Hurricane Irma Aftermath
Well, what can you say...after a week of 24/7 news coverage, endless doomsday pontifications, mass evacuations, and great hysteria...the storm is gone. Lots of regional flooding, downed trees and pow...
Forum Discussion
Some houses have domed roofs and walls made of reinforced concrete.
There was an article in one of my magazine recently about building safe rooms for tornadoes. The author had a room with reinforced concrete walls and roof and the metal door was the weak point. He survived but his wife did not. One expert at a university in Texas thought a plywood sheet hit the door between the handle and the hinge.
There was an article in one of my magazine recently about building safe rooms for tornadoes. The author had a room with reinforced concrete walls and roof and the metal door was the weak point. He survived but his wife did not. One expert at a university in Texas thought a plywood sheet hit the door between the handle and the hinge.
Cloud Dancer wrote:
Does anyone know what a house looks like if it's designed/constructed to hold up in Cat 4 winds, with some flooding? I know we have the technology, but can it be done such that it looks similar to an average 3Bed/2Bath house?
