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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Are you joking?

How do you think those cement block underneath it would hold up under a good storm?


12 posted on 06/12/2009 9:20:53 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Red in Blue PA
I wouldn't stack any house on concrete blocks...but steel girders buried in bedrock encased in concrete is another matter.

Additionally, if I were living in tornado alley, I would have a storm shelter below ground.

19 posted on 06/12/2009 9:25:46 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
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To: Red in Blue PA

Are you sure they’re concrete blocks? Even if they are, they’d hold up fine if they were anchored onto a good footing with rebar, and the cavities were filled with concrete. Folks use those for foundation walls all the time.


31 posted on 06/12/2009 9:39:21 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Red in Blue PA
How do you think those cement block underneath it would hold up under a good storm?

If those are reinforced concrete with good footings, I suspect they'd hold up quite nicely.

42 posted on 06/12/2009 10:13:03 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles, reality wins all the wars)
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