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[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Believe it or not SR where I worked in Saudi Arabia (outside of Dammam) if you dig down three feet you hit water too, they hit it trying to put in a concrete base for a new Charpy machine. What I meant is more use of engineering, use of concrete etc. Basically an attitude of that accepts hurricanes happen as a norm not that they are freak events.

Many of the older houses here such as mine are brick, and are built much better than the plywood particle board cheap crap houses built today. Most of the older houses or high end houses are built of brick, and will withstand hurricane force winds and storm surge.

I was asking a coworker today who has lived his whole life here, if we would be okay where we are at. He asked how old my house was. I told him, he said you will be fine. It is built better than the houses built today...lol

 

[Greg Boeser]

Totally agree! I have been working in the building supply trade for many years and have witnessed a steady decline in standards. 16'" between joists used to be the norm, now 24" is ok.

 

[pbehn]

Many of the older houses here such as mine are brick, and are built much better than the plywood particle board cheap crap houses built today. Most of the older houses or high end houses are built of brick, and will withstand hurricane force winds and storm surge.

I was asking a coworker today who has lived his whole life here, if we would be okay where we are at. He asked how old my house was. I told him, he said you will be fine. It is built better than the houses built today...lol

It is amazing how little regard to weather that people pay when building things. In the UK houses are built on flood plains, OK it maybe only once every fifty years that it floods (based on records of the last 200 years) but that doesn't mean it wont flood for the next five years in a row. I moved into a new school building in the 1960s. Within a year it flooded in a storm because it had flat rooves and the wall in the sports hall had to be reinforced with steel cables because the wind nearly blew it in. Well who would have thought it? Heavy rain and high winds close to the coast in Northern England? That is normal, not a freak event, it is why for over a thousand years houses had pitched rooves, it is also why we never built long wide streets, they channel the wind into things.

 

[Shortround6]

You do have to be careful that a Brick house is really brick and not a wood stick house with a brick veneer. If Der Adler's is really old it is not a problem but there were a lot of house and condos built with decorative brick walls. one layer of brick with long nails/studs sticking out of the wooden wall for the bricks to be layed around and mortared in place. We had a car hit a condo building with such a "wall" and about eight feet of brick peeled off the wall and fell on the car. Looking up at the next 15 feet or so brick (3 story building) hanging on the wall with those little nails didn't make us feel too good

A true brick wall should have a "half" brick every so often. That is because a true brick wall was double thick and the "half" bricks were actually a full length brick turned sideways to go into the other "layer" and tie them together, providing more integrity than just mortar.

patterns vary.

 

[pbehn]

Good post and informative, not the same in UK though, my house has two brick walls but not tied together there is a two inch cavity between to prevent damp., I note those bricks are three times longs (approx.) as they are wide.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

You do have to be careful that a Brick house is really brick and not a wood stick house with a brick veneer. If Der Adler's is really old it is not a problem but there were a lot of house and condos built with decorative brick walls. one layer of brick with long nails/studs sticking out of the wooden wall for the bricks to be layed around and mortared in place. We had a car hit a condo building with such a "wall" and about eight feet of brick peeled off the wall and fell on the car. Looking up at the next 15 feet or so brick (3 story building) hanging on the wall with those little nails didn't make us feel too good

A true brick wall should have a "half" brick every so often. That is because a true brick wall was double thick and the "half" bricks were actually a full length brick turned sideways to go into the other "layer" and tie them together, providing more integrity than just mortar.
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patterns vary.

Yeah, this house is definately a brick house.

Made it through Katrina...

My only concern is the very tall pine trees behind the house. I am not worrying about them uprooting tomorrow, but that the upper portions snap off and fall on the roof. If I owned this house, I would cut them down.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing how the palm tree in my front yard holds up.

 

[Marcel]

Be safe Chris!

 

[Shortround6]

Hoping Chris and all our gulf coast people made it through OK.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It missed us all together. We were supposed to take a direct hit. On Saturday it turned east and hit Mississippi and Alabama.

Sorry for them, but I am not complaining...

 

[Old Wizard]

Health issues not improving.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Health issues not improving.

Sorry to hear that. I hope things take a turn for the better.

 

[Wayne Little]

Health issues not improving.

I echo Chris's comment, fingers crossed for you man.....

 

[Robert Porter]

Health issues not improving.

Ouch, very sorry to hear that, hope it turns around for you soon!

 

[Bucksnort101]

Thumb finally started to feel better last Wed, Thurs, and Friday, but swelling, redness, and pain came back with a vengeance over the weekend. Looks to be Gout. Started on Gout meds last night, so hopefully that helps get rid of it once and for all.

 

[pbehn]

There has been a crash of a Eurofighter in Spain which sadly took the life of the pilot.
Fighter jet crashes as plane returns to airbase and 'pilot didn't eject in time'

Half the press articles in UK covering it find some way to link this tragedy to Catalonian independence and Brexit negotiations. SOBs

 

[at6]

My condolences to the family. More and more, "news" people are becoming scum of the Earth. Even lower than politicians, used car salesmen, lawyers, and tel-evangelists.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Dang it

 

[rochie]

This came into the kitchen at work tonight .......

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Been back on the ice twice this week to coach my high school girls hockey team and I am sore all over. Could it be I am getting old and I am not as in shape as I once was?

Cheers,
Jeff

 

[Greg Boeser]

My condolences to the family. More and more, "news" people are becoming scum of the Earth. Even lower than politicians, used car salesmen, lawyers, and tel-evangelists.

If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Tragedies are a time to remind us of the fleeting nature of life, not to make a political point.