HURRICANE PROOF BUILDINGS

"Vaughn" wrote in
:

You may now withdraw to your dome-shaped hanger with my complements.

If he has a dome-shaped hangar, he probably also knows that it's easier to
put more airplanes into it than into a square or rectangular hangar.
Particularly if he has that rotating platform floor.

Wood is an amazing building material. A properly designed wooden
structure
will stand up to a hurricane just as well as a properly designed concrete
structure.

Do you think they know the code varies by county?
...........
In 1994, Broward and Miami-Dade counties adopted the nation's toughest
wind-speed codes, forcing new construction to withstand gusts up to
150 mph. It took another seven years of negotiations with building
industry lobbyists to enact a somewhat watered-down version with
significant upgrades largely confined to coastal areas.

Building industry leaders argued for less regulation for several
reasons -- primarily risk and expense.

Along most of the coast, including Charlotte and Lee counties, the new
code calls for 130-mph protection, the strength of a Category 3. It's
10 mph less in neighboring DeSoto County, home to Arcadia, and another
10 mph less in Orlando. Charley exploded on the coast like a 145-mph
bomb.
.......

If your house was designed for 100 mph and you get 145 mph, I don't
think concrete or wood will make a big difference.

Betsy ( in Apollo Beach with 70 % of windows still covered by
shutters)

"bci" wrote in message
If your house was designed for 100 mph and you get 145 mph, I don't
think concrete or wood will make a big difference.

You're wrong.

Designed to survive winds of up to 250 mph. Probably more depending on
design. http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/FEMA/index.html

From: "geo"
Date: 8/22/2004 10:56 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: SVdWc.900$rT1.203@trndny02

"bci" wrote in message
If your house was designed for 100 mph and you get 145 mph, I don't
think concrete or wood will make a big difference.

You're wrong.

Designed to survive winds of up to 250 mph. Probably more depending on
design. http://www.monolithic.com/plan_design/FEMA/index.html

You keep posting links to that manufacturer's brochures. You have yet to
provide proof any have been built. Are you shilling for them? If so you should
be able to provide proof of it's toughness under storm conditions. Driving a
vehicle into one just isn't the same thing.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"B2431" wrote in message
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You keep posting links to that manufacturer's brochures. You have yet to
provide proof any have been built. Are you shilling for them? If so you
should
be able to provide proof of it's toughness under storm conditions. Driving
a
vehicle into one just isn't the same thing.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Why don't you buy a plane ticket like I did and go see for yourself? But if
you're not interested why not just ignore it instead of demanding to be
spoonfed? The info is all there, all you have to do is open your mind and
read. http://monolithicdome.com/dometour/index.html