Mobile Homes Raise Concerns After Deadly Tornadoes
On March 2, devastating tornadoes ripped through Indiana and Kentucky, killing 34 people. Two-thirds of the people who were killed died in mobile homes , despite only making up 14 percent of housing in Kentucky and 6 percent in Indiana, which has raised major concerns over the safety of mobile homes . The National Severe Storm Center has found that residents of mobile homes are 10 to 20 times more likely to die in a tornado than people living in conventional houses. From 2006