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Originally posted by rickymouse
I get a lot of lightning at my house. I'm not sure I would want to live in a metal faraday cage. What if it is lightning outside? You have to wait till it quits before entering your home? Opening the door as lightning hits the building is a little to enlightening for me.
Originally posted by TruthSeekerMike
I have looked into this pretty extensively and I don't think it's an economical way to go at all. You will still need to finish the interior and insulate the inside very, very well. As well as building a strong foundation for the containers to sit on. You'll also need to use a huge ac and heating unit because that steel will get super hot in the summer and super cold in the winter.
Originally posted by stormcell
Originally posted by rickymouse
I get a lot of lightning at my house. I'm not sure I would want to live in a metal faraday cage. What if it is lightning outside? You have to wait till it quits before entering your home? Opening the door as lightning hits the building is a little to enlightening for me.
I hope you stay away from the plumbing and telephone line of your regular home in that case. They can be just as hazardous.
Originally posted by SupersonicSerpent
you would just need a lighting conductor and earth the building and it would be very safe
Originally posted by Lil Drummerboy
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
A tractor Trailer???
Sturdy??
Sorry Wrabbit,. not so much
Ive seen plenty of these things fall apart on the freeway when they tip over
and have seen what is left of them when a tornado plays with them,.
They are made of wood, aluminum and rivits and some have plastic panels
may as well be a Winnebago
I have seen shipping containers survive a 50 foot drop from a crane
and survive a tornado also.
Bolt a shipping container to a cement footing and it is hurricane proof
(Of course, providing there is no sea wall coming at you)