chohole opened this issue on Dec 07, 2006 · 26 posts
pauljs75 posted Sat, 09 December 2006 at 6:26 AM
From the pic, it couldn't have been that strong a twister (at least by U.S. standards. You probably wouldn't hear about it unless it involved old trees, cheap roofing, or trailers. We're funny that way.). There's no sign of structural bracing or rebar in those brick walls. In some parts of the states, that kind of construction might not even hold up to just regular wind (40+ MPH aren't that uncommon at times, with the occasional storm gusts or howling winter squalls at 70MPH.)
If this kind of thing keeps happening on that side of the Atlantic, you'll have to up the building standards to accomodate conditions brought on by global warming.
If anyone's experiencing some really bad weather, they're probably on the other side of the planet over in the Phillipines. I think they're on their second hurricane (or cyclone) of the month. Now that's some nasty stuff.
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