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To: Cogito who wrote (38900)	6/28/2007 12:05:11 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541896

I hope you're not seriously suggesting that standard woodframe houses are as strong or stronger than houses built of steel reinforced concrete. No, I'm saying that it is possible to design wood houses that can withstand tornadoes and hurricanes. Standard woodframe houses don't cut it. If I lived in a hurricane zone like my sister does, I'd try to get a house specifically designed to withstand hurricanes, and I'd pick the cheapest material that could meet the challenge. Her house survived a hurricane, with the exception of a metal screened-in courtyard, which went bye bye. Others in her neighborhood did not fare so well.