Honestly, every year we hear about houses getting destroyed by tornados (and people getting buried under). They seem to be mostly wooden houses. So, why not build concrete houses, atleast in the high risk disaster prone areas?
In: 1750
Concrete in expensive
Concrete forms are expensive and time consuming to build
Wood is extremely “flexible” and cheap
Tornados hitting a specific place is extremely rare as there quite concentrated
The list goes on
Someone who studies disasters here:
1. Wood is much, much, much cheaper to build with.
2. The odds of having a tornado on your property are extremely low.
That’s it.
Someone who studies disasters here:
1. Wood is much, much, much cheaper to build with.
2. The odds of having a tornado on your property are extremely low.
That’s it.
Someone who studies disasters here:
1. Wood is much, much, much cheaper to build with.
2. The odds of having a tornado on your property are extremely low.
That’s it.
An EF-5 tornado, is the most powerful and destructive tornado on the Fujita scale, which is a scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes based on the damage they cause. EF-5 tornadoes are characterized by wind speeds in excess of over 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour).
Regardless of material used to construct a structure, sustained winds of 200 mph or is just too much too much for even concrete to withstand.
An EF-5 tornado, is the most powerful and destructive tornado on the Fujita scale, which is a scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes based on the damage they cause. EF-5 tornadoes are characterized by wind speeds in excess of over 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour).
Regardless of material used to construct a structure, sustained winds of 200 mph or is just too much too much for even concrete to withstand.
An EF-5 tornado, is the most powerful and destructive tornado on the Fujita scale, which is a scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes based on the damage they cause. EF-5 tornadoes are characterized by wind speeds in excess of over 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour).
Regardless of material used to construct a structure, sustained winds of 200 mph or is just too much too much for even concrete to withstand.
Is this a common misconception amongst people who haven’t witnessed the wrath of a tornado. Ofcourse you can build something to withstand most, at what cost though?
Is this a common misconception amongst people who haven’t witnessed the wrath of a tornado. Ofcourse you can build something to withstand most, at what cost though?
Is this a common misconception amongst people who haven’t witnessed the wrath of a tornado. Ofcourse you can build something to withstand most, at what cost though?
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