{"id":15412,"date":"2013-08-01T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=15412"},"modified":"2013-08-01T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T14:02:15","slug":"is-oklahomas-severe-weather-policy-grounded-in-fact-or-folklore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/08\/01\/is-oklahomas-severe-weather-policy-grounded-in-fact-or-folklore\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Oklahoma&#8217;s Severe Weather Policy Grounded in Fact or Folklore?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15420\"  class=\"wp-caption module image center\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15420\" alt=\"Cloud to ground lightning strikes near storm chasers during a tornado thunderstorm in Cushing, Okla., on May 31. \" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/08\/TorandoPic.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/08\/TorandoPic.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/08\/TorandoPic-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/08\/TorandoPic-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/08\/TorandoPic-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Gene Blevins \/ Reuters\/Landov<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cloud to ground lightning strikes near storm chasers during a tornado thunderstorm in Cushing, Okla., on May 31.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Since the deadly tornadoes that struck the state this spring, StateImpact has been taking a look at Oklahoma&#8217;s severe weather policy, and asking questions:<\/p><p>Why aren&#8217;t there more <a title=\"StateImpactLink\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/06\/20\/why-oklahomas-priority-is-storm-shelters-for-individuals-not-safe-rooms-for-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">safe rooms in schools<\/a>?<\/p><p>What <a title=\"StateImpact Link\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/07\/25\/government-help-hard-to-come-by-for-those-wanting-tornado-shelters\/\" target=\"_blank\">financial help<\/a> is available for those needing a shelter at home?<\/p><p>And should <a title=\"StateImpact Link\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/06\/13\/oklahomas-building-codes-dont-factor-for-tornados\/\" target=\"_blank\">buildings codes<\/a> be changed to provide more tornado resistance?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now it&#8217;s time for Joe Wertz and Logan Layden to challenge some of the assumptions state and local tornado preparedness are based on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":15420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[539],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15412"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15429,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions\/15429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}