Comments on: Houston House Photo Updates http://www.fas.org/blog/btech/2009/04/houston_house_photo_updates.html Advancing social and environmental justice within the building industry through inspired and globally conscious research. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mission http://www.fas.org/blog/btech/2009/04/houston_house_photo_updates.html/comment-page-1#comment-502 Mission Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:31:37 +0000 http://fas.org/blog/btech/?p=159#comment-502 Up here in Canada we just don't get hurricanes. Not sure why. Our homes aren't made much different though. Up here in Canada we just don’t get hurricanes. Not sure why. Our homes aren’t made much different though.

]]> By: Marty http://www.fas.org/blog/btech/2009/04/houston_house_photo_updates.html/comment-page-1#comment-233 Marty Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:36:24 +0000 http://fas.org/blog/btech/?p=159#comment-233 Dear Sue, People, even in America, do not have enough disposable cash to build with those materials sufficiently strong to resist the forces of tornados, or rushing flood waters. No one does. You may have seen what the storm surge did to interstate highway I-10 in Hurricane Katrina. It washed it away in several places. And that was made of thousands of tons of concrete and steel. Mother nature always has more power than we have resources to resist. So instead of building incredibly expensive housing, we just leave the area when storms come and if our house needs to be repaired, or rebuilt, that is why we buy insurance. Dear Sue,
People, even in America, do not have enough disposable cash to build with those materials sufficiently strong to resist the forces of tornados, or rushing flood waters. No one does. You may have seen what the storm surge did to interstate highway I-10 in Hurricane Katrina. It washed it away in several places. And that was made of thousands of tons of concrete and steel. Mother nature always has more power than we have resources to resist. So instead of building incredibly expensive housing, we just leave the area when storms come and if our house needs to be repaired, or rebuilt, that is why we buy insurance.

]]> By: Sue | African Housing http://www.fas.org/blog/btech/2009/04/houston_house_photo_updates.html/comment-page-1#comment-99 Sue | African Housing Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:56:13 +0000 http://fas.org/blog/btech/?p=159#comment-99 I am really enjoying this blog informative and extremely interesting. I have to say that America really amazes me when it come to they way they build their homes, like for example why would one repeatedly build their home from wood, when staying in a place known for hurricanes, surely one would build with a stronger material. I am really enjoying this blog informative and extremely interesting.

I have to say that America really amazes me when it come to they way they build their homes, like for example why would one repeatedly build their home from wood, when staying in a place known for hurricanes, surely one would build with a stronger material.

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