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originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: TrueBrit
This is true but a tough situation. Tornado alley is also great agriculture land, and the coast is full of shipping and refining. Those working need housing , shopping, auto mechanics etc...
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: WeRpeons
What I cannot understand for the life of me, is why houses in at risk areas are STILL being built as if they were in a totally weather safe area.
Its pretty simple. In a flood plain? Build houses to totally mitigate the flood threat, with pressure seal capable entrances and windows, with the ability to totally lock the place down like a submarine in extremis. In a tornado prone area? Build the majority of the dwelling underground, hardened like a bunker, and bolted to the damned bedrock if necessary. In a hurricane area? Again, flood protection must be built in so that no flood could move the home from its foundations, nor penetrate its outer shell during high water, AND the building must be shaped so that the wind moves around it, rather than pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving it or any component thereof, AND so that any debris hitting it deflects, rather than penetrates it.
Insuring THAT kind of property against the things it has been built to withstand perfectly well, would be a damned sight cheaper, and be more responsible on the part of house builders and local governance.
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: ketsuko
Very true.
I would still like a dome, of course I want one anyway but.
I think the one I posted took an f4 directly.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: dawnstar
You live on an actual incline, and you flood?
REALLY?
What the hell stupid physics does your water work on? I am not talking about houses on unnaturally flattened land, I am talking about houses which are on a literal slope, not on the side of a road that goes up a mountain, or built on a flattened space, but literally houses built to match the incline they are on.
originally posted by: Lilroanie
a reply to: ketsuko
We have to retrofit old, non earthquake compliant homes in Cali for earthquakes... How is that any different? If I lived in a 100 yo home that wasn't as safe as possible, I'd retrofit it. Like the electric, insulation(asbestos) etc. So why not for tornadoes or flooding? No snark btw it truly baffles me.