Hi! I am one of the neighbors for the "eye of the storm" house in the 3rd story. To my knowledge, none of the neighbors nor I have ever laughed at the house before, We actaully thought that it looked really cool, and we thought it was insane it could withstand hurricanes. I just wanted to let that out there!
Only ones laughing are the pigs with houses of straw and wood before the big bad wolf huffs and puffs. And the dislikes are from the insurace companies ;)
This home was built to South Florida standards of Hurricane cat 5 requirements. After hurricane Andrew building codes changed dramatically in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties. Why the rest of the state, especially the pan handle does not adopt the same standards is mind boggling. For this narrator to say this man did not build to Florida's strict standards is misleading at best.
So if i think suicide is genuinely good, and an idiot friend tries to talk me out of it, i should still engage in suicide which i think is genuinely good? Asking for a friend
@@flingwings4070 Actually my home in Wyoming is half in the ground. Keeps it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter and we get bone chilling cold but not much snow in the northwestern quadrant of the state. In fact we had the most snow I have seen in years at the end of 2022, 5 inches.
So I just thought about just creating a giant steel dome that comes up from out of the ground from a concrete and fits right over your house and property.
@@JosiahFickinger -- I also thought about building something like that, but it wasn't due to floods, but rather, because of the destructive potential of wind. Because of its spherical shape, it should offer significantly more resistance against tornadoes, floods, ice storms, etc. Granted, it would need to be constructed properly (the foundation would be critical), and what type of ground it would be constructed on, would also be of note, but digress.
Hurricanes are insane, I was in the Navy down in Pensacola FL when Hurricane Katrina Hit. Our Command evacuated us to New Orleans where the insane floods happened. It was the most horrible thing I have ever seen. We spent two months there helping the victims which included removing bodies from the water. To this day a part of my heart goes out to the people of that City!!!
Did they move you to pre-position you into the path of the storm, or to move you away from it? I ask because I remember landfall was predicted for the Florida panhandle for a few days.
My family totally lost their house off of the Canal street exit is all I can remember about how to get there. Also, the one car which was a Cadillac they didn't drive when they evacuated. Ended up settling in the city they evacuated to and been there ever since. But they didn't get to even go to see the damage until months after the storm.
@@NatronFatumallafalla don’t bother. People that make unnecessary comments insinuating they have more money than others or are better than others are usually the ones struggling the most. I’m sure we all know plenty of people living in nice homes that don’t have $8400 to spend at the drop of a hat. Guess they should all be living in shelters 😂. GTFOH!
@Peter Evans $8300 is 7 months rent in a really nice apartment in my city. Or a down payment on a cheap condo. Or a used car. My family is wealthy, 8300 is not nothing.
Randy, you followed your gut instincts and it paid off! Lesson: Think for yourself. Be undeterred by what others think. What you did has earned the admiration of millions of people around the world.
He didn't think for himself - he was offered a solution by a company.... Not everyone can throw 10k+ on a solution that might not work as all.... The insurance will pay for damages for those people, but if you spent 10k on that dam and it didn't work - insurance aint paying that.....
@@scratchpenny Not really - he consulted a company and they offered solution.... That's not really thinking - that's doing the bare minimum on google.... Let's not pretend like this solution is something amazing....The only reason people are not choosing it - not everyone has 10k to throw...... Also I feel people don't understand that rebuilding a house after flooding dmg is actually better in most cases - he insurance is covered by the government, so people in most cases get more money than what their houses were worth....
@@cl1cka You sure are discounting the time and energy it takes to learn about, understand, and deploy this solution. If you don't want to call it "thinking," then OK. But he did follow his own mind and found a solution that others might not have thought was viable/possible. The other arguments are a different discussion altogether. But if that's your point, then just say that. There is no need to knock someone for implementing a successful solution to an immediate problem.
@@scratchpenny Mate, this wasn't some super hidden solution - this method was in use 10 years before this guy "found" it.... The ONLY constraint is money....You are putting 10k+, that insurance companies won't give you back if something goes wrong.... So you are basically all circle praising a guy having lots of money, that throwing 10k+ on this was nothing....... You want a thinking man - let him build it himself.... Also the only reason his neighbors didn't do it - they are getting more out of the flood insurance, than their houses are worth....There is a reason people keep re-building houses of flood plains - the insurance is covered by the government and they are taking advantage of it to get free money....
