Abstract: Improved technology and warnings seem to have reduced tornado casualties over time. We subject this conventional wisdom to empirical scrutiny by examining the determinants over time of casualties from the strongest (F5) ...

Abstract: The 2011 tornado season resulted in 553 deaths, the most in a year in the United States since 1925. Natural events and human vulnerability combine to produce natural disasters, and so this work explores whether extreme ...

Abstract: In 2002, Florida enacted the first statewide building code based on wind engineering principles. After a tragic tornado in 2013, which killed 24, including seven school children, Moore, Oklahoma, followed suit. We use ...