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

Someone who studies disasters here:

1. Wood is much, much, much cheaper to build with.

2. The odds of having a tornado on your property are extremely low.

That’s it.