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Cartoon?  Hmmm.  You mean cartons?  LIke milk cartons?

Not a whole lot of houses will take winds over a couple hundred miles per hour.

quite frankly, i think even if the houses were made out of bricks they still would\'nt be able to stand up to the wind speeds generated.

there are houses in my village that would be right after a 10 point earthquake. Their walls are made up heavy stone, and wide as hell (some, more than 1 metre). I think that wood is not the right material to build houses where this kinda winds occurs.

I was pushing carts during this tornado siren.  We all seen the clouds start rotating in a funnel forming like fashion.  We decided to hull ass back inside and take cover.  It was very frighting....you kinda almost feel weakless.

Originally posted by Adan
there are houses in my village that would be right after a 10 point earthquake. Their walls are made up heavy stone, and wide as hell (some, more than 1 metre). I think that wood is not the right material to build houses where this kinda winds occurs.

Not a lot of houses are made of stone in America. Wood seems to be the material of choice.

Originally posted by Adan
there are houses in my village that would be right after a 10 point earthquake. Their walls are made up heavy stone, and wide as hell (some, more than 1 metre). I think that wood is not the right material to build houses where this kinda winds occurs.

Not worth the cost building each house with 3 foot of stone for exterior walls.  Most would probably rather play the odds, especially when your chances of being in a Tornado are still pretty low even if your in Kansas.

Bozco you mean that you prefer to build a house of wood instead of stone (and avoiding this way the collapse down of the house in case of twister) for the cost?

In California, pretty much the earthquake capital of the world aside from Japan, particularly in San Francisco, a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom condo costs well over $500,000 and that\'s probably of the cheapest materials known to man.  I\'m sorry that you think the risk isn\'t worth taking, but some people just can\'t afford it.  We\'d rather take our chances, It\'s just that simple.

Originally posted by Adan
Bozco you mean that you prefer to build a house of wood instead of stone (and avoiding this way the collapse down of the house in case of twister) for the cost?

As Ryu said, most all would rather play the game of chance.  And the chances still are heavily in your favor that you won\'t get hit.