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.
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2024
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With all these experts in the comments, I now want the original sauce and to follow up to see what actually will happen.
YouTube recommended a video of this to me yesterday. The straps are anchored with cement. Seems like it buys him X additional mph of wind speed compared to his neighbors. We'll see if the winds are in that "more than a regular roof can handle but less than the straps can hold" range.
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Seems like a plausible strategy. If the roof is lashed down it can't catch the wind and therefore is less likely to weaken over time and go flying. Certainly better than doing nothing.
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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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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Checkmate, nature.
I love this.
Maybe build with ICF ( insulated concrete forms).
A bit like the building at the top of Mount Washington
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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