That cement dome, home, I have seen in person. I went to a place in Idaho that was building them and got firsthand information and toured through a few. They are nothing short of amazing. And cooling as well as heating costs are nil. They maintain a constant temperature of about 62 degrees without adding heat or cooling. So, if you want it hotter you add a little heat. They just put an extra balloon in where they wanted a window or a door, so it was easy to make them as well. And yes, his neighbors all laughed at him. They even accused him of having an aluminum foil hat. lol But he did indeed get the last laugh when his heating bills were less than $25 a month and theirs were upwards of $250 a month.
My grandfather’s house on the same island, withstood Hugo. In 1938, he dug down to the water table and put the pilings on creosote covered crosses before building the house. When the wind blows, the house rocks with the wind. He lost some shingles and screens. Our house across the street, and three others around him just blew/washed away.
Not only is it beautiful and, as the video says, hurricane proof, but domed buildings also have higher energy-efficiency ratings. On top of that, curves are natural shapes in the wild and (something I learned only last year) but human psychology adjusts to natural shapes far quicker and easier than to straight edges and sharp angles, so this house would also be far better for your mental health. It literally is a win-win-win house.
I work in the area of brazoria. The flooding was unbelievable. I've seen it now three different years. And I still find it completely amazing. Having gone through hurricane Harvey myself and the flooding that came with that, I could go the rest of my life without ever seeing it flood again
@@DarkNexarius you do realize the pumps are just to fill the Aqua Dam right? Could just use a water hose... but using cheap water pump will last, especially when just pumping water, not sewage or something that actually causes damage or clogs.
@@DarkNexarius honestly though it looked like for the most part the area was water proof so it probably would take much to add a waterproof door that opens to the staircase. Then he wouldn't even have to worry about that
I wish there was a channel like this but does not make their neighbors sound like villains when most people where probably preparing for the storm in their own ways rather then laughing.
Yep! And I wish they would stop making videos like these where there's a narrator stretching the story out to such great lengths, using photos that don't go with the presented story, like the laughing man in the red bow tie and the flood pics from other published floods. Ugh. Laughing bow tie man and other photos are added nonsense for more drama, and all told like Aesops Fable. The people behind this video are laughing at viewers as they count their proceeds.
I agree with everyone here about stretching the story out & adding hurtful comments about his neighbors who are scared outta their minds their gunna lose everything they worked there whole lives to build what they have! I love the concrete round house on concrete beams! Wooden piers don't have a chance against raging water! We live in San Antonio, Texas & when I was 19 my family & I saw canoes wrapped around the treetops 1000 ft in the air, along with a fridge in the treetop with it's door open. The way climate change is changing our world - we will take many trips to whatever state we think we might like to move to... We will probably live "Off The Grid"! Thank Y'all for the wonderful information!
It's all tongue in the cheek, don't take it so seriously, common sense will tell you nobody laughed, I did not think for one moment anyone laughed at their neighbours. It's more a Noah and the ark reference.
*The neighborhood was in the midst of a terrible storm, but the only thing louder than the booming thunder, was the roar of laughter erupting from all the neighbors in unison.*
This idea is not new and have been used in Netherlands to build new floating concrete houses. I can't put a web link, but look up the businessinsider article about it.
I have a ton of respect for that LIFT company, they deserve a ton of credit, I’m going to look into seeing if they build homes like that in the United States which I doubt
This worked for our home also. We were so tired of sandbags. We had 6 ml plastic tubbing, filled it with water and put a cap on each end that my husband made. No more flooded garage or worry.
His barrier also looked nothing like the click bait Photo Shopped picture that led into this story, which per usual for this channel's videos, is 99% nothing to do with the subject in the title.
I hate annoying videos clickbait junk story filled with made up neighbors laughing at this guy. They did not laugh at him at all. Just another channel to block.
A friend of mine jacked his house up 4 feet and filled in the area below the house as well as the rest of his property. For a couple of years people asked why he did it and he told them about his grandpa talking about a flood some 60 years earlier. Then suddenly the area flooded and his house was the only one around there that was spared. You need to listen to those old stories when you hear them.
Similar to the 3/11 tsunami that hit NE Japan in 2011. That seems to happen every 30-50 years and there are engraved stones on mountainsides warning people not to live below them. Of course, humans don't listen. Those that didn't listen are the ones that died. And will continue to as it will happen again.
reminds me of a dam built in the 50's that broke 5 years after it was finished in France (Malpasset Dam) it was built to get drinkable and irriguation water to a nearby city but the river overflowed way more than they expected and the dam broke (resulting in more than 400 deaths) now the ancient wisdom: romans were already established in this city and had the same water problem ... but they knew this river wasn't suited for it so they got the water from another more suitable location ...
