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To: elmatador who wrote (49238)	4/26/2009 8:18:32 PM
From: gg cox	1 Recommendation Respond to of 218579

Holmes in New Orleans is building "hurricane proof" house.The first floor is about 8 feet above ground level in case the levee lets loose again. The footings around perimeter are poured concrete about 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep, at ground level, reinforced with rebar poured onto the tops of about 40 treated wood piling poles driven down about 40 feet in the ground...the rebar ties into poured concrete, rebar enforced, upright columns, that the main cross beams of the house bolt into/ onto. Outside walls of the house are normal 2x6 inch framed construction with long rods running from double top plate, down through interior of wall framming, through main beams and are bolted, plated , top and bottom torqued tight. The rafters, also wood, 2x8 are spiked to ridge beam and have metal hurricane clips attaching rafter and ridge beam for further reinforcing. Rafters resting on top of wall plate are spiked in, and with the hurricane clips spiked into wall stud,up the side of the rafter and over the top and back down to top plate..many nails. The roof and outside sheathing, is plywood, nailed and glued to the studs and with metal clips...no eave hanging out to catch the wind. The whole upper structure is wood, bound together with the threads of steel, clips, bolts and rods tying to foundation. The first hurricane will test this engineering