• superkret@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    pulls on strap

    “That’s goin’ nowhere”

    pulls on second strap

    “Yep, that’ll do’er”

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    If you look closely you can also see his arm sticking out the window, further holding down the roof.

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    “It’s not that the wind is blowing, it’s what the wind is blowing” - Ron White

    Not only would you need your house to be strong enough to withstand the hurricane’s wind, your house will need to withstand whatever it is blowing around at 100mph+

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      Well based on the image it appears to be that what is going to hit his house is two pickup trucks, and some Palm trees.

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    At first I doubted that this makes any sense at all, but then I noticed that it is connected to the concrete driveway, and I am pretty sure he poured concrete anchors underground…

    So, maybe? Better than not having them I guess.

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    Or maybe, just maybe don’t built your house like you want to rebuild it every 10 years and just use concrete/stone

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    The cost of putting that in vs…

    The damage to your siding, roof tiles, windows, landscaping, secondary structures, gutters, trim, etc…

    You know they don’t have insurance.