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Netyaroze on 08 April 2013
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Adinnieken said:
Netyaroze said:


And seriously Hurricane resistant ? I see it on TV how resistant those houses are. If a Hurricane would cross a house around these parts I guess it could damage the rooftop. I would really love to see what a Hurricane could do to my parents house. 

The most destructive force of a hurricane isn't wind.  In fact as a destructive force the wind of a Cat 5 Hurricane isn't even as powerful as an F3 tornado.

The must destructive force of a hurricane is water, and it's not the water that's coming in, which is extremely powerful, it's when the water rolls back out.

http://www.constellation7.org/Randi/Syn.jpg

After hurricane Sandy.  There are lots more pictures like this. 

Once the water gets it, the pressure exerted by the water escaping tears apart the building.  Exterior walls are more likely to be damaged, than say interior or adjoining walls.

Your parent's house likely wouldn't fair all that well if the water can get to it.  If not, the the biggest challenge would be your windows.  It's harder to secure windows on a brick/stone building than it is on a wood/metal one.  But if you secured them, than likely your house would fair just as well as a home in Florida. 

Now the advantage you have with a stone/brick house is that it will survive a volcano.  So, archeologists one day can dig out your home and find your parents huddle in a corner of the house, like they did in Pompey.


Hurricane resistant Windows are standard I think. Atleast we have them. House was build in an Earthquakezone there are regulations to follow. Its steel reinforced and walls are able to swing independently. I am not sure how its called in english but the swinging properties are good enough.

 

Water well, I am not sure how water would get Inside the house. Its not like we have never Hurricanes here just not nearly as strongand rarely but houses if they are new have to be build after guidelines always with the worst case scenario in mind. 

I really wouldn't feel safe in an american house build with thin walls. Floors are steel concrete nothing will fall on your head. Those things are extremly thick and rest on steel rods. I am not sure how this is more dangerous than staying in a house that can turn into a plane if the wind is strong.