DURATION: 1:59-----------------------------------------APTN SHOT LIST APTN CLIENTS ONLY School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones DATE: MAY 22, 2013 1. UGC Video of Moore Tornado. Courtesy: Stormchasingvideo.com Embargo ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Weather Channel (can sell to affiliates, not networks)May 20, 20132. WS of Plaza Towers Elementary School in rubble on May 21, 2013 Locator: Moore, Okla.3. CS of fire fighters sifting through wreckage on May 21, 2013 Locator: Moore, Okla.4. MS of crew sifting on May 21, 2013 Locator: Moore, Okla.5. CS of fire fighter poking through rubble. May 21, 2013 Locator: Moore, Okla.6. CS on Choctaw Middle School sign. Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 7. WS of Choctaw Middle School Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 8. SOUNDBITE [ENGLISH] SUPER: JEANANN GAONA/ CHOCTAW MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL " one of the features that we included in our saferoom design were the steel doors and you'll notice they have bolts-both at the top of the door and the bottom of the door.// The walls are 18 inches thick. They are cinder block with rebar and concrete poured in them."9. STAND UP SUPER: JOHN MONE/ASSOCIATED PRESS "I'm standing atop one of the schools seven safe rooms, constructed to stand on their own apart from the rest of the school. If the worst happened, this building would stand on its own despite the damage."10. SOUNDBITE [ENGLISH] SUPER: JEANANN GAONA/ CHOCTAW MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL " Generally in a crisis we'd be looking at a 100 students in each of these safe rooms."11. WS of Oklahoma Capitol. Locator: Oklahoma City, Okla.12. MS of Oklahoma Capitol. Locator: Oklahoma City, Okla.13. SOUNDBITE [ENGLISH] SUPER: REP. JOE DORMAN/ D- RUSH SPRINGS "oklahomans are used to seeing things like this happen. We persevere. But we need to take precautions and limit the damage and loss of life as much as possible."12. MS of Dorman 13. Shot that shows thickness of safe room walls Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 14. MS of the mayor of the city of Moore 15. WS of Moore City Hall. Locator: Moore, Okla.16. CS on Moore sign. Locator: Moore, Okla.17. WS of school exterior where safe room is located, shot pans to room. Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 18. CS on safe room door handle. Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 19. MS of safe room door, which shows steel reinforcement and thickness. Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 20. WS of safe room. Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 21. CS on clock in safe room. Locator: Choctaw, Okla. 22. MS of Plaza Towers Elementary on May 21 ,2013. Locator: Moore, Okla.23. Ultra WS of elementary school damage, with damaged house in foreground on May 21, 2013. Locator: Moore, Okla.STORY SCRIPT MOORE, Okla. -School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones SUGGESTED CAPTIONS: PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MOORE, OKLAHOMA DID NOT HAVE A SAFE ROOM IN WHICH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS COULD SEEK SHELTER FROM A TORNADO. THE TWISTER WHICH STRUCK ON MONDAY LEVELED THE SCHOOL KILLING SEVEN STUDENTS, THE AP'S JOHN MONE SHOWS HOW A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILT SAFE ROOMS. [[VOICE OVER][[STARTS WITH UGC COURTESY:Stormchasingvideo.com]]THE TORNADO WHICH DEVASTATED MOORE, OKLAHOMA made a direct hit onPLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY school...[[DISSOLVES TO FOOTAGE OF SCHOOL, MAY 21 2013]TURNING WHAT was CONSIDERED A STURDY, SINGLE STORY CINDER BLOCK BUILDING INTO RUBBLE..SEVEN OF THE TEN CHILDREN KILLED in the twister WERE IN THAT SCHOOL.IT HAD NO "SAFE ROOM."[CUTS TO EXT OF CHOCTAW MIDDLE SCHOOL]CHOCTAW MIDDLE SCHOOL-ABOUT 26 MILES AWAY FROM MOORE DOES--[[SOT][[SUPER: JEANANN GAONA/PRINCIPAL, CHOCTAW MIDDLE SCHOOL][[SHOW AND TELL INTERVIEW, SHE POINTS TO THINGS AND CAMERA FOLLOWS IN SEQUENCE]" one of the features that we included in our saferoom design were the steel doors and you'll notice they have bolts-both at the top of the door and the bottom of the door.// The walls are 18 inches thick. They are cinder block with rebar and concrete poured in them."[[STAND UP]][SUPER: JOHN MONE/ASSOCIATED PRESS]"I'm standing atop one of the schools seven safe rooms, constructed to stand on their own apart from the rest of the school. If the worst happened, this building would stand on its own despite the damage."[[SOT][[SUPER:JEANANN GAONA/PRINCIPAL, CHOCTAW MIDDLE SCHOOL]" Generally in a crisis we'd be looking at a 100 students in each of these safe rooms."[[VOICE OVER]THERE'S NO LAW requiring SCHOOLS OR HOMEOWNERS TO BUILD SAFE ROOMS ABOVE OR BELOW GROUND IN OKLAHOMA.[[SOT]]SUPER: REP. JOE DORMAN/ D- RUSH SPRINGS"oklahomans are used to seeing things like this happen. We persevere. But we need to take precautions and limit the damage and loss of life as much as possible."[[VOICE OVER]]STATE LAWMAKER JOE DORMAN SAYS SCHOOLS should at least HAVE GRANT MONEY FOR REINFORCED TORNADO SHELTERS-[[SOT] SUPER: REP. JOE DORMAN/ D- RUSH SPRINGS"the biggest opposition we're facing right now is time limits. We have to constitutionally finish this session by May 31.[[VOICE OVER]AT THE LOCAL LEVEL MOORE'S MAYOR WANTS AN ORDINANCE FOR SAFE ROOMS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION-"we'll have the developer or homeowner build saferooms or underground shelters."[[VOICE OVER]THE COST IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE. SAFE ROOMS CAN RANGE FROM A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A MILLION. FOR SOME OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS THAT'S AN ENTIRE STAFF PAYROLLBUT IN THE WAKE OF THE MOORE TORNADO, SCHOOL OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ELSEHWERE ARE RETHINKING THE SAFETY OF THEIR BUILDINGS.JOHN MONE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOORE, OKLAHOMA.