This is a question for those who design homes or residential structures too ...... if you are going to rebuild your homes .....
HAVE YOU THOUGHT TO TRY A NEW MILLENNIUM TORNADO-PROOF DESIGN FOR YOUR NEXT HOME?
I'm not an architect or building designer and I don't even live in a tornado zone, but I was wondering ... isn't it possible for victims of the recent, horribly destructive tornados, who want to rebuild and still want to live in their area, to find a more effective, 21st century structure to live in, in "Tornado Alley" and anywhere else tornados appear?
Has anyone thought of building a hurricane-proof home at least partially subterranean, or with a solid basement for their new home or at least a sturdy "Safe Room?" This, I feel would allow people to live where they want but lose less in the next disaster. I just don't think it would be prudent to build a home that will easily be knocked down AGAIN if another tornado comes around.
What will you do?
2007-05-07 16:53:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I was hoping someone would tell me if they've ever heard of anyone coming up with a new, 21st century home design that can withstand the ravages of tornados or at least reduce the casualties and loss. Isn't it about time???
2007-05-14 07:41:55 · update #1
The only kind of home that would stand up to 205 mph (F-5 that hit Kansas) would be an underground home.
One of the reasons, I'll bet, that so few people were killed in Kansas is that most people have a tornado shelter...sometimes referred to as a "hidey hole"
2007-05-07 17:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by Science Guy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most homes in the Midwest have solid basements. In the modern day of Doppler and advance warning there are FAR fewer deaths related to tornadoes (and hurricanes for that matter). Tornadoes are fairly frequent in the spring months in the Midwest, but they are sparse and relatively small. I have lived in Kansas my entire 35 years and have never even seen a tornado. (I've been within 5 miles of one probably 15 times though.) Look at the Gulf states with their hurricanes. You want to talk about crazy. Those people get pulverized by these gigantic, relatively slow-moving storms all the time. Do they move on afterward? Nope, they just rebuild. (Well, unless they live in New Orleans. Then apparently they wait for someone else to rebuild for them.) I don't know if that's bravery and tenacity or just plain insanity. I guess that's the price you pay for living in a tropical climate. I just wish there was an upside like that to living in Kansas.
2007-05-07 17:54:08 · answer #2 · answered by Peter D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually one of the interesting trends in weather of the last few years has been the appearance of tornados in places where they were not previously observed, in seasons when they normally do not occur.
If folks are going to have to move from all the places that are going to be experiencing severe weather in the next half century, probably the best location will be another planet.
As for the girl who says what are the odds of a major tornado or storm hitting the same place twice, consider this. The island of Key West is located in a path outside the regular path of hurricanes. For the last couple of hundred years they have consistantly grazed the island and not damaged it but for one about every sixt or so years. In the last five years they have weathered half a dozen.
Safe places? All bets are off.
2007-05-07 17:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 01:52:13 · answer #4 · answered by crihfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you think about it, isnt that pretty much the safest place to live now? I mean, what are the odds that TWO killer tornados will come through the exact same place??
2007-05-07 17:04:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kristine R 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
one thing that i could never understand is why any of these people will go back and build their homes at the same site.
haven't they lost enough. Why they do this, and who pays for it.
every time that we have these kinds of tragedies on and on always same people go back at the same spot.
WHY ???? please do not tell me it is my home
your home is where is your heart should be.
2007-05-13 14:12:58 · answer #6 · answered by not fair 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow
2007-05-15 09:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by DIGIMIX 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