I live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and it's definitely tornado prone. We get a couple each year, sometimes more. Considering that, in the 17 years since I moved here, I know less than five people who've had tornado damage that was worse than a broken window or a few planks of their fence knocked out. There are approximately 4 million in the area.TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
Hate to say it, but surely people expect their houses to get destroyed if they live in tornado alley? (I know OP isnt/not in the middle).
I still feel bad for these poor people with no house left, but...dur?
good point but using plywood instead of builtrite without a huge difference in cost could save your house depending on the power of the tornado.With the chances of your house getting tornado damage < .1%, who's going to double the price of their house just to reinforce it?
plywood is pretty prone to being destroyed too. 2X4s is the way to go if you really wanna save your house (and you have a shitton of money, no doubt).viper313 wrote:
good point but using plywood instead of builtrite without a huge difference in cost could save your house depending on the power of the tornado.With the chances of your house getting tornado damage < .1%, who's going to double the price of their house just to reinforce it?
only way I'd live in hurricane states or tornado alley is if I could afford to build a concrete dome house.Kmarion wrote:
In Florida we have hurricane codes (for new construction at least). ..Per Insurance as well. Almost all new homes are concrete block/stucco.
yeah actually we do considering theres a tornado in MN like at least once a year. in like '82 there was even one park ave. in the middle of minneapolisviper313 wrote:
that the thing. The last time this area was hit was in 1965!!!!!!! We don't live in a area prone for tornadoes.Mek-Stizzle wrote:
Well when they tell you that you live in an area prone to Tornado's, then you live in an area prone to Tornado's
st louis.viper313 wrote:
where's that?Parker wrote:
the sirens went off about an hour age while we were working, but it was well north of us.....luckily.
you can and there are some, there's even one about a 1/2 mile south of me. It's saves you on energy bills and is a lot more eco friendly but the older ones can have issues with leaking and water damage.The#1Spot wrote:
This may have not been thought of yet but why not build homes mostly underground?