@@KaosKrusher Yeah but we (french) are better than romans ... (thing i heard sometime ... forgot what city had an old roman bridge, the city did another lower and when flooded, only the roman one resisted) Just for the joke, nuclear powerplants need water, did you know the protections are calculated on the average flood and not the maximum measured? xD
I was Randy's neighbor... I laughed... I remember walking by and saying, I quote "There is no way such a ridiculous plan could work in the face of such record breaking rainfall. " I am embarrassed and ashamed. Sorry randy...
So many people near me use aqua damns. They are re usable and last the whole hurricane season. I have one that pops up when water hits it bc I live on a lake. It’s saved my home two hurricane seasons And we’re ready to go for this one
@@dyawr This vid informed us that people laughed with no proof and only for the views. It's not a big deal for me personally but yeah it's still an obvious lie.
The eye of the storm is very beautiful as a design, the only reason that caused a reaction I can imagine us that it probably stands out and disturbs the image of the neighborhood. But as a building I find it very cute
Or maybe it didn't cause any reactions at all, but that wouldn't get people to watch these videos, now, would it? So they invent stupid neighbors just to get the viewers to react.
It's really good to have home owners tearing their pockets to save their properties and loved ones. If your thought out ideas come to fruition, those calling you crazy, they're done for. And if your house isn't saved, well, you still have insurance... 😔😔
The third house... The eye of storm is actually derived from a once famous Japanese architect who designed houses to be ergonomically correct. The home owner you saw designing his house was his own design, but based on the Japanese architect's idea. Strictly speaking what is the only insect that can survive any disaster thrown at it? A cockroach. The house design is built just like an exoskeleton, both on the outside and the inside. If one was to puncture a cockroach with a thick needle the cockroach would explode because of the enormous pressure its body builds. Which is why people who have either stepped on one or pounded on one with their fist, thinks they're dead until they start to move. The house is based off a cockroach's body both internally and externally. Although the house doesn't look like an insect, its inner structure and outer structure works like one. It's protected against wind power, water power, earth movement, hurricanes, fires, tornadoes,. and typhoons, which all have the same effect. To destroy. Yet a cockroach can survive in the most extreme conditions thrown at it and can still live. Ironically, the first house of that kind that was built was also tested underwater in Japan of fifty feet above the roof. A diver using an oxygen tank dove in to capture people including the designer inside waving at him from a window. It is by far the most efficient house design on the planet using very little material, almost no wood and no toxic chemicals. And its cheaper to build per square foot rather than a default house made of both wood and brick that's square. A wise man once said, that anything square cannot stand. And he was right. Four corners puts an extreme amount of atmosphere pressure to every wall of a home, yet it still sinks over time. The eye of the storm, doesn't sink or move or shift even during a tectonic movement. A house like that costs around sixty one dollars a square foot to build. A default square home of wood is about ninety seven dollars a square foot. And it can be destroyed in seconds in a hurricane. I know where my next house is coming from.
The gentleman here in Texas was smart for buying the rubber tubing and filling it like he did, I bet those neighbors are sorry that they laughed at him. There is a man and his family living in Florida who happens to live in a monolithic dome home. Some people are intelligent enough to think ahead and take precautions against losing their homes.
No one laughed at him. It's a clickbait video - stop believing everything you hear on youtube....Most people's reaction was curiosity and support for the guy. Also it's not about being smart - it's about having 10k to throw around on a project that might not have worked. Cause insurance will pay for the house dmg, but not those 10k.
@@cl1cka yeah we heard you the first ten times on multiple comments. sure, the insurance may not have covered the tube money, but it won't recover memories either. and memories are some of the main things that define us.
@@kyraflick75 Memories are you own - they are not tied to objects. Again the guys who live in flood areas have insurance. The insurance covers MORE than their house is worth, since it's a SPECIAL kind of insurance - it's guaranteed by the government, not companies. The neighbors actually made money....
@@cl1cka while that first part may be true, sometimes they can be somewhat tied to objects. for instance say someone has had a traumatic experience with an object, and then sometimes, when they look at that item in a certain way, they may remember that experience. or if someone sees a certain item and remembers that one night they hung out with their friend or something. now the flood wipes away those items and to most people, it takes the memory(ies) with it/them.
