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  • #16
    That's so you can sit in theater seats munching popcorn and watch death approach.
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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    • #17
      Originally posted by SlowwHand
      That's so you can sit in theater seats munching popcorn and watch death approach.
      U aint kidding Slowwy

      It will sure bite yer @r$e
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      • #18
        thats the legion of doom hq
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        • #19
          Nobody will build their homes tornado-proof (concrete) because it's way too expensive.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #20
            In recent Hurricanes we have received 18-30 inches of rain (some isolated deeper amounts.)
            We just got about 18 inches over the weekend without the
            wind

            Nobody will build their homes tornado-proof (concrete) because it's way too expensive.
            I dont see why, but the cost would go down as more suppliers start producing the materials or structural components. Big problem would be windows, etc... The entrance would be dug down so the doorway is below ground level on the first floor with a 2nd floor (if desired) at or just above ground level.

            warning: this house will not protect you from flying cars or wood planks shot out of cannons

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            • #21
              why would suppliers increase supply without an increase demand? the actual risk would have to increase to warrant that kind increase in demand.
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              • #22
                This threads needs flying cows like in "Twister"
                I need a foot massage

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                • #23
                  why would suppliers increase supply without an increase demand? the actual risk would have to increase to warrant that kind increase in demand.
                  marketing

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Berzerker


                    marketing
                    invading iraq to make people more aware of terrorists.
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                    • #25
                      My GF's father built a house he considers tornado-proof.

                      1. Built into a hill. The roof is, well, hill. You used to be able to see it on Google Earth but they're lost resolution of that area (rural Missouri) for some reason; now you can just see a blur.

                      2. Plate glass windows, huge and incredibly heavy.

                      3. Steel shutters that can slam shut behind the windows in the event of emergency.

                      4. Lots of concrete structural support. Steel-reinforced concrete, that is.

                      It's pretty good ... hasn't had to withstand anything yet, but it almost certainly could
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                      • #26
                        1. Built into a hill. The roof is, well, hill. You used to be able to see it on Google Earth but they're lost resolution of that area (rural Missouri) for some reason; now you can just see a blur.
                        Is the house under water now? The system that dumped on us has moved on to Missouri and Illinois. I've seen houses like that, there were sheep on the roof eating the grass.

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                        • #27
                          I don't get why houses built in dome shape often have a flat front with the typical rectangular doors, windows, ect.... There are so many shameless architects in the world.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by snoopy369

                            1. Built into a hill.
                            A burrow, perhaps with a round door?
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                            • #29
                              Did someone say we need flying cows?

                              Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                              "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Lord Avalon


                                A burrow, perhaps with a round door?
                                That's Underhill thank you very much.
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