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From: lacraft
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 00:00

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Bet they're not flood proof. Lots of water would accompany a hurricane
in Florida (where this contractor is). Also, fire would burn the inside
furred walls- I assume it could get hot enough to damage the concrete.
CMU is actually a common residential building method in Florida, to
discourage termites I think.

In article <7m040m$jdp$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  d000442c@dc.seflin.org wrote:
> Homebuyers,
>
> Check out this intriguing Web site - They claim to provide
> a concrete fortified home construction method proven to
> resist terrifying natural disasters such as hurricanes
> and tornadoes:
>
> http://www.concretebuilthomes.com
>
> They offer to design for you custom built, hurricane
> proof, tornado proof homes that will look just like the
> dream home you were already planning to build - for
> essentially the same cost.
>
> Has anyone out there purchased this type of home? And
> if so, my question is - are they earthquake proof?
>
> jf
>
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Date: 1999/07/10
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