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?
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I feel like because not really anywhere else in the world gets tornadoes like we do in the US, people don’t understand that they just fuck shit up and are relatively unpredictable chaos. Like they think of the three little pigs story and think the tornado is the wolf lol.
I feel like because not really anywhere else in the world gets tornadoes like we do in the US, people don’t understand that they just fuck shit up and are relatively unpredictable chaos. Like they think of the three little pigs story and think the tornado is the wolf lol.
I feel like because not really anywhere else in the world gets tornadoes like we do in the US, people don’t understand that they just fuck shit up and are relatively unpredictable chaos. Like they think of the three little pigs story and think the tornado is the wolf lol.
I live in Joplin (rather right outside) and the hospital that was concrete was condemned. Concrete is not unstoppable and things break and things are tossed around in a tornado rather quickly. We are what once was a high risk area for tornadoes and there’s not a lot you can do about it. You just have to stick with your underground concrete container and hope for the best.
It’s a waste of money on something that has less then a 1% chance of ever happening. You basically have to make the house a bunker to withstand a tornado:
>The strongest tornadoes can generate winds in excess of 300 miles per hour. Storms with these speeds can literally hurl chunks of rock, pieces of buildings, and even whole cars around like a toddler having a tantrum with a PlayMobil playset. Thus, to make a structure totally tornado-proof requires that the structure be designed to withstand both the impact of a one-ton boulder being hurled at it at 100-150 miles per hour as well as wind loads of 300 mph or more. This means you need a structure made out of either **foot-thick reinforced concrete or two to three inch thick solid steel armor plate. Doors must be solid steel with reinforced frames and extra strong locking mechanisms (otherwise the storm will just suck the door open). No windows.**
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/03/22/what-would-it-take-to-build-a-completely-tornado-proof-house/
I live in Joplin (rather right outside) and the hospital that was concrete was condemned. Concrete is not unstoppable and things break and things are tossed around in a tornado rather quickly. We are what once was a high risk area for tornadoes and there’s not a lot you can do about it. You just have to stick with your underground concrete container and hope for the best.
I live in Joplin (rather right outside) and the hospital that was concrete was condemned. Concrete is not unstoppable and things break and things are tossed around in a tornado rather quickly. We are what once was a high risk area for tornadoes and there’s not a lot you can do about it. You just have to stick with your underground concrete container and hope for the best.
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