"Moore, Okla., October 3, 2013 -- FEMA mitigation expert John Bourdeau (r) demonstrates a partially underground safe room for a two-part television news report on residential safe rooms. This room was built after the May 20, 2013 Moore, OK tornado and is located a block from the Plaza Towers Elementary School where 7 students lost their lives that day. Reporter Ed Doney (l) of KFOR, NBC for Oklahoma City, focused on the importance of residential safe rooms and looked at the differences between above ground and below ground designs."

"Moore, Okla., December 1, 2013 -- Aerial view of the new Plaza Towers Elementary School (under construction) after the old school was destroyed by an EF5 tornado on May 20, 2013. The new Plaza Towers school will contain a large safe room (4,789 sq. ft.) that meets or exceeds current FEMA guidelines. The new safe room will incorporate concrete walls that are 10"" thick and 16' tall. The state of Oklahoma with the support of FEMA is spearheading a ""Safe Schools"" 101 Initiative (a first-in-the-nation endeavor) to assess the integrity and safety of all its schools to identify structural issues that need to be mitigated. Photograph by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA"

Moore, Okla., May 31, 2013 -- An inside wall of the Plaza Tower Elementary School, one of the last walls to come down as demolition of the school comes to a completion. Markings on the doors were made by Urban Search and Rescue Teams. Seven children were killed in the school by a F5 tornado that struck the area on May 20, 2013. Andrea Booher/FEMA

Moore, Okla., May 26, 2013 -- President Obama, right, speaks to first responders at the Moore Fire Station which was set up as a base of operations for the response to the tornado. Obama was joined by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate,on his right, as well as local and state officials to tour the damage incurred by the recent F5 tornado on May 20, 2013.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Moore, Okla., Aug. 30, 2013 -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Administrator Tammye Trevi├▒o (left) and Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (center) tour a newly installed kitchen in Moore. Rebuilding is underway in Moore, where HUD just announced that the city will receive $26.3 million in a Community Development Block Grant following the EF-5 tornado that struck in May 2013. In addition, the State of Oklahoma will receive $10.6 million to support local recovery efforts following more powerful storms that occurred May 18 - June 2

Moore, Okla., May 22, 2013 -- FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino, right, along with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, second from right, meets with local officials to discuss the needs of the city following the recent tornado that swept through the area on May 20, 2013. They were joined by Governor Fallin, second from left. The are sustained substantial damage that swept through the area on May 20, 2013. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Moore, Okla., Aug. 30, 2013 -- FEMA Region VI National Disaster Recovery Coordinator Wayne Rickard gives a television interview in Moore. Rebuilding is well underway in Moore, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development just announced that the city will receive $26.3 million in a Community Development Block Grant following the EF-5 tornado that struck in May 2013. In addition, the State of Oklahoma will receive $10.6 million to support local recovery efforts following more powerful storms that occurred May 18 - June 2

"Moore, Okla., October 3, 2013 -- FEMA mitigation expert John Bourdeau (r) demonstrates a partially underground safe room for a two-part television news report on residential safe rooms. This room was built after the May 20, 2013 Moore, OK tornado and is located a block from the Plaza Towers Elementary School where 7 students lost their lives that day. Reporter Ed Doney (l) of KFOR, NBC for Oklahoma City, focused on the importance of residential safe rooms and looked at the differences between above ground and below ground designs."

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Date Taken: 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC

Photographer Name: Debra Young

Keywords: Oklahoma

Disasters: Oklahoma Severe Storms and Tornadoes (DR-4117)

Disaster Types: Tornado

Categories: Mitigation
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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