TheRepublic.com - Dennis McKinney News http://www.therepublic.com/feed/person/9a41e61cf0d646879ef2ec58633654cf Dennis McKinney News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 School storm protection is spotty in tornado zoneshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/bd6c22d5bfb642cbb8cf8ceaf33df83e/US-Oklahoma-Tornado-School-Safetyhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/bd6c22d5bfb642cbb8cf8ceaf33df83e/US-Oklahoma-Tornado-School-Safety

MOORE, Oklahoma - With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students.]]>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:04 -0400