Federal grants are already available to help residents subsidise the costs of safe rooms and shelters.
Specially reinforced safe rooms provide "near absolute occupant protection from even the worst-case tornado, " he said.
Depending on the features, safe rooms can cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There was some effort moving forward shortly after the storm to have safe rooms required in all new construction.
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Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis said he would push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes.
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Are they making their homes any - possibly any safer than they were before, adding safe rooms or storm shelters?
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Local officials said Tuesday that about 100 schools in the state are equipped with safe rooms that were built with federal funds.
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Some newer schools in Moore have safe rooms, including Kelly Elementary School, which was rebuilt after it was flattened by a deadly 1999 tornado.
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But tornado-prone stretches of the U.S., which include North Texas and Kansas, should consider requiring the so-called safe rooms at new schools, he said.
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In starting Safe At Home, we decided to focus on the education of children by establishing safe rooms in schools, which we call Margaret's Place, in memory of my mom.
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That is why my wife, Ali, and I started the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, which provides education and safe rooms in middle schools for children caught in an abusive environment.
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Oklahoma State Superintendent Janet Barresi "is very interested in discussing the need for safe rooms in schools once we get past this disaster, " said Sherry Fair, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
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It builds on the standard kidnapping and ransom policy by bringing in consultants to train crews in security, prepare emergency safe rooms where crews can lock themselves in until a hijacked ship can be retaken, and provide round-the-clock advice to captains on safe routes to take.
Clean, safe and user-friendly, the rooms may not be huge, but thanks to clever design they use every last inch smartly.
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