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It most certainly does. Direct quote: "If a flood is coming, homeowners can dismantle the structure’s bamboo skeleton from its permanent foundation and move it

It most certainly does. Direct quote: "If a flood is coming, homeowners can dismantle the structure’s bamboo skeleton from its permanent foundation and move it to higher ground. Bigger buildings, such as community centers, stand on stilts several feet high."

klyrs 3y ago
Elsewhere in the world, houses on stilts are the norm. This solution seems a little weird to me; evacuating people is a lot easier than evacuating homes.
- bluGill 3y ago
  In most of the world we don't build where it might flood. It is generally easy to see where it floods and just not build there. In some places building where it can flood is done for some local reason, but that isn't normal for most places.
  - AlotOfReading 3y ago
    What area are you talking about that people don't build where it floods? It certainly isn't Europe (Netherlands, Rhine valley, Venice), it isn't the middle east, it isn't Africa (Niger River, Nile), it isn't South America, it isn't SE Asia, it isn't E Asia, it isn't central Asia, it isn't Australia, etc. I can't think of a single area that completely avoids building in potential flood zones, I can only think of governments that spend a lot of effort managing water so floods happen less frequently than they naturally would.
    - bluGill 3y ago
      Most people live near but not in the flood zone. So long as you are above high water it doesn't matter that the river is flooded.
      - AlotOfReading 3y ago
        That's fine, but all of the areas I mentioned are places where people build below the flood hazard level. Like, virtually the entire country of the Netherlands is a flood hazard zone, Venice floods nightly, Germany had the recent Rhine floods, Australia has building codes specific to construction in flood zones, the US has major urban centers in flood areas, and so on. I'm curious what area is being referred to where this sort of stuff doesn't happen.
ooterness 3y ago
So the invention in question isn't flood-proof (it's mobile) and it's not a home (it's a tent).
- ta8645 3y ago
  The way things are going, people will be lucky to have a bamboo tent to call home.
crazygringo 3y ago
So it's literally not flood-proof at all then? That makes as much sense as saying RV's are flood-proof because you can drive them to higher land. But in this case you have to dismantle your entire home (requires an able-bodied adult), load it and all of your possessions on a truck (that you don't own) and drive it probably many miles away, wait out the flood, and then do it all in reverse. (And stilts don't require bamboo -- they've been around for a long time.)
- jborden13 3y ago
  Flood-avoidable
chrstphrknwtn 3y ago
I've built a crash-proof car. When you're about to crash, don't.
- Smoosh 3y ago
  My “well, actually” take on this would be that electronic stability control systems are the unsung heroes of modern car safety.
wolverine876 3y ago
That's one advantage, but there may be more to it. There is some talk of bamboo's physical properties.

klyrs 3y ago

Elsewhere in the world, houses on stilts are the norm. This solution seems a little weird to me; evacuating people is a lot easier than evacuating homes.

bluGill 3y ago
In most of the world we don't build where it might flood. It is generally easy to see where it floods and just not build there. In some places building where it can flood is done for some local reason, but that isn't normal for most places.
- AlotOfReading 3y ago
  What area are you talking about that people don't build where it floods? It certainly isn't Europe (Netherlands, Rhine valley, Venice), it isn't the middle east, it isn't Africa (Niger River, Nile), it isn't South America, it isn't SE Asia, it isn't E Asia, it isn't central Asia, it isn't Australia, etc. I can't think of a single area that completely avoids building in potential flood zones, I can only think of governments that spend a lot of effort managing water so floods happen less frequently than they naturally would.
  - bluGill 3y ago
    Most people live near but not in the flood zone. So long as you are above high water it doesn't matter that the river is flooded.
    - AlotOfReading 3y ago
      That's fine, but all of the areas I mentioned are places where people build below the flood hazard level. Like, virtually the entire country of the Netherlands is a flood hazard zone, Venice floods nightly, Germany had the recent Rhine floods, Australia has building codes specific to construction in flood zones, the US has major urban centers in flood areas, and so on. I'm curious what area is being referred to where this sort of stuff doesn't happen.

ooterness 3y ago

So the invention in question isn't flood-proof (it's mobile) and it's not a home (it's a tent).

ta8645 3y ago
The way things are going, people will be lucky to have a bamboo tent to call home.

crazygringo 3y ago

So it's literally not flood-proof at all then? That makes as much sense as saying RV's are flood-proof because you can drive them to higher land. But in this case you have to dismantle your entire home (requires an able-bodied adult), load it and all of your possessions on a truck (that you don't own) and drive it probably many miles away, wait out the flood, and then do it all in reverse. (And stilts don't require bamboo -- they've been around for a long time.)

jborden13 3y ago
Flood-avoidable

chrstphrknwtn 3y ago

I've built a crash-proof car. When you're about to crash, don't.

Smoosh 3y ago
My “well, actually” take on this would be that electronic stability control systems are the unsung heroes of modern car safety.

wolverine876 3y ago

That's one advantage, but there may be more to it. There is some talk of bamboo's physical properties.