@@Jrockjeff Or, alternately...deflate it, roll out a tarp over it, bury it everywhere except the inlets, and set up a driveway bridge over that part of it...And then the next inevitable flood...reinflate it.
Those water dams have been around for a LONG time. Pretty cool things. They also have better dams that don’t even require water. It’s a specially shaped sorta “ramp” that uses the floods own water pressure to hold the dams in place. There are cool videos on UA-cam of people putting them up in fast moving streams and they instantly work.
You know I was in that Hurricane man we went to see Mexico beach and it was completely destroyed and I saw that exact house and I was like wow it protected those houses behind it (there were over 32 deaths) we went without power for a month when the night before the hurricane it was a catagory 2 hurricane then a snow storm came and strengthened it to a cat 5 destroyed schools and house dead animals everywhere trees every power lines that were still alive killed many it was very foggy and loud man that day October 18 2018 I was in 6th grade and it was the scariest shit I’ve ever been in and it was my first hurricane the hurricane got worse when the winds switched direction that was scary we hold to hold our doors closed but I felt bad for the residents of Mexico beach I mean many house,jobs, and schools were destroyed even the Tendal airforce base was damaged a whole lot even sweet bay got damaged and those house were just built and finished so that’s my story of this hurricane
The only thing that amounts to more overkill than Randy's protective barrier, *are the amount of words you use to* *describe what happened.* Good grief man; just tell us/show us what happened w/o his giving their whole lifes history.
I love the fact that at 4:17 they were like; "We can't fit the trampoline in the bounds of the aqua dam so we are just gonna ratchet strap it to the aqua dam.
Heh, I didn't think it was a trampoline, I thought it was one of those big circular inflatable rafts. If they went to that effort, I think they could have spent the time to break the trampoline down.
Lol it’s a good idea. When I was a kid we had to tie the trampoline to the porch when we had flooding, sometimes even anchor it to the Ground as an extra percaution😂
*Wow, huge shoutout to the Texan who did an amazing job saving his property from flood damage. I bet that his neighbors never laughed at his solutions again.*
Our house here was built in 1978-79. It was built by a contractor who built custom homes. When it came to something he didn't like about the current codes, he improved on them. Mae the county inspector mad every time he came out as nothing ever matched the drawings. As a result, our home was still in decent shape even after Andrew did its worst. When the USACE, county, insurance company, and FEMA looked at it, they learned why it held up so well. Much of what they found, ended up in the new S FL Building Code. People laughed when they saw 2x4s bolted on edge into our garage doors on every panel level. We still have one of those doors and the only reason the other was replaced a few years back was because of rot. Not because of what a 155MPH Hurricane attempted to do.
You said it. Thank you for doing what you did. The rest of Florida needs to follow suit with the building codes of So. Florida. If Hurricane Andrew and the shoddy built homes did not send enough of a message I do not know what will change builders minds.
@@meladdison9315 Thanks. After Andrew our house was beefed up even more. Our shutters on the second floor were ones designed and approved for ten or more story high rise apartment buildings and at the time were not even rated by the county. The manufacturer told us if they did not pass the new tests, they would replace them for free. Needless to say, they are still in place and have gone thru a number of storms already. Irma being the last one where the total damage to our place was estimated at $1500. Which means we have to absorb the costs ourselves as an insurance policy won't kick in until there is about $50,000 in damages.
I serviced a mosquito system at a house that had that device 2018 we had some threatening storm and he was paranoid with good reason. Saw it in Lake Jackson
The LiftHouse is an amazing idea! Bamboo grows crazy fast....what, a few feet in a single day?...so it is easy to get and afford, and recycling all that plastic is a big plus.
Yes, I like that some people are setting the record straight. In fairness, it could be that SOME people laughed at him, if not all, and if not these neighbors. But laughing at someone trying to save something is not very supportive. The better thing is to wish them the best, even if one can’t help a healthy amount of skepticism, and see how it actually turns out.
@Shiven Patel, did you even watch the entire video? While I agree with you that this form of clickbait making fun of his neighbors is not nice and not cool, most of the rest of the video really isn’t about that at all, but focuses on technology innovations and ideas to protect homes and buildings from natural disasters. I think overall it’s a fun and informative video, even if the title focuses on one small aspect of the video in a click-bait-y way. I also think the writer is using psychology to try to get more people to adopt some of these innovations by first getting them outraged, like : “Hey! I’m not stupid! I want to keep up with the Joneses (or get one over on my neighbors) and also make my house weather resistant like one of these!” So it is in this way like a big ad for several of these products and is a bit one-sided in not showing rigorous experimental testing of them or identifying any drawbacks. So it is more biased, advertorial and entertainment than science-y. But I still found it entertaining and informative. I may not rush right out and get one of these products BUT I’m happy to know they exist and are possible options for people.
