Why are houses made of wood rather than concrete in the tornado zones in the USA?

Question

Honestly, every year we hear about houses getting destroyed by tornados (and people getting buried under). They seem to be mostly wooden houses. So, why not build concrete houses, atleast in the high risk disaster prone areas?

In: 1750

Answer 1

Concrete wouldn’t help, and it’s far more expensive, difficult to work with, and harder to insulate.

It’s not like we’re unaware that there are other ways to do things; usually (but not always, granted) we do things the way we do for specific reasons