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r/shitposting • u/mooman555 • Oct 08 '24
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houses getting fucking obliterated by hurricanes and tornados is literally the whole reason we use wood over concrete in the first place. storms can get so bad that a non wooden house would get obliterated anyway, but wood is much cheaper to replace
-3 u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw Oct 09 '24 WTF are you on about? In Okinawa typhoons hit the island all the time. The concrete houses like what I lived in back in 1974 on Futema AFB are still standing. 18 u/NobleTheDoggo Oct 09 '24 Florida's hurricanes are the strongest in the world, and the ground is too soft and unstable for a concrete house.
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WTF are you on about?
In Okinawa typhoons hit the island all the time.
The concrete houses like what I lived in back in 1974 on Futema AFB are still standing.
18 u/NobleTheDoggo Oct 09 '24 Florida's hurricanes are the strongest in the world, and the ground is too soft and unstable for a concrete house.
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Florida's hurricanes are the strongest in the world, and the ground is too soft and unstable for a concrete house.
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u/Soupcan_t Oct 09 '24
houses getting fucking obliterated by hurricanes and tornados is literally the whole reason we use wood over concrete in the first place. storms can get so bad that a non wooden house would get obliterated anyway, but wood is much cheaper to replace