The scenes of devastation
in Moore, Okla., after a
possibly 2-mile-wide
tornado tore apart
schools and homes on
Monday (May 20) led to an
inevitable question:
Could anything have been
done to save buildings
and lives?
Monday's monster tornado
in Moore, Okla., was a
terrible reminder of
nature's tremendous wrath
for people in Joplin,
Mo., a town also hit by
one of the country's
worst twisters.
Perhaps the piles of
newspapers,
almost-working
appliances, or old Barbie
dolls start out as part
of a harmless, if
eccentric, collection. Or
perhaps they are items on
a languishing to-do list.
But as the clutter
builds, it can become
pathological.
Vials of moon dust
brought back to Earth by
the first men on the moon
have been found inside a
lab warehouse in
California after sitting
in storage unnoticed for
more than 40 years.
Chinaâs
growing space prowess
shows no signs of
slowing, the U.S.
Department of Defense
said in its annual report
to Congress on military
and security developments
involving the
Peopleâ
s Republic of China.