28-04-2011, 01:36 PM
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The Storms Won't Stop
Wow! Another 140 tornados struct yesterday in the Midwestern United States. At least 11 people were killed. Some of the tornadoes were a mile wide at the base.I woke up to 37 degrees F this morning here. Weather has gone bonkers this year. I may have to wait until July and my desert vacation to get warm.
It's mind-boggling to think they are up to a mile wide at the base!
29-04-2011, 07:18 AM
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Re: The Storms Won't Stop
Just a thought - and its not a criticism, but given the propensity for Tornadoes across a vast area of the Mid-west U.S., why do so many communities tend to use timber as their main building material for their homes. It is clear from the photographs we have seen of the latest and previous occurrences of very destructive tornadoes that timber houses are no defence against them, and are wrecked in their entirety, but would brick-built houses withstand a strike from a Tornado any better???29-04-2011, 02:32 PM
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Re: The Storms Won't Stop
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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Just a thought - and its not a criticism, but given the propensity for Tornadoes across a vast area of the Mid-west U.S., why do so many communities tend to use timber as their main building material for their homes. It is clear from the photographs we have seen of the latest and previous occurrences of very destructive tornadoes that timber houses are no defence against them, and are wrecked in their entirety, but would brick-built houses withstand a strike from a Tornado any better???
There aren't very many tornado proof homes on earth. We don't live in bunkers made of concrete and steel. Wood is, and will be, the construction material of choice for many more generations. Nature's forces are too great when in the form of a hurricane, flood, tornado or earthquake. You should look up pictures of Mt St. Helens erupting over 25 years ago. An entire mountainside covered in dense forest was flattened.
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