The secret to tornado-proof building
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Published 2011-02-14
All Comments (21)
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The lady said that she doesn't understand why homes fall apart??? I know why!!! Because they are made of CARDBOARD AND WOODEN STICKS!!!!!!
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even that plant hanging on the porch was tornado proof.
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homes are built differently depending on which part of the country you are in. Midwest - large brick, sheetrock, slab foundation.
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If people built cement houses, none of these people would have jobs LOL.
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1:19 No wonder everybody thinks Americans are uneducated, if they let people like her talk on television. What is not to understand about a wooden building that gets torn apart by strong winds?
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question everything, i was raised to believe that you have to open windows to relieve pressure on your house to keep it from blowing apart. but that is 100% false keep doors and windows closed because if u open them the air flows thru the house and blows the walls and roof off destroying your house quicker then if u keep them shut!!!
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You guys build your houses out of wood over there? We use brick in the UK
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Now...if the home that collapsed had been positioned to collide with the "better constructed" home, would the better built home survive both the high winds and the collision from all that weight? My point may seem silly but homes are in subdivisions and if one home comes apart the pieces are likely to collide with homes in the debree path.
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The problem is after the window is broken all your factors change with the difference in pressure/wind speed. Good luck with that!
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When that lady said they didn't know why the structures failed I LOL'ed. It's made of mostly wood. Wood < 100 mph winds.
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2:07 EF4 WINDS ARE 165-199 MPH EF5 WINDS ARE 200+ CAN YOU NOT EVEN DO SIMPLE RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE WINDS OF AN EF4 ARE?
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I dont know why tornado prone areas have houses still made of wood? Why not concrete houses with metal reinforcement? I live in a tropical island with constant typhoons every year and my house is made of concrete, even the roof over head. It made me feel safe for 20 years.
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They also fail to realize wind is not the only enemy its what the wind carries. Once windows of a home are broken the window goes inside and no matter what the house is made of once those wind speeds are in there its over.
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Imagine just sitting in the house that's getting a short and literally the freaking house collapses that would have been so funny πππππ
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I'm sure both homes were made of wood, an excellent building material, but it needs to be reinforced as was the house that was not destroyed. The 100 mile an hour wind is a low category tornado/hurricane. I believe this is the information that they are trying to convey.
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Wait... freese The test was in a Weather Channel special, the winds were only 120 miles an hour, and both houses were made to code, with one of the houses rigged to have its door to swing open to show the damage it can do
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The video raises more questions than answers. In the home that was destroyed, it appears that there are no anchor bolts, ties and hold downs that would be required in a standard residence. This is why the home "slides" off the subfloor - one could assume the other has some type of anchoring system. I also question the way the siding is ripped off the demo home, yet stays intact on the "fortified" home. How is this accomplished - 'IF' all things are equal.
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If I built my house like a concrete dome it would take the winds of Neptune to destroy it.
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Lol. This is my local news channel. I missed this one when it aired years ago.
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Can outstand an EF 4 Tornado. EF 5 heads for the station Him: U kidding now