Brilliant and beautiful. Acquaintance in Trinidad, an architect by trade, built his family a round house designed to withstand hurricane wind and rain. When a hurricane is forecast, his family plans a party.
One time in history....they all laughed and ridiculed a family for taking precautions..they, For approximately 100 years...prepared..the entire human race of the time drowned! All except for 8...something too think about...
No one laughed at him. It's a clickbait video - stop believing everything you hear on youtube....Most people's reaction was curiosity and support for the guy. Also it's not about being smart - it's about having 10k to throw around on a project that might not have worked. Cause insurance will pay for the house dmg, but not those 10k.
Yes it is contemporary and different so many would scoff at the unique design, but a home that holds up to Mother Nature should be a common house design!! I like a traditional style, but I would choose this for the peace of mind and cost savings.
@@cephalonplant4087 well yes but it's surrounded by the strongest part of the storm and if it's above you, you know you've got some real shit heading your way and it's a long way from over.
If someone was building a giant boat saying the world was gonna flood I'm pretty sure that would be the natural response so they weren't in the wrong and that story is just stupid
@@banan9432 yeah. I'm sick of these over exaggerated, fantasised and even made up stories of crazy people succeeding. They almost always fail, but the rare cases of success get all the attention giving crazy people a tool to justify their craziness.
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Aqua dam smaqua dam i live in the northern states!
St. Louis is still trying to recover from the last flood of the MS River.
Because you all ain't getting it. Running around like fools, using Earth up like mindless tools. Be dammed!
I tried accessing your site .. took forever to load ... no photos....
Hi! I am one of the neighbors for the "eye of the storm" house in the 3rd story. To my knowledge, none of the neighbors nor I have ever laughed at the house before, We actaully thought that it looked really cool, and we thought it was insane it could withstand hurricanes. I just wanted to let that out there!
Only ones laughing are the pigs with houses of straw and wood before the big bad wolf huffs and puffs. And the dislikes are from the insurace companies ;)
Doesn't matter. Not interesting. Put it on UA-cam and just say people were laughing at the man. Much more interesting now and gets clicks...
Yup it’s karma sometimes when it’s clickbait
the media is known to blow things out of proportion for views
This home was built to South Florida standards of Hurricane cat 5 requirements. After hurricane Andrew building codes changed dramatically in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties. Why the rest of the state, especially the pan handle does not adopt the same standards is mind boggling. For this narrator to say this man did not build to Florida's strict standards is misleading at best.
"If you have an idea that you think is genuinely good, don't let some idiot talk you out of it".~ Stan Lee
Okay
Words of wisdom by “the man” himself. Dododog must be a dummy if he doesn’t know who Stan Lee is. 😏
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So if i think suicide is genuinely good, and an idiot friend tries to talk me out of it, i should still engage in suicide which i think is genuinely good? Asking for a friend
His homeowner's insurance should drastically discount his premiums for a few years since he went above and beyond to save them some money.
Probably paid him the cost of the protection.
They should employ him
They should but probably WON'T!
Yeah they probably should but come on now we all know that's never going to happen
Homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover floods!! Flood is specifically excluded. You can see why.
My father's advice: "Never buy or build on a flood plain." Mission accomplished, Dad. Thanks for the sound advice! :)
you coule raise a 10ft terrain bump for your house 10 feet in the middle of a flat land is unreachable...
Also never build/buy a subterranean lot. You'llhave issues with water and in cold climates snow will make for a dangerous driveway.
It's like people that live in tornado alley and get upset every time they have to build a new house...........the clue is in the name.
@@flingwings4070 Actually my home in Wyoming is half in the ground. Keeps it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter and we get bone chilling cold but not much snow in the northwestern quadrant of the state. In fact we had the most snow I have seen in years at the end of 2022, 5 inches.
We always bought homes on hills.
i love how his neighbors are in the comments saying that they never laughed at him😂
Knowing they was calling him the neighborhood weirdo with the big floatation device around his house...😂
He must be the HOA president
Probably trolls
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"Randy's neighbours couldn't afford to laugh anymore" LMAO
They couldn’t afford insurance either
So I just thought about just creating a giant steel dome that comes up from out of the ground from a concrete and fits right over your house and property.
