SocketRocket
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We have some relatives who live in Kentucky. These are a couple of pictures of the storm damage ?
Kentucky Storm.
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SwingsitlikeHogan
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I think awesome (and not in a good way) as well as absolutely awful describes what has happened in these states.
Hellish destruction. I'm assuming your relatives are okay @SocketRocket , hopefully so.
A question that maybe you can put to them. Houses in the US seem to be made mainly of wood, ignore cities. As the 3 little pigs confirmed, wood is pretty useless in a strong wind yet again and again that is what they use. Is it a case that even bricks can not cope with tornado's and it is actually more cost effective to rebuild a wooden house rather than a brick one? Alternatively, are they just wedded to the idea of a cheap build and they accept the consequences if they are unlucky enough to be in the path of one of these?
A question that maybe you can put to them. Houses in the US seem to be made mainly of wood, ignore cities. As the 3 little pigs confirmed, wood is pretty useless in a strong wind yet again and again that is what they use. Is it a case that even bricks can not cope with tornado's and it is actually more cost effective to rebuild a wooden house rather than a brick one? Alternatively, are they just wedded to the idea of a cheap build and they accept the consequences if they are unlucky enough to be in the path of one of these?
SocketRocket
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I think those pictures are of an industrial area. You can see a brick built building where the roof and compete inside has been destroyed.
You are correct that most homes are made of a wooden structure with slatted facings, they do normally have a strong concrete cellar as a safe place though. Houses are built for around a hundred year lifecycle.
When one of those big twisters pass over a building there's not much chance of it surviving unless it's built like fort Knox.
The relatives are OK thank you, the worst of the storm missed their neighbourhood.
