damn fools building on the beach
On Sep 19, 10:00*pm, JimH wrote:
On Sep 19, 9:39*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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The trouble is that even if a structure is built to resist the forces
of a 200mph wind, it isn't practical to build one to resist the forces
of wind blown debris. Once you have compromised the wall, which is
acting as a diaphram to resist those wind forces with wind blown
debris, bad things start happening quickly.
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Yep. *The house we had in Florida was built in the late 90's and was
designed to withstand 150 mph winds.
The house structure was fine. *But during one of the 3 hurricanes that hit
back in 2002-2003, the double door "French Doorway" opened during a gust.
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