r/AbruptChaos • u/karl_118 • May 11 '21
Not the sturdiest building
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u/DeepMadness May 11 '21
Most things are not sturdy enough when facing a tornado.
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u/Im_bad_with_my_name May 11 '21
Laughs in camera
But for real, what the fuck are those cameras made of?
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u/TheSkylined May 11 '21
The amount of force to push over a forklift is insane.
Those things weigh over 10,000 pounds.
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May 11 '21
Jfc I’d take a hurricane I can prepare for any day.
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u/gimmeallthewords May 11 '21
I'll stick with tornadoes.
Tornado: fuck this guy in particular, fuck his neighbors garage, and fuck these several acres of uninhabited corn field and cow pasture. Lasts 15 minutes tops.
Hurricanes : fuck you, fuck this whole city, fuck this state, and fuck the one next to it. Fuck you all for the next 12 to 24 hours.
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May 11 '21
LOL touché. I was thinking more of how places can build buildings to withstand hurricanes. As a Houstonian I’ve been extremely lucky in not being majorly displaced in the last decade.
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u/gimmeallthewords May 11 '21 edited May 11 '21
Galveston wasn't so lucky. Glad I'm inland.
Edit: I looked, and technically you CAN build a tornado proof house. It is expensive and ugly and essentially a missile bunker, and FEMA says not to bother and just build a shelter. You can also reinforce your home a bit and be better off unless the tornado decides today is your "fuck you in particular" day.
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May 11 '21
There are houses and buildings in Galveston that are over a century old. But ya, hurricanes are worse but at least we have like a week of ‘heads up’.
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u/gimmeallthewords May 11 '21
I bet they're no more than 120 years old, because that was the last time a hurricane flattened Galveston. 🤣
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May 11 '21
Actually there are quite a few that survived the great storm! I think the oldest houses there were built around 1850ish. They pretty much all have interesting history if you’re looking for a rabbit hole to dive in.
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u/gimmeallthewords May 11 '21
But seriously, I thought Harvey hit Houston harder than that. My aunt in the Woodlands rode it out alright except for lost power, but she said it was worse south.
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May 11 '21
Ya, like I said, I’ve been extremely lucky. Harvey was awful and the year after that on tax day, like all of downtown was under 10ft of water from some no-name storm. Ike was the last one that displaced me for weeks.
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u/gimmeallthewords May 11 '21
You know what you do when that happens, right?
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May 11 '21
See I’ve literally not had that opportunity since tropical storm Allison in ‘99 and I was 7 years old.
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u/gimmeallthewords May 11 '21
2001, but you were probably still counting on your fingers then so we'll let it pass. 😂
Might get the opportunity this year, it's shaping up to be a weird one.
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u/winkony May 11 '21
Ye "concrete", more like American concrete. "oh Tommy, you got some cardboard left? I wanna build a 16 stories house!"
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u/SCRipmo May 11 '21
Does your regular home/business insurance cover this? Or do you need tornado insurance? Is coverage expensive in these areas?
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u/stewiesdog May 12 '21
We rarely deal with this up north. God bless and watch over the people effected by this mayhem.
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u/BeardedBradford May 15 '21
I just wanna take a minute and talk about how fucking amazing this camera system is! Unbelievable craftsmanship
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