Shipping Container Homes, local (Harvest: estimate, horse, best)

[BMW Dave]

I sincerely apologize for starting this thread.

I have made several attempts to delete it.

[Lamar Bowman]

Originally Posted by BMW Dave

I sincerely apologize for starting this thread.

I have made several attempts to delete it.

No worries, the mods should be around at some point to clean this place up.

[writerwife]

How 'bout them Braves??!!

[Lamar Bowman]

Originally Posted by writerwife

How 'bout them Braves??!!

Ask Atlanta what they plan on doing with that nice empty stadium next year lol.

[writerwife]

Originally Posted by BMW Dave

I sincerely apologize for starting this thread.

I have made several attempts to delete it.

How could you possibly have known it would be a volatile post, Mr. Dave?! (no worries - bygones)

[weaverra]

Originally Posted by writerwife

How could you possibly have known it would be a volatile post, Mr. Dave?! (no worries - bygones)

My first post regarding the subject.

Originally Posted by weaverra

If you are getting in this thing and it's not properly anchored you are fooling yourself. I wouldn't use a raw shipping container as an above ground fully exposed shelter anyway. Once the tornado starts rolling that thing around all the stuff in it will kill you. The wind loading would be tremendous on that thing full exposed on the broad side.

So inflammatory isn't it. One of the main problems in a forum setting is people tend to glaze over replies and fire off a quick reply before thinking about it. I didn't say "Hey, you fool what were you thinking" did I? I didn't call anyone a fool, but the person I replied to replied with the following post:

Originally Posted by catfishin2000

Let us establish a few things:
Do you live in the April 27 tornado path in Harvest? I do.
Do you own a storage container? I do.
Have you ever sit in one during a tornado? I have, a few times.

We have an area around the north end of my shop we call the stump garden. It includes a 42" oak stump.
Of the 8 houses on our street, only 2 remained livable, under the blue tarps (official flag of Harvest)
We lost neighbors. We lost part of our house. We lost uncountable trees.
Through all this the storage container didn't move 1cm. Didn't even vibrate much. Was it noisy? Beyond what I can describe. But it didn't move for an F5. I think my experience trumps your opinion.

Finally, please don't call me a fool until you get to know me a bit better. Like say in 4 weeks.

Just to keep the record straight.

[r x f]

Originally Posted by catfishin2000

Let us establish a few things:
Do you live in the April 27 tornado path in Harvest? I do.
Do you own a storage container? I do.
Have you ever sit in one during a tornado? I have, a few times.

We have an area around the north end of my shop we call the stump garden. It includes a 42" oak stump.
Of the 8 houses on our street, only 2 remained livable, under the blue tarps (official flag of Harvest)
We lost neighbors. We lost part of our house. We lost uncountable trees.
Through all this the storage container didn't move 1cm. Didn't even vibrate much. Was it noisy? Beyond what I can describe. But it didn't move for an F5. I think my experience trumps your opinion.

Small caveat. The N. Alabama EF-5 tornado was never EF-5 in Madison County. It strengthened to EF-4 right around Anderson Hills, but stayed EF-3 before and aftewards. Your description sounds like an EF-2 level winds hit your house. Definitely not an EF-5.

NOAA Franklin (AL) / Lawrence / Morgan / Limestone / Madison / Franklin (TN) EF-5 storm survey

[weaverra]

Originally Posted by r x f

Small caveat. The N. Alabama EF-5 tornado was never EF-5 in Madison County. It strengthened to EF-4 right around Anderson Hills, but stayed EF-3 before and aftewards. Your description sounds like an EF-2 level winds hit your house. Definitely not an EF-5.

NOAA Franklin (AL) / Lawrence / Morgan / Limestone / Madison / Franklin (TN) EF-5 storm survey

This was in Tanner "Several well-constructed homes with anchor bolting were completely wiped clean. One home had the debris lofted over 300 hundred yards with large items carried completely away. Intense ground scarring was noted in this area. In addition, a large cargo container was picked up and blown approximately 600 yards (.34 miles) and several cars were carried airborne for hundreds of yards"

This pictures is what an F5 did to a cargo container in Moore, OK. According to witness statements it was thrown over a quarter mile.

[writerwife]

The point was already made and conceded... stop beating a dead horse. sheesh.

[Dr Z]

Kewl pic! That sells me on getting a container for shelter. That is a light weight model and it is virtually unscathed!!