As long as someone is shredding death metal guitar on the roof throughout the storm, I approve.
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2024
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slaps tightened straps "That's not going anywhere"
Those are the magical words that make it happen. The straps are just for show.
If this homeowner is as good at tying down his house as the yokels around here are at tying down their cargo, then the odds are this house is somehow going to end up hitting my windshield.
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I seriously want to know how it goes with his house. I give him props for trying.
Apparently, he's not the first, and it might actually have a chance of working.
Jesus Diaz was afraid the roof would blow off. And while the straps are gone, the roof stayed put. His home didn’t sustain damage, either.
Meanwhile the row of houses a street over that got raked with his modern-day chain shot are ravaged
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Someone remind us of this works after Milton goes through this house.
For a 2k investment I'm willing to try it to save my home.
With all these experts in the comments, I now want the original sauce and to follow up to see what actually will happen.
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It's not helping, but somehow I like the look of it.
Holy shit all this time I thought The Picard Maneuver was an entire sub and thanks to that meme earlier I see you're an actual person. Finally clued in..
Good stuff too!
Also this seems like an idea worth trying. Cheap, maybe might work? Idk. I'm not inside hurricanes ever.
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Hold the house down into the storm surge until it learns its lesson
Waterboard that bitch til it talks
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I love that the straps are parallel to the trusses. only thing better would be watching those straps cut through the shingles, underlayment, and sheeting like cheese once winds hit 188mph.
This is extremely stupid. I was happy to see that most people here seem to immediately understand this.
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Cope rope
I think this one's a joke, sure some would say it's no time for humor but I think it's funny.
They missed the 25-foot waterproof wall, for the actual damage, the storm surge...
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Checkmate, nature.
Anyone claiming this is going to work has no idea how houses are constructed or how hurricanes cause damage.
It would prevent flat winds from removing the roof, for at least a little bit.
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I love this.
I wonder how deep those stakes are driven lol
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.
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