Before every harricaine

And still they're building their houses of wood. Europe has storm, as well with high wind speeds, but the damage is less.

Even brick buildings are decimated in hurricanes, not so much by the winds and more by debris being kicked up. Here in the Plains, tornadoes will absolutely annihilate a house whether it's brick or not. Nothing can beat Mother Nature.

Big tornados can dig DEEP trenches. Not even a tornado bunker will save you from that