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There so many complaints about hurricanes, but what if you never had to worry about them? Let's say your home had a concrete roof, heavy-duty lexan windows, steel doors and was well reinforced. Homes in a flood zone were raised up, and you had a garage to secure your car and objects, and maybe a protected courtyard. All trees are tough natives, and you have a neighborhood mulcher, or your own for the cleanup. In short when you have a hurricane warning all you do is close the windows and check the generator, and fold over the solar panels. You can run the generator when power goes out, and/or backup batteries. After the storm you have full power, and plenty of food. Just spend the day picking up tree branches, mulching and cleaning up sand or mud. Next day all is done. You have plenty of fuel for a month without utility power, if necessary. Plenty of hot water and air conditioning. Would this make you feel better instead of living in a wood roof- crackerbox or dependant condo like most do now? Or is the thought of a hurricane the source of stress itself? Remember in my scenario your home WILL NOT be damaged.
By the way this IS possible if people learn how to build correctly, and do not have to worry about homeowners associations or elitist zoning.
There so many complaints about hurricanes, but what if you never had to worry about them? Let's say your home had a concrete roof, heavy-duty lexan windows, steel doors and was well reinforced. Homes in a flood zone were raised up, and you had a garage to secure your car and objects, and maybe a protected courtyard. All trees are tough natives, and you have a neighborhood mulcher, or your own for the cleanup. In short when you have a hurricane warning all you do is close the windows and check the generator, and fold over the solar panels. You can run the generator when power goes out, and/or backup batteries. After the storm you have full power, and plenty of food. Just spend the day picking up tree branches, mulching and cleaning up sand or mud. Next day all is done. You have plenty of fuel for a month without utility power, if necessary. Plenty of hot water and air conditioning. Would this make you feel better instead of living in a wood roof- crackerbox or dependant condo like most do now? Or is the thought of a hurricane the source of stress itself? Remember in my scenario your home WILL NOT be damaged.
By the way this IS possible if people learn how to build correctly, and do not have to worry about homeowners associations or elitist zoning.
As someone that went through Hurricane Andrew (Cat 5) it would help if I knew the house would make it through with no issues, for sure. Since Andrew, I still get anxious when even a tropical storm comes, so I would probably still be anxious, but it would help. But I have to say this, a CBS (Concrete Block Stone) with wood roof can make it through a cat 5 storm if built properly. My parents wood roof only lost shingles, the roof stayed put through Andrew. (obviously nothing hit the roof and a tornado didn't hit the house either during the hurricane)
I would be worried if any hurricane stronger than a cat. 2 came at us. My parents house had no problem during the cat. 1 hurricanes we were thru. Our playground did tip over as well as many trees. Some chipped tiles on the roof. A tree almost fell on my mom's car, woulda sucked! Then theres two weeks without electric, thats the most miserable part. I prefer living where theres no canes.
Well technically there have been canes as far north as Maine so in Ohio/West Virginia/PA, you might see one once every several years. Usually it's weak and depressed, but it's a hurricane nonetheless.
Well technically there have been canes as far north as Maine so in Ohio/West Virginia/PA, you might see one once every several years. Usually it's weak and depressed, but it's a hurricane nonetheless.
Doubt Oil City has ever seen anything more than a tropical depression and I know what they are like, cant even tell them from a typical rainstorm.
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NAH: Doubt Oil City has ever seen anything more than a tropical depression and I know what they are like, cant even tell them from a typical rainstorm.
Well, up north you DO get what are called "tail ends of hurricanes." This includes inland in the northeast. The storms and winds are heavier than a normal rainstorm, however, it is not a hurricane like Florida gets.
Well Oil City is pretty far inland and we all know hurricanes rapidly lose strength as they go away from the warm oceans inland. Also the further north, the cooler the oceans are. Honestly a hurricane in Oil City is about the last thing im worried about. Tornados are more of a worry, even blizzards are.
I would be worried if any hurricane stronger than a cat. 2 came at us. My parents house had no problem during the cat. 1 hurricanes we were thru. Our playground did tip over as well as many trees. Some chipped tiles on the roof. A tree almost fell on my mom's car, woulda sucked! Then theres two weeks without electric, thats the most miserable part. I prefer living where theres no canes.
I can only speak for Fort Lauderdale but in a hundred years we have only had a hand full of hurricanes and have lost electric a couple of times. The last two years was like the first time I remember in maybe the last 30 years. On the other hand in a place like Oil City, harsh winters come almost every year like clock work often paralyzing cities and wires come down and you are without electric as well as frozen pipes and cars that won't start, of course you can't drive anywhere anyway. No kidding, are you for real? I know you don't like heat but if you can objectively see it in a realistic light it is ridiculous comparing living in the two places, up there and down here when it comes to inconvenience and dangers created by weather. People die there every year from the winters.
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