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Storm rooms coming to a chain near you
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| 3/21/06
| Parija Bhatnagar
Posted on 03/21/2006 1:44:58 PM PST by finnman69
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To: null and void
I know. But we had to buy a house in one of those stupid HOAs and they don't like the explosive things. It would make life easier!
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:43:11 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: null and void
...oops! Thankfully our yard was already landscaped when we bought it. It was just that one shrub that was in a really strange spot.
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:44:00 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: finnman69
There was a F-5 tornado in Jarrell,TX. a few years back, that took, not only the houses but, the foundations also. Seems to me these shelters better be connected to bedrock and even then, you might go for one hell of a ride.
To: TXBubba
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:47:15 PM PST
by
null and void
(Sept 11th: National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval)
To: finnman69
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:48:38 PM PST
by
Spiff
("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
To: Spiff
They showed on on the Extreme Home Makeover show a week ago. They built a house in Oklahoma. The one they showed didn't have a floor because they needed the air flow under the walls into the room. So I don't think they float. At least not that model.
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:55:44 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: wolfcreek
You are probably right. In an F-5 underground would be the only place to be. But the shelter is better than nothing in lesser tornadoes where most people are killed by flying objects and not from being swept away.
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:57:08 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: softwarecreator
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:57:18 PM PST
by
TC Rider
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To: George from New England
A 16" ceiling!!! Ya' have to be mighty short thar partner....
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posted on
03/21/2006 3:14:48 PM PST
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: HeadOn
***Tennessee ain't Oklahoma,***
What do you mean! Remember the tornado that tore up down town Nashville?
But, in down town Nashville, who would notice?
To: George from New England
...16" ceiling all below ground, for sale.I don't think I know anybody under 16" tall.
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posted on
03/21/2006 3:23:13 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: finnman69
When a Category 5 Tornado hit La Plata Md. the only thing left of the bank was its concrete reinforced vault.
To: TXBubba
I'd have taken my chances with the tornadoes before I would have gone down in either of my grandmother's basements in Oklahoma. Spooky! Same with the one tornado cellar we had at one house we lived in there. I'm certain there are such things as F-5 spiders. I've seen their webs.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:13:06 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: finnman69
Why don't they just build the entire house out of this stuff?? That way, most of the world's worries about huricanes and tornado's would become a thing of the past!!
:)
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:13:17 PM PST
by
Zetman
(This secret to simple and inexpensive cold fusion intentionally left blank.)
To: TXBubba
Oh, so they fly, rather than float.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:14:31 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: Zetman
At least mobile homes, if nothing else!
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:15:53 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: Rte66
LOL..you sound like my mom! She spent a lot of time out on a farm in Northern Oklahoma. The storms would come and everyone would go to the shelter but not her, she couldn't stand being cooped up underground.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:20:41 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: Rte66
They must be anchored somehow. But they said they had to have the space under the walls for air. Guess you don't want to suffocate while you wait.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:21:52 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: Zetman
They say they custom build.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:27:44 PM PST
by
TheLion
To: wolfcreek
I imagine if yout tried to ride out an F-5 in this shelter you would come out of the shelter as a liquid.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:28:31 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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