I've often wondered why more houses in the Tornado Alley aren't built
partially underground with a rounded top (something like a Hobbit or
Teletubby structure). But to answer my own query, it all comes down to cost.
Hell it takes an act of the legislature to get builders to install hurricane
straps and if you suggest an upgrade of the code to include screwing/gluing
on the roof sheathing (instead of nails) the builders scream bloody murder
over the added $200.
Charlie
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure I'd characterize that one as mild. But maybe compared with
> > what clobbers
> > Ohio and Oklahoma and such . . .
> >
>
>
> Here in the plains states, we get the monsters that wipe out entire zip
> codes. Last season we had one that flattened Parkersburg, IA. Amazingly
> humbling. There were (operative word "were") bank video cameras (including
> the one built into the ATM) that recorded the first few terrifying seconds
> of the event. The ATM camera showed the house across the street getting
> blown apart. It reminded me of those old nuclear test films where the
> shock
> waves would tear buildings asunder. The big killer tornado in "Twister"
> had
> nothing on this beast.
>
> We determined that our condo, if hit by a tornado of that magnitude (F5,
> nearly a mile wide), would be nothing more than a slab of concrete.
>
> AG
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