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HURRICANE PROOF BUILDINGS
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August 16th 04, 04:26 PM
Juan Jimenez
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osite (RobertR237) wrote in
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There's a simple solution: build HURRICANE PROOF BUILDINGS
http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/co...ars/index.html
Hurricane resistant, maybe...Hurricane Proof, never.
Unless everything around it is tied down and the wind is from the
right direction, any building is vulnerable to damage from a strong
hurricane. One of the biggest sources of damage in every hurricane is
blowing debris causing the initial damage to a building and the
resulting winds finishing the work.
That must explain why every home in the neighborhood I grew up in is still
standing, -intact-, 60+ years after they were built, and several hurricanes
later, while one hurricane pretty much wiped out entire cities and
neighborhoods in a few hours in Florida. It doesn't take a genius to figure
out that when it comes to protecting people from things like hurricanes,
concrete beats wood 99% of the time.
Juan Jimenez