On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:13:46 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
wrote:

I am really curious as to the effect of having hurricane ties and/or better
fasteners would have had on those houses. I know, you get hit hard enough,
almost nothing will standu up tothe force. But I saw houses that the second
story was removed. Would a stonger tie-in to the first story have prevented
that?

The houses with the siding gone made me wonder if that would have happened
with screws? Maybe the wind would have just bent them all up.

I assume if big storms happen there that building codes would have been
strengthened recently. Older houses would not have the improvements.

Do folks have storm shelters around thre?


A storm that can drive wheet straw right through a cedar hydro pole
can do just about anything it wants to - no matter WHAT you do.

Grey concrete bricks with pink fiberglass insulation imbedded ALL THE
WAY THROUGH, anyone???

That's just 2 interesting observations from the Woodstock Ontario
tornado back in the late '70s