Nope. not HER difficulty in buying a sports bra.
"There's no way it's going to be cute (she says as she pulls it down to expose cleavage)...and fit....and get the job done."
What SHE'S complaining about is all about showing off.

And the problem of men staring AT YOUR CLEAVAGE goes away if you don't EXPOSE YOUR CLEAVAGE! Imagine that!
Perhaps many still look at your boobs, but men look at boobs, large or small. That's why they came up with 'Curves'. It's not only an issue for brick houses.

And, everything I said was wrong according to Iowa State. The truck is a bad idea (though again, this is assuming close proximity to the tornado). The thing to do is to get in a ditch. Prayer probably couldn't hurt either. You never know.

Then again, a tornado can pick up a person at least as easily as it can pick up a car, ditch or no ditch. I suppose people prone in a ditch have far less drag than a car though.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~atmos/tornado_safety_rules.html

Interesting article. The bit about basements in brick houses is interesting (possibility the house will collapse in on you, which would suck). I'll keep that in mind because I live in a brick house. Of course, there has also never been a tornado here in recorded history.

MONEY!

Seriously though, a cement or brick house isn't going to make any difference if it takes a direct hit from a tornado. It will handle the debris flying around at 200+ mph much better, but cannot sustain a direct hit. There are a few structures (like steel frame houses) which might fare a little better, but the cost is prohibitive.

I think it is also important to consider the size of the region we are talking about here. According to Wikipedia, "Tornado Alley can also be defined as an area reaching from central Texas to the Canadian prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Pennsylvania." That's an area of approximately 1.5 million square miles. Where exactly do you draw the line on enforcing extremely expensive building codes? How do you justify the increased building costs in one town but not the town 2 miles down the road?

The building codes in the core of Tornado Alley (north Texas to Nebraska) are more restrictive than you imagine. They focus on strengthened roofs and secure foundations that can take a fair amount of straightline wind. But really, the odds of any given house in Tornado Alley sustaining a direct hit are extremely low (about 1 in 10 million in any given year) so it is much more cost effective and reasonable to require storm cellars which protect life instead of worrying about property. Notice how not a single person was injured in this house despite the destruction.

This is a video of a WIN not a FAIL.

Brick House - The Commodores has been added as a related post - related requested by Fusionaut.

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There are plenty of brick houses in Oklahoma. But this was an incredibly powerful tornado. It flattened buildings made of cinder bricks.

No, but they are more expensive. Plus a tornado will rip off the roof of a brick house and destroy everything inside as well, so unless you are particularly attached to your walls, doesn't make much difference. In earthquake zones, a wood house is safer than a brick house and will take less damage. Also, buildings tend to be made out of what is most cheaply and easily available. Unlike pretty much all of Europe, the US still has forests!

are brick houses illegal in the US or something?

I'm inclined to fall in the middle here.
Smoked a pack a day for 20 years and got lung cancer? That's a victim that took a risk and lost. BUT...
It's impossible to eliminate cancer risk entirely. Cancer is semi-random with an off-on trigger. Risk is cumulative, and while incidence can be correlated with risk across populations, incidence is not directly correlated with risk for a given individual. Some people will tan for years and never experience the specific set of mutations and biologic failsafe failures that results in melanoma, while others will trigger that specific set of conditions rapidly, even when the starting biologic conditions\predispositions are the same.
So, yes, I believe some people "get credit" for their cancer (or other illnesses) because of their behaviors, but others are just unlucky.
Even setting aside the randomness of incidence, we're constantly bombarded with a significant cancer risk factor in the form of ionizing radiation, and not just from avoidable sources like deciding to live in a brick house or eating bananas.
I also disagree with the idea that more money wouldn't help eliminate (contrast with "cure") cancer, because many organizations funding cancer research are looking at identifying risk factors, which leads to opportunities for educating populations about avoiding those risk factors. Cervical cancer can be caused by HPV? Get your kids vaccinated, don't have unprotected sex, etc. Lung cancer can be caused by smoking? Stop smoking! It isn't just about finding a magic medication to reverse cellular mutations or target mutated cells, although that would be fantastic.

>> ^gwiz665:
There is not one good argument for Christianity or any other religion, which non-religion cannot do. In that sense, it's useless.


Can it provide you a life after death?

I honestly believe the biggest issue for most believers is that they have been raised with this idea that the current existence is imperfect and that afterlife will provide -- Gettin' high on 24/7 Holy Spirit and full knowledge of life, universe and everything. At least, that's what my parents sold me at the age of 4. I sometimes don't understand how I escaped the talons of fantasy Christian afterlife. Indoctrination from a young age is a brick house that rarely fails. It really is a comforting notion that may be too much for some believers who are on the fence. Why do I think this? Because I, like most believers (this is a guess) was on the fence before I got the balls to start having honest, systematic dialogues with my pastor. But after a lot of discussion, argument, and a near middle finger from my youth pastor, I realized what bullshit it all was. It's the ultimate peer pressure scheme with a back up afterlife threat, just in case you're a black sheep in your congregation. Accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior comes with the high cost of a twisted conscience.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Brick House, Commodores, 70s' to 'Brick House, Commodores, 70s, Git Funky' - edited by EndAll

You know what today is? Today is a bad day to be a pig...

*Big Bad wolf aims the Vortex cannon at the brick house*

That brick house sure used some cheap mortar.

That was really cool, and I love how he's taking his experiments to the next level!

But let's be honest, it's not really knocking down a brick house like the straw and stick houses. It just tipped over the very unstable top of the stack.

Keep working on it dude!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Brick-House-The-Commodores