Posted on 11/17/2013 9:14:54 AM PST by dirtboy
The guy who owns that house ought to be talking to his lawyer Monday morning. I can see a half dozen non-spek/out-of-spec. things just from here that indicate the house wasn’t built anywhere near “code”. Somebody cut a lot of corners in construction and the house just unfolded when the wind hit. Just for starters nothing looks to have been glued and all the nails pulled out. The wood/panelling should break before the nails pull out. This pic by itself is a whole class on what to look for when buying a house or having one built.——you’re welcome.
Impressive. I wonder if the aerodynamics of the semi-circular shape is part of the reason?
I think that’s just a garage, not a house. Based on the height of the wall above the door and the fact that there is no interior wallboard - nothing. I’m not saying that it’s well put together, but I think it’s more of a garage/barn and I suspect that the rules for such a structure are less stringent than those imposed on the living quarters.
This picture was taken @ 15 minutes after the storm passed and we were in between fronts.
We were very fortunate. Saw the pictures in Tazewell County (Pekin, Washington, etc..) and the devastation there is brutal. Homes just completely gone. Fortunately they had warning and thus far there've been less than a handful of deaths (not to minimize the tragedy of those by any means. This just could've been ALOT worse.)
It could have been a lot worse indeed. Glad you are ok.
I see pictures like what you’ve been posting and I THANK GOD for snow.
I’m looking at the Intellicast radar here on my iPad and it looks like we’re due for some rain to start soon, followed by the frontal passage in a couple hours.
It’s not going to be so bad because the terrain really inhibits tornado formation, plus the front is passing as night and the daytime heating is not exacerbating the conditions.
You’re a jerk.
If you knew anything about thunderstorms and tornadoes, you would know that it’s hit of miss.
They NEED to put the whole area on alert because there’s simply no way of predicting just where the severe weather will hit.
So instead of getting snarky because you’re one of the fortunate ones, how about being grateful that you’re one of the fortunate ones.
LOL! Loves me some Buckwheat...
Nice home page.
Think I saw him at Soldiers Field
FYI to you in Macomb County -0—— the power finally came back on here in Washtenaw County after being out for over 12 hours resulting from some pretty strong winds damaging major high lines down the way from us. Lucky you, you apparently didn’t have to worry about it and whether or not the contents of your freezer would end up in your back yard, or possibly lose your life and/or home such as those folks in Illinois. Your attitude is very similar to my ex-husband who dared lightning to strike him during tornado warnings while he zoomed back and forth on his lawn tractor in the wide-open back end of our 5 acres. I should have sewn some tinfoil inside the lining of his cap. In any event, keep on being the sarcastic jerk you are and maybe with some luck, reality and humbleness will finally catch up to you. Cheers.
I live out near Grissom ARB and Kokomo got hit really bad. a large swatch of Kokomo got damaged, and according to our resident weather guru he said the tornado took almost the exact same path at the 1965 tornado that tore through town those almost 50 years ago.
Jesus!!!
I posted this on another thread, but it should be added here too, I think:
Brookport, IL, on the Southern end of the state, was hit hard too. 3 dead, many injured, many homeless now. The ER’s at the local (Metropolis, IL) hospital plus 2 pretty good sized hospitals over in Paducah were swamped, Sunday afternoon.
Churches are a BIG part of the relief effort.
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