blown away, I can build a new one in a day for under $100. Funny, I work for millionaires to make their investment impressive, while I live in a bus or a tarp-tent. My clients gross me out.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

​@@theobserver9131oh please, paying your labor is a big part of the cost to build. Building better homes will take more labor.. im not against increasing standards and quality but you sound like a snake oil salesman making promises you couldn't deliver on.

[@filibertocaceresbetancur-yn7mq]

University Amazon peru Latin america city iquitos Peru study and investigation climate change around the world wide

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

Cause we fart too much

[@dhanyrafael]

We should move underground, basement living. That's the future.

[@otrjaymardii8755]

Because of sin everything is getinh worse

[@eddiew2325]

true dat true dat i sold my soul to the devil

[@auro1986]

why? shifting to investing in advanced technology worth billions of dollars

[@MaxxX10000Q]

I live in North Africa where there is little rain, and for me, I see these storms as a good omen.

[@shawn8847]

Pretty wild, they did this whole video without talking about climate change.

[@pabloenriquegorga4222]

There is something about the voice of the reporter that do not feels right, it is so nice and cute but at the same time i can not disconnect it from the fact that the video is about a serious matter, people that dies and some other that loose everything. Honestly something seems out of place, for me.

[@duanebidoux6087]

One group of people who are not climate denialist: anyone who works in insurance for a living.

[@patmcbride9853]

Yeah, they know that weather extremes are not getting worse than they have been in history.

[@duanebidoux6087]

THEY say something else.@@patmcbride9853

[@bigfoot8586]

Yes, they pick up too many tv's.

[@Comeback180]

When I hear safer it means business and public leaders gotta spend more money. They prioritize shirt term savings over long term savings, which is less funding will be removed from fema.

[@pascalfriedmann1479]

It's been more than a decade since the last EF5 so I would say no, they are not getting more destructive.

[@camwatlington]

This is true, but it would be interesting to know the average rating of tornadoes over that time. Also, the EF scale measures the kinds of damage to determine wind speed ranges, it doesn’t necessarily mean the tornado was more or less costly. The video should have been titled “Tornado Disasters Are Getting More Expensive”. They instead chose to go the sensationalist route by claiming tornadoes themselves are becoming more intense. There is also the fact that the scrutiny of handing out the EF5 rating has increased quite a bit since 2013, which is evidenced by the fact that some weather enthusiasts and experts alike often disagree on EF4 ratings given in the last couple of years. All of this to say CNBC could have been more deliberate in naming the video more accurately.

[@jameskarllipscomb2948]

"More Destructive" and then they clearly explain why.

[@Lazy2332]

10:38 Where's the money for Hurricane Ian Flooding Victims?

[@randomness5993]

they should redesign their roof.. much better make it flat solid cement.. redesign ventelation for winter etc..

[@KennethGreenCMP]

America - You can't make me build my house to a certain spec - Also America why can't I get low interest or free government money to rebuild my house its not my fault.

[@theobserver9131]

Americas codes also make it difficult to build WAY BETTER structures. If it doesn't fit a model they've already done all the numbers for, you have to pay extra to push your design through. I could easily build a structure to withstand anything nature could throw at it, but getting it approved would be very expensive. I'll build my home where there are no codes. Resale value be damned.

[@worldofdoom995]

We do in Florida. You have to be able to withstand a Cat 3 Hurricane unless its a mobile home.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

​@@theobserver9131sure you can. Literally every rich developed nation has codes and regulations that will cause hurdles to you just building whatever you want.

[@aivaraslabokas7172]

Just don't build houses out of cardboard

[@jesterSGI]

Stop building toy houses, problem solved...

[@StormChaserMaci.]

Got a tornado bothering you in Texas. You reach out to me. I'll show it who's boss & chase it out of town.

[@madbug1965]

Fake news.