I just read this and heard it at the same time
They couldn’t even afford there ego anymore either.
@@JosiahFickinger -- I also thought about building something like that, but it wasn't due to floods, but rather, because of the destructive potential of wind. Because of its spherical shape, it should offer significantly more resistance against tornadoes, floods, ice storms, etc. Granted, it would need to be constructed properly (the foundation would be critical), and what type of ground it would be constructed on, would also be of note, but digress.
His message was very clear : “You’ll laugh now but I won’t cry later 🙏🏼✌🏼🤙🏼😷
"The simplest plans wirk the best"
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Hurricanes are insane, I was in the Navy down in Pensacola FL when Hurricane Katrina Hit. Our Command evacuated us to New Orleans where the insane floods happened. It was the most horrible thing I have ever seen. We spent two months there helping the victims which included removing bodies from the water. To this day a part of my heart goes out to the people of that City!!!
Did they move you to pre-position you into the path of the storm, or to move you away from it? I ask because I remember landfall was predicted for the Florida panhandle for a few days.
My family totally lost their house off of the Canal street exit is all I can remember about how to get there. Also, the one car which was a Cadillac they didn't drive when they evacuated. Ended up settling in the city they evacuated to and been there ever since. But they didn't get to even go to see the damage until months after the storm.
Randy’s flood insurance should’ve reimbursed him for that tube lol it saved them a lot of money
Your right but they are not in the give money away business.
Do you do donations? I need 1k
@@NatronFatumallafalla don’t bother. People that make unnecessary comments insinuating they have more money than others or are better than others are usually the ones struggling the most. I’m sure we all know plenty of people living in nice homes that don’t have $8400 to spend at the drop of a hat. Guess they should all be living in shelters 😂. GTFOH!
Yeah, I hear ya 💯
@Peter Evans $8300 is 7 months rent in a really nice apartment in my city. Or a down payment on a cheap condo. Or a used car. My family is wealthy, 8300 is not nothing.
Sounds like his home insurance should cut him a check for $8k for saving them $100k+
Yea I agree
lmao honestly yeah
The water has to go somewhere. In the end the insurance company probably didn’t save anything due to the extra flood damage other nearby homes got
@@me-it9jn Ur incorrect bro. I won’t tell u why tho
Agreed but thats not how it Works
Aquadam should give him his money back for advertising.
Aquadam probably paid for this video!
@@lenudan no it was all over the news, this happened years ago!
Hope they stocked up with food to. Us lower income people though couldn't afford this but was a great think if you could do it.
@@brendajoycewhite5747 -- I'd shake his hand out of respect if I could.
I think his insurance company should give him a discount
That's got to be the best feeling ever when it works in the moment, knowing you made the right call.
First guy: "I used the water to stop the water."
Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions
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well, you fight fire with fire
Loool
@@MrFredd38 or,you fight water with some tire looking thing
Spectator: What is this tube filled with?
Randy: Tears of laughing skeptics.
skeptics not sceptics. as far as I know it isn't filled with poop water.
At least spell check "skeptics" before you go trying to make yourself look cool Randy ;)
Creek water. Not poop water.
@@skylerstevens8887 ⁿp
Hate to be that guy, but ‘sceptics” and “skeptics” are equally correct though ‘skeptics” is a more common spelling in the USA
Randy, you followed your gut instincts and it paid off!
Lesson: Think for yourself. Be undeterred by what others think.
What you did has earned the admiration of millions of people around the world.
He didn't think for himself - he was offered a solution by a company....
Not everyone can throw 10k+ on a solution that might not work as all....
The insurance will pay for damages for those people, but if you spent 10k on that dam and it didn't work - insurance aint paying that.....
@@cl1cka He did think for himself, though. He thought there might be a better solution out there, and he was right.
@@scratchpenny Not really - he consulted a company and they offered solution....
That's not really thinking - that's doing the bare minimum on google....
Let's not pretend like this solution is something amazing....The only reason people are not choosing it - not everyone has 10k to throw......
Also I feel people don't understand that rebuilding a house after flooding dmg is actually better in most cases - he insurance is covered by the government, so people in most cases get more money than what their houses were worth....
@@cl1cka You sure are discounting the time and energy it takes to learn about, understand, and deploy this solution. If you don't want to call it "thinking," then OK. But he