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"Richard RIley" wrote in message
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The latest storm tracks show Charlie set to skim Pinellas County
around noon tomorrow. That's not good news for Lakeland, since it
will be hit by the north east corner of the storm. Lakeland will get
the worst rain and winds.

I'll have a candle lit for all the folks there.

I have always wondered why people would be stupid enough to build out of
wood after the last hurricane takes the wooden home and enlarges it to a
few acres maybe an inch tall.

What's even more amazing is how many people in Punta Gorda stayed in their
RV's and TRAILER HOMES just YARDS from the water while facing a Cat 4 storm
coming straight for them. I heard that many refused to leave because
shelters would not take animals. ???

Somebody explain to me why the Shrub's brother thinks he has the right to
stick his damn nose in the business of people having to deal with spouses
turned into vegetables who never wanted to live that way...

....but doesn't deal with body-temperature IQ's who refuse to leave
hurricane paths by empowering law enforcement to handcuff and take them to
safety after a mandatory evac order.


"geo" wrote in news:mVVTc.5287$Zh3.2475@trndny02:

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"Richard RIley" wrote in message
...
The latest storm tracks show Charlie set to skim Pinellas County
around noon tomorrow. That's not good news for Lakeland, since it
will be hit by the north east corner of the storm. Lakeland will get
the worst rain and winds.

I'll have a candle lit for all the folks there.

"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message
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I have always wondered why people would be stupid enough to build out of
wood after the last hurricane takes the wooden home and enlarges it to a
few acres maybe an inch tall.

Wood is an amazing building material. A properly designed wooden structure
will stand up to a hurricane just as well as a properly designed concrete
structure. For proof, take a trip to Key West and check out some of those old
homes. The biggest advantage of concrete homes in Florida has nothing to do
with hurricanes; termites don't eat concrete.

Did you know that they even make airplanes out of wood? (aviation content)

Vaughn

"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message
...
I have always wondered why people would be stupid enough to build out of
wood after the last hurricane takes the wooden home and enlarges it to a
few acres maybe an inch tall.

What's even more amazing is how many people in Punta Gorda stayed in their
RV's and TRAILER HOMES just YARDS from the water while facing a Cat 4
storm
coming straight for them. I heard that many refused to leave because
shelters would not take animals. ???

Because the media fixated on the idea that the hurricane was going to hit
Tampa, despite information from the NWS and the other weather services that
Tampa was just a best guess.


Somebody explain to me why the Shrub's brother thinks he has the right to
stick his damn nose in the business of people having to deal with spouses
turned into vegetables who never wanted to live that way...

...but doesn't deal with body-temperature IQ's who refuse to leave
hurricane paths by empowering law enforcement to handcuff and take them to
safety after a mandatory evac order.

Because it is a free country, and one freedom it to take risks that would be
unacceptable to others. Some folks even think it is unacceptably risky to
fly small airplanes.



"geo" wrote in news:mVVTc.5287$Zh3.2475@trndny02:

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"Richard RIley" wrote in message
...
The latest storm tracks show Charlie set to skim Pinellas County
around noon tomorrow. That's not good news for Lakeland, since it
will be hit by the north east corner of the storm. Lakeland will get
the worst rain and winds.

I'll have a candle lit for all the folks there.

" The biggest advantage of concrete homes in Florida has nothing to do
with hurricanes; termites don't eat concrete.

Did you know that they even make airplanes out of wood? (aviation
content)

Vaughn"

Yeppers...

But do they make airplanes outa concrete?

Makes you wonder if it would even be remotely possible with a really big, way
overpowered airplane...anybody gotta couple million to waste just to do
something thats never been done before?

take care

Blll

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Hurricane resistant, maybe...Hurricane Proof, never.

Unless everything around it is tied down and the wind is from the right
direction, any building is vulnerable to damage from a strong hurricane. One
of the biggest sources of damage in every hurricane is blowing debris causing
the initial damage to a building and the resulting winds finishing the work.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

I have always wondered why people would be stupid enough to build out of
wood after the last hurricane takes the wooden home and enlarges it to a
few acres maybe an inch tall.

Wood is an amazing building material. A properly designed wooden
structure
will stand up to a hurricane just as well as a properly designed concrete
structure. For proof, take a trip to Key West and check out some of those
old
homes. The biggest advantage of concrete homes in Florida has nothing to do
with hurricanes; termites don't eat concrete.

Did you know that they even make airplanes out of wood? (aviation
content)

Vaughn


A lot of concrete block buildings were destroyed by the hurricane while well
built wood structures were left standing. For that matter, many mobile homes
were left standing right next to the flattened ones. Often times, its just a
matter of luck.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

"Vaughn" wrote in
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Wood is an amazing building material. A properly designed wooden
structure will stand up to a hurricane just as well as a properly
designed concrete structure.

Sorry, but I won't buy that for one second. Concrete doesn't blow out when
a window gives way and air pressure builds up inside the house, not at
hurricane speed winds. Safe rooms built inside wooden homes in tornado
alley are not build out of wood -- they are built out of reinforced
concrete.

Did you know that they even make airplanes out of wood?
(aviation content)

Sure, and very few people find them suitable for permanent habitation.

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in
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Because the media fixated on the idea that the hurricane was going to
hit Tampa, despite information from the NWS and the other weather
services that Tampa was just a best guess.

That's a Gene Pool Elimination Lottery reason.

Because it is a free country, and one freedom it to take risks that
would be unacceptable to others.

Free does not mean free-for-all. The governor has the power to force people
to leave their homes and move them to safety when there is a clear and
present danger to them. He should used it.

osite (RobertR237) wrote in
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Hurricane resistant, maybe...Hurricane Proof, never.

Unless everything around it is tied down and the wind is from the
right direction, any building is vulnerable to damage from a strong
hurricane. One of the biggest sources of damage in every hurricane is
blowing debris causing the initial damage to a building and the
resulting winds finishing the work.

That must explain why every home in the neighborhood I grew up in is still
standing, -intact-, 60+ years after they were built, and several hurricanes
later, while one hurricane pretty much wiped out entire cities and
neighborhoods in a few hours in Florida. It doesn't take a genius to figure
out that when it comes to protecting people from things like hurricanes,
concrete beats wood 99% of the time.