Posted on 09/16/2008 11:17:36 AM PDT by Greboo
I'm always trying to look out for wasteful spending and I'm not trying to be a miser but....... Since when is Ice a requirement to live. I'm watching newscast's of Ike relief stations and seeing bunches of people carrying bags of ice that will likely be half melted before they get it home. Of course I'm not against relief of life neccesities including shelter, food, and water...but aren't we already digging deep into our pockets plucking people out of their flooded home's when they had been told numerous times over many media outlets, probably in multiple languages (for their own safety no less) to evacuate.
Former OIF vets like myself didn't even need Ice, we were quite happy with luke warm water. Someone please explain...
Now, that I don’t know. I live in Tenn., and my SIL wanted me to take care of some business for her. I didn’t even think to ask about gas. Check on mapquest. Zip code and you’ve got price and availability.
Will we, the people of the United States, be responsible for assuring that the remaining homeowners’ property assessment doesn’t go into the toilet? And if so, WHY???
I do not purchase high risk property. I do not want to pay for those who decide to take the HUGE RISK! See picture!
I’m 67 years old, a fourth generation Texan.
We like our ice.
Look carefully at that house . You can literally see the concrete pad that it was built on & it appears to be built on stilts because all the walls of the first floor are gone.
Could be some hidden damage, I suppose....
Yes. It looks like it was pretty close for even that house, the pad is significantly undermined.
From a distance, the house looks ok...zoom in and you can see that the house is a total loss(cement pad undercut, stairwell gone, nothing left on first floor but the “stilts” which are supporting the entire upper floors...obviously a great deal of thought went into it’s construction, but, the wind and surge were just too much. Shoot, even the street and sidewalks are gone.
"Trust us to build your home right, or trust the other guys..."
Per new code requirements, houses in coastal zones have to be built on piles, and above some pre-determined level. The structure is not at all dependant on the “pad” (which in this case appears to be only a non-structural slab. The first floors of coastal homes are generally only ued for garages, etc. All heating/cooling, etc. equipment is above grade by about 1 floor level, typically.
All renovations must meet these new requirements, too, in coastal zones.
Any chance of finding a “before’ pic?
I thought the same thing.
How deep are the stilts that support a house on the beach? Anyone know?
I don’t have any before pics but here is video of Bolivar Penisula. Totally destroyed.
http://www.click2houston.com/video/17482113/index.html
It was built on stilts; it never had walls on the first floor. Standard building procedure for beach homes there. Most residents park their car(s) on the concrete pad under the house.
Dependent on soil conditions, but (rarely) 20’ to well over 100’ on the other (also rare) end of the spectrum. 40-60 is the norm from what i’ve seen.
In other parts of the country, for similar construction, i’ve seen sacrificial, non-structural walls, that will tear away in a storm event.
Okay, I suppose I've seen ones like that on Bolivar before also. The ones I remember seemed to be there to prevent the owner's cars from being sandblasted by the everyday seabreeze.
I live in Galveston County and evacuated to New Orleans after the storm passed, early Sunday morning, so I am not there.
My sister on the northwest side said there are some stations that have regained power, the lines are very, very long.
Moral of the story: modern freezers will do a remarkable job for you if you can give them half a chance.
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