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Re: Tornado Proof Homes

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From: Wen-King Su
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 00:00
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In a previous article lacraft@my-deja.com writes:
:
;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:

Hmm.  To protect against both tornados and flood, I guess we can build a
concrete Ark.  :-)  There are actually quite a few boats made of concrete.
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From: wen-king@myri.com (Wen-King Su)
Subject: Re: Tornado Proof Homes
Date: 1999/07/10
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