To: blam
I'm pretty sure a dome or flat roof is preferable over an A-frame.
65 posted on
07/13/2005 8:04:11 PM PDT by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: blam
67 posted on
07/13/2005 8:12:41 PM PDT by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: NautiNurse; blam
"I'm pretty sure a dome or flat roof is preferable over an A-frame." I agree and think a bunker type shelter would be best. Concrete block walls with rebar and filled with more concrete would seem to offer the most protection. The roof could be poured, reinforced concrete. Should be tornado proof too.
69 posted on
07/13/2005 8:15:39 PM PDT by
Inge_CAV
To: NautiNurse; blam
I'm pretty sure a dome or flat roof is preferable over an A-frame.From Hurricane-Resistant House Design :
Hip roofs are the best design for high winds, but are more expensive to construct.
Gable roofs are acceptable and less expensive.
The pitch of the roof should be at least 30 degrees (approximately 1 ft increase in elevation for every 2 ft in the horizontal direction).
Flat roofs should be avoided completely.
It doesn't say anything about round homes or domes, but I would think that they'd be best.
80 posted on
07/13/2005 8:27:44 PM PDT by
Willie Green
(Some people march to a different drummer - and some people polka)
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