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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 530794" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Mine would have to bow through the layers of wood on the outside, and pull the steel bands loose that are on a tension load. If you read about how to build a tornado proof closet, practically the entire house is built like that. In stead of wood wind bracing, I used steel for that too. If the tornadoes get as big as those that took entire homes and ripped pavement off of the roads, nothing is going to help - short of a basement. </p><p></p><p>I wish I had a basement. One layer of limestone under the house is 14 inches thick for the most part. Now that I have the hoe, I could pull it. I'd still have problems tho since the soil here tends to shrink and swell so much with water and then lack thereof. Slabs get busted all the time, even with loads of cushion sand. </p><p></p><p>Lots of folks bury storm cellars. Some buy those smaller sea-land shipping containers and bury them on a ridge or knoll. You can't bury them on flat ground because they'd float out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 530794, member: 3162"] Mine would have to bow through the layers of wood on the outside, and pull the steel bands loose that are on a tension load. If you read about how to build a tornado proof closet, practically the entire house is built like that. In stead of wood wind bracing, I used steel for that too. If the tornadoes get as big as those that took entire homes and ripped pavement off of the roads, nothing is going to help - short of a basement. I wish I had a basement. One layer of limestone under the house is 14 inches thick for the most part. Now that I have the hoe, I could pull it. I'd still have problems tho since the soil here tends to shrink and swell so much with water and then lack thereof. Slabs get busted all the time, even with loads of cushion sand. Lots of folks bury storm cellars. Some buy those smaller sea-land shipping containers and bury them on a ridge or knoll. You can't bury them on flat ground because they'd float out. [/QUOTE]
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