Lexington Herald-Leader: Just like COVID, KY tornadoes show us that most vulnerable workers need protecting
Berry Craig
By LINDA BLACKFORD
In just one week here in Kentucky, we’ve learned so much about so many things.
We know that we need weather radios in our houses and weather notifications on our phones because while many warnings are false alarms, sometimes they are not. These days, weather forecasters have become amazingly accurate about where and when storms will touch down, and they were in this case, too.
We’ve learned that nothing in the world will stop an EF4 tornado, not a solid brick church, not a huge factory and certainly not a house. So maybe we need new building codes that require some kind of shelter in case, let’s say, you don’t have a root cellar anymore like in Wizard of Oz.