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

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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?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

God it would be cool if they could add this to the FAQ. Every time there is a natural disaster in the US. “Why are homes made of flimsy wood” because it’s cheap and making stuff out of concrete and brick doesn’t stop natural disasters. Take a look at Turkey. Plenty of houses are brick here too, tornadoes are going to rip the roof and doors off anyways.

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