project 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

[2flags]

And I suppose the broker turned round and said, 'sorry we cocked it up, but there's nothing we, or you, can do.' And they are right, there is nothing you can do. If you did rebuild, would it have to be a brick structure to withstand tornados, or would that also be a forlorn hope?

[somewhatfoolish]

It's a tough job designing things to be hurricane- or tornado-proof without them just being bunkers and costing unrealistic amounts. $50k+ seems ridiculous though, delivering and erecting a portal frame of something about the same size would be maybe £20k in the UK, I'd imagine it could be done for less in the US.

[PhilA]

Yeah, a barn can be a barn (which is in essence what this was). 

If a tornado hits there's not much that you can do if it is more than an F0 really.

That's what this was. It lifted the roof off which is why the structure then collapsed in.

Tornadoes are weird though. The roof joists, seasoned 50+ year old oak 4x10 beams laying on the floor splintered and snapped like toothpicks, and in amongst that carnage an unbroken fluorescent tube.

South of here a house was leveled by one, the only thing standing was half of one wall and the chinmey stack- sitting on the mantle piece were the 52 playing cards the inhabitants put there the night before they evacuated...

[hairnet]

has phil got a santa hat?

has the car?

will d and d have turkey po boys?