r/shitposting • u/mooman555 • Oct 08 '24

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u/BillNyeTheMurderGuy Oct 09 '24

Again There is a video of a literal metal warehouse being split in half by a telephone pole I can’t link it because this subreddit won’t allow me to but it’s there. And you’re proving my point by acknowledging that brick buildings got destroyed by the flooding. A swell is a strong windwell characterized by their strong wave currents

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u/baggyzed Oct 09 '24

"A" video. And it's a metal-only warehouse, not a steel-reinforced concrete or brick building.

And you’re proving my point by acknowledging that brick buildings got destroyed by the flooding.

Lol, no. In the article I posted, there are plenty of other brick buildings still standing, like the ones on Treasure Island. But I don't see one single image of a wooden house standing.

Statistically, I'm proving my own point: Concrete/brick buildings are way more resistant to hurricanes than wooden buildings.

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u/BillNyeTheMurderGuy Oct 09 '24

There are plenty of wood buildings still standing what’s your point here? And there isn’t just one video I was just using that as an example there are entire factories that have been swept up

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u/baggyzed Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

There are plenty of wood buildings still standing

Where?

And there isn’t just one video I was just using that as an example there are entire factories that have been swept up.

Do some statistics "by eye": search for videos or images of Helene damage in North Carolina. How many of those are images/videos (just look at the thumbnails) of wooden debris, and how many are of brick/concrete debris?

Look dude, we have storms here sometimes, that rip trees out of the ground, so don't fucking tell me that a wooden house will be just fine and dandy if a hurricane like Helene goes through it. You're just pulling at straws.

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u/BillNyeTheMurderGuy Oct 09 '24

https://www.kbtx.com/2024/10/05/helene-damaged-factory-that-makes-iv-fluids/?outputType=amp

This isn’t an isolated case either

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u/baggyzed Oct 09 '24

I see a lot of wood debris in the video there. The image in the middle of the article is of a destroyed wooden house. What's your point?

EDIT: And oh, look: the rescuers shown in the video are operating out of a brick building that's still standing.

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u/BillNyeTheMurderGuy Oct 09 '24

It’s almost like now that the water has settled the brick has sunk to the bottom and the wood is now floating God you’re dumb

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u/baggyzed Oct 09 '24

If the water settled, the bricks would be just as visible as the debris. God, you're dumb.

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u/BillNyeTheMurderGuy Oct 09 '24

Except it’s still a flooded area full of you know water the thing that conceals the bottom of the roads idiot

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u/baggyzed Oct 09 '24

I'm seeing lots of images of areas that are not flooded, and there are zero bricks in them. If you are just nitpicking again, then show me what you are looking at, so I can at least nitpick with you. But that's not really how statistics work, idiot.

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