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Tyndall AFB is right on the water. Say you can survive 150 mph winds. Now your problem is the seawater 15+ ft deep filled with debris and driven by 150mph winds
by Amezarak 8y ago
Tyndall AFB is right on the water. Say you can survive 150 mph winds. Now your problem is the seawater 15+ ft deep filled with debris and driven by 150mph winds rushing in and back out.
- skookumchuck 8y agoA wall can blunt the force of the water, even if it still floods.
- Amezarak 8y agoYes, but everything inside is still ruined and has to be torn out, often including the wall. Any home filled with water has to be completely gutted. You're also talking about a very serious wall. Fast moving water is extremely powerful and heavy - and it can also wash out the earth beneath you. And it's carrying all manner of debris. It can drop concrete bridge pilings on your house, for example. I cleaned up after Katrina. There's really nothing we can practically build for these types of situations. Most houses will survive the winds, unless they're hit by a tornado, a tree falls on them, they're especially unlucky, or have unusually poor construction. A lot of people on HN seem to have this idea that we just need better building codes. That is not my experience.