A tornado expert said knowing the extent of the threat should help guide deliberations of a task force that will consider ways to enhance public safety when severe weather strikes.
Harold Brooks is a member of the panel, formed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett after the May 20 tornado that killed 24 people in Oklahoma City and Moore.
The EF5 tornado destroyed 1,200 homes and two elementary schools. Seven third-graders died when walls collapsed at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore.
The group's first meeting is at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the mayor's conference room at City Hall.
The nine task force members are to receive an overview of Oklahoma City's response to May's severe weather. A discussion of enhancing public safety is to follow.
?I'm going to try to provide a broad view of things that's perhaps a little bit detached from the emotional response of what happened in May,? said Brooks, a research meteorologist at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman.
Much of the focus has been on school safety after the deaths at Plaza Towers, though tornadoes also claimed lives the previous day, and tornadoes and flooding caused by torrential rains added to the death toll on May 31.
It is ?incumbent on us? to provide schools that are safe, Janet Barresi, a task force member and the state's superintendent of public instruction, said Tuesday.
She observed the heroism of teachers who protected their children as tornadoes struck and advocated a review of school buildings so that district superintendents and board members can draft local plans for facilities that are ?reliable and very, very safe.?
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