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zzyzzx
2024 Oct 10, 5:47am
zzyzzx
2024 Oct 10, 5:47am
WookieMan says
A large percentage of Florida homes are on a slab at grade, and therefore really easy to flood. A minimum 3' crawlspace should be code.
A large percentage of FL homes are built to hurricane code at Cat 3 levels or so. So damage should be minimal.
A large percentage of Florida homes are on a slab at grade, and therefore really easy to flood. A minimum 3' crawlspace should be code.
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WookieMan
2024 Oct 10, 6:37am
WookieMan
2024 Oct 10, 6:37am
zzyzzx says
I know. I was more commenting on the construction of framing and windows. Older houses not so much. Anything since Andrew is most likely built like a brick shit house. Flooding is always going to be an issue with any hurricane.
Problem is a crawl space will just fill with water. Gotta pump that out somewhere. Won't work when you're just pumping it into 2' of water surrounding your house.
A large percentage of Florida homes are on a slab at grade, and therefore really easy to flood. A minimum 3' crawlspace should be code.
I know. I was more commenting on the construction of framing and windows. Older houses not so much. Anything since Andrew is most likely built like a brick shit house. Flooding is always going to be an issue with any hurricane.
Problem is a crawl space will just fill with water. Gotta pump that out somewhere. Won't work when you're just pumping it into 2' of water surrounding your house.
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RWSGFY
2024 Oct 10, 8:53am
RWSGFY
2024 Oct 10, 8:53am
Need to build houses on stilts, like they do in some places on Hawaii islands. Kauai specifically. Really high, 12-15' concrete stilts. Park cars, boats or have hangout space underneath. Saw the same kind of deal in Eastern Europe in a flood-prone area.
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zzyzzx
2024 Oct 10, 8:57am
zzyzzx
2024 Oct 10, 8:57am
WookieMan says
You wait for the water to subside from around your house before pumping it out. Duh.
Problem is a crawl space will just fill with water. Gotta pump that out somewhere. Won't work when you're just pumping it into 2' of water surrounding your house.
You wait for the water to subside from around your house before pumping it out. Duh.
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HeadSet
2024 Oct 10, 6:52pm
HeadSet
2024 Oct 10, 6:52pm
RWSGFY says
This is how it is done in Virginia:
Need to build houses on stilts, like they do in some places on Hawaii islands.
This is how it is done in Virginia:
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SoTex
2024 Oct 12, 12:26pm
SoTex
2024 Oct 12, 12:26pm
HeadSet says
Stairs suck when you're old. (I'm not there yet)
Maybe on a single story it wouldn't be so bad. I see boomers in my family having problems with stairs. One aunt/uncle can't afford to sell their house and buy a new one. Big mistake they made buying that house 10 years ago.
I've been looking to buy lake front / river front property here in Texas but if I did that I'd definitely want it elevated like that. I'm just considering how I'd get a ramp I could drive up to the 1st floor built.
There are some houses that are on the bluffs that are safe, but then when I'm an oldster I'd have a lot of trouble getting down a flight of 100 stairs to the water so...
This is how it is done in Virginia:
Stairs suck when you're old. (I'm not there yet)
Maybe on a single story it wouldn't be so bad. I see boomers in my family having problems with stairs. One aunt/uncle can't afford to sell their house and buy a new one. Big mistake they made buying that house 10 years ago.
I've been looking to buy lake front / river front property here in Texas but if I did that I'd definitely want it elevated like that. I'm just considering how I'd get a ramp I could drive up to the 1st floor built.
There are some houses that are on the bluffs that are safe, but then when I'm an oldster I'd have a lot of trouble getting down a flight of 100 stairs to the water so...
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HeadSet
2024 Oct 12, 6:02pm
HeadSet
2024 Oct 12, 6:02pm
SoTex says
Many of those tall homes have elevators, since quite a few elderly retire in one.
Stairs suck when you're old.
Many of those tall homes have elevators, since quite a few elderly retire in one.
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Ceffer
2024 Oct 12, 6:11pm
Ceffer
2024 Oct 12, 6:11pm
Maybe some dykes around your house. Of course, that could invoke an immense hirsute lesbian protest. I'm confused.
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SoTex
2024 Oct 12, 9:03pm
SoTex
2024 Oct 12, 9:03pm
HeadSet says
Yeah, I've thought of that too. Also a sort of tram to get down to the lake. I've seen houses there with them. I think they are ~$20K these days to install but I'm not sure how durable they are if they are often underwater.
My aunt and uncle want one of those chair elevators that are installed on staircases but they don't have the funds.
Many of those tall homes have elevators, since quite a few elderly retire in one.
Yeah, I've thought of that too. Also a sort of tram to get down to the lake. I've seen houses there with them. I think they are ~$20K these days to install but I'm not sure how durable they are if they are often underwater.
My aunt and uncle want one of those chair elevators that are installed on staircases but they don't have the funds.
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SoTex
2024 Oct 12, 9:07pm
I keep calling it a lake. It's more of a puddle these days due to the drought. Last time it was full was 2017. I'm hoping people will sell cheap but the 2021 price run up (doubled prices or more) hasn't fallen. Nothing has sold in 2 years and prices are still way too high.
SoTex
2024 Oct 12, 9:07pm
I keep calling it a lake. It's more of a puddle these days due to the drought. Last time it was full was 2017. I'm hoping people will sell cheap but the 2021 price run up (doubled prices or more) hasn't fallen. Nothing has sold in 2 years and prices are still way too high.
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HeadSet
2024 Oct 13, 6:31pm
HeadSet
2024 Oct 13, 6:31pm
SoTex says
Sounds like you now have one Xmas gift figured out...
My aunt and uncle want one of those chair elevators that are installed on staircases but they don't have the funds.
Sounds like you now have one Xmas gift figured out...
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-Straight EAST?!I've seen Hurricanes hit Cancun or Cuba, get stronger, and turn West or North or even SW once or twice. I've never seen a hurricane form off Mexico and go firmly East.
I've never heard of a Hurricane hit the Gulf somewhere but dump most it's water in Appalachia rather than along the Coast. I've never seen or heard storms or hurricanes cause damage on the heavily wooded, very moist, well drained mountains by running DOWN the mountains instead of in the lower elevations by flooding UP in the larger rivers. I've never seen a hurricane look as wierdly organized as the last one - it either keeps together but gets weaker, or dissipates and disorganizes after it hits land.