morgan_freemun

Almost weekly there is an AMA from former prisoners. Every single one I've seen they say that inmate rape is very, very rare. They always say that consensual sex is common, but rape just doesn't happen often at all.

Are you saying that your experience at your prison is different than that?

I have read that on several threads.

The sex thing. Is it just the more feminine prisoners that do it or do the real manly guys do it too? Does an inmate lose respect of other inmates if he's having some gay sex in the joint?

For reference listen to this interview Lovitz gave after the incident. It is worth a listen.

http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/071707_lovitz.mp3

I'm not the thread starter, but I'll answer as someone who lives in 'Tornado Alley'.

There are natural disasters everywhere. Whether it is earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding. The picture painted by the media over the last week isn't entirely accurate. They make it look like we have devastating tornadoes all the time, we don't. It does seem like we average a few deaths a year, sometimes more. But overall, the chances of being hurt by a twister are very low. The Moore tornado destroyed 30 square miles. That is not typical at all. Most tornadoes do no damage or very little damage.

Just to put into context. The Moore tornado destroyed 30 square miles, the state of Oklahoma is close to 70,000 square miles.

People live in Oklahoma because of the lifestyle. We have some of the lowest cost of living of any state. Our state is one of the most culturally diverse. We have deserts, forests, mountains, mesas, we are one of the only states with all those different landscapes. But the greatest thing about Oklahoma, the people.

Okies are some of the kindest, most caring people you'll meet.

Basements are very difficult to build in Oklahoma because of the clay soil. Some houses have them, but most are older homes that were built in the 70's and earlier.

With our hard clay soil it makes basements prone to cracking, unsettling the foundation of the home, and flooding. Many of the older homes that do have basements have them not directly under the house, but on the side of the house. So the house is setting on a foundation. For people who live in a subdivision this is not an option because they are confined to a small lot and there isn't enough room for a basement.

There was a big push in the 90's to get safe rooms into every house. Safe rooms are concrete structures that are usually located in a garage and can withstand extremely high winds i.e. tornadoes. However, they are very expensive to build and they take up a lot of room in the garage. So for many families they aren't feasible.