HURRICANE PROOF BUILDINGS

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" wrote in message
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It doesn't take a genius...

Yep, you are right about that Juan.

Juan Jimenez wrote:

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.

No, concrete designed to withstand hurricans beats wood that wasn't so
designed. The old wood sailing ships took a lot more beating on a daily
basis than is dished out by a hurricane. And they held up rather well.
It is a matter of what loads the structure is designed for, not the
materials used in the construction.


Matt

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.

No, concrete designed to withstand hurricans beats wood that wasn't so
designed. The old wood sailing ships took a lot more beating on a daily
basis than is dished out by a hurricane. And they held up rather well.
It is a matter of what loads the structure is designed for, not the
materials used in the construction.


Matt


Matt,

You are wasting your time trying to reason with Jaun, he is a self proclaimed
expert in all things and nothing will ever change his mind.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

In article , RobertR237 says...
You are wasting your time trying to reason with Jaun, he is a self proclaimed
expert in all things and nothing will ever change his mind.


Boy you got that right ,it didn't take jaun long to start ragging on people
over material for a building. I guess a cement BD-5 will fly as good as his
perpetual BD-5 project LOL!!

Flame shorts on !!

See ya

Chuck (the guy that designed wood is a pretty good designer) S

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:

In article , RobertR237 says...

You are wasting your time trying to reason with Jaun, he is a self proclaimed
expert in all things and nothing will ever change his mind.



Boy you got that right ,it didn't take jaun long to start ragging on people
over material for a building. I guess a cement BD-5 will fly as good as his
perpetual BD-5 project LOL!!

Flame shorts on !!

See ya

Chuck (the guy that designed wood is a pretty good designer) S


Yes, wood is the original composite material.

Matt

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:22:33 +0000, RobertR237 wrote:

expert in all things and nothing will ever change his mind.

I hate to say it, but getting a BD5 ready to fly seems to have changed his
mind, as well as leaving our country.

"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote in
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:22:33 +0000, RobertR237 wrote:

expert in all things and nothing will ever change his mind.

I hate to say it, but getting a BD5 ready to fly seems to have changed
his mind, as well as leaving our country.

Another product of superior mainland education who doesn't know that PR has
been part of the US for more than 100 years...And then people wonder why
immigrants from asian countries do so much better in college....

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:22:37 GMT, Juan Jimenez wrote:

"Matthew P. Cummings" wrote in
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:22:33 +0000, RobertR237 wrote:

expert in all things and nothing will ever change his mind.

I hate to say it, but getting a BD5 ready to fly seems to have changed
his mind, as well as leaving our country.

Another product of superior mainland education who doesn't know that PR has
been part of the US for more than 100 years...And then people wonder why
immigrants from asian countries do so much better in college....

Unless everybody got new flags and I somehow missed it, PR is *owned*
by the US, and has been for more than 100 years.


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(Del Rawlins) wrote in
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Unless everybody got new flags and I somehow missed it, PR is *owned*
by the US, and has been for more than 100 years.

Oh, gee, that must be why the Navy tucked tail and left Rosey Roads and
Vieques. Yes, you must have missed that.