greybeard
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A tornado can easily have 150-175+ mph wind but it's is usually over within minutes and there's not much water action..
There's not very many buildings that can withstand that much wind for that extended period of time that a normal hurricane hangs around for.
They do have building standards that will take winds up to 150mph, but most will not for 48 hrs continuous like was seen on some of the Bahama Islands.
All it really takes, is for a few builds near the waterline to fail. Those buildings or their debris, is hurled against the next building up the beach by the waves and wind, and that hammering tears the next row down, and the debris wall just continues to build up being hurled violently inland against everything it encounters until it becomes too massive for the waves to move. I've seen it's effects firsthand and the final debris pile where it stopped, with anything beyond the pile still in pretty good shape. It's the mass of the debris that tears down even strong buildings. It's like a big sledge hammer over and over and over and over.
There's not very many buildings that can withstand that much wind for that extended period of time that a normal hurricane hangs around for.
They do have building standards that will take winds up to 150mph, but most will not for 48 hrs continuous like was seen on some of the Bahama Islands.
All it really takes, is for a few builds near the waterline to fail. Those buildings or their debris, is hurled against the next building up the beach by the waves and wind, and that hammering tears the next row down, and the debris wall just continues to build up being hurled violently inland against everything it encounters until it becomes too massive for the waves to move. I've seen it's effects firsthand and the final debris pile where it stopped, with anything beyond the pile still in pretty good shape. It's the mass of the debris that tears down even strong buildings. It's like a big sledge hammer over and over and over and over.
