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I wonder how deep those stakes are driven lol
According to the local news interview, 8' concrete piles.
I guarantee it's not deep enough. Hurricanes of this magnitude topple and uproot trees with massive root structures extending several meters underground. These type of DIY solutions are almost always create more hazard than they solve.
More than likely, if the straps are attached to cement blocks, the cement is deeper than the average depth of a tree root.
Those trees are also giant sails which transfers that much more force from the wind
they make houses rated to hurricane winds, i don't think the trees really care one way or the other. Engineering is often better at withstanding hurricanes than trees.
On the surface, it looks as if they bored decent size holes in the ground and set the anchors in concrete. With a Bobcat, they could easily get 3 meter x 40cm holes; that's 904kg of concrete at each anchor point, and a lot of friction.
This isn't the stupidest idea I've ever seen; given that they can't move their house, and set unlikely to move all their possessions for just a few days, Heck, it's not a bad idea at all, and looks well-executed.