When Rolling Fork is rebuilt……

The dmg is insane, Sometimes wonder why people want to live in Tornado alley if they have the choice.
 
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Don’t forget America gets hit with tornadoes and hurricanes

However it does make you think some Americans build houses in places that are prone to forest fires ( California / Florida ) which makes you wonder what they were thinking especially when the globe is warming up
 
robfosters said:
Sorry, but that’s just wrong. There are many construction methods/materials that can be utilised to create a much stronger house capable of withstanding high winds.
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And I assume they are much more expensive than the made of cheese houses they throw up now. It's America, and a **** poor part of America too. Lives are cheap.
 
I still think they building underground would be better. Then you have the garden on where the house normally would be. Least when the tornado hits the only thing gets destroyed is the garden

Surely they can make a cheap way to just dig a hole in the ground, cover it with some kind of roof and call it a house

And you can say it’s nuclear proof. Ha your nuclear threats won’t work now mr putin :D
 
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Derek W said:
See my above edited post.
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I am noting that the whole list managed to fit in cheap/easy in every point :p

Even in the most tornado infested parts of america it's really unlikely you're going to get your house erased by a tornado. But you can guarantee that a wooden house will be much cheaper than brick and I say that's all it comes down to.
 
Stu999 said:
Not sure how much better a brick house would be?
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Against a category 5 tornado? Once the roof came off, the walls would be down in seconds, so many they’d last an extra 30 seconds.

Building concrete bunkers under the houses with storm proof hatches instead on relying on the house’s wooden floor to protect the basement would be a start.

Would be very expensive.
 
Hotwired said:
I am noting that the whole list managed to fit in cheap/easy in every point :p

Even in the most tornado infested parts of america it's really unlikely you're going to get your house erased by a tornado. But you can guarantee that a wooden house will be much cheaper than brick and I say that's all it comes down to.
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst springs to mind.
 
sod it . They should just build their houses using depleted uranium It’s heavy enough it won’t be picked up by the wind and will last forever. Ok it might give occupants a glowing smile but At least the USA can use its nuclear stockpile for good ( for once )
 
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I have to say from the pictures it is mostly the brick or stone buildings which have survived somewhat intact - the traditional timber builds are in many cases little more than kindling or where the exterior has sort of survived the interior is just wreckage.
 
I simply don’t understand why Americans still live in non brick constructed houses in hurricane areas.

Went to New Orleans 2.5 years after Katrina. Some streets were abandoned as people left the area and never come back. One of these streets we went down - one house landed upside down about 6 doors down and on other side of the road. Another house blew on top of another house.
 
Rroff said:
I have to say from the pictures it is mostly the brick or stone buildings which have survived somewhat intact - the traditional timber builds are in many cases little more than kindling or where the exterior has sort of survived the interior is just wreckage.
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We had a few tornados in the the Uk but not as big as this one. A few roof tiles to replace and a replacement window
 
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