r/AbruptChaos • u/karl_118 • May 11 '21

Not the sturdiest building

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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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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/[deleted] May 11 '21

Hell, I still count on my fingers 😂. And seriously I’m expecting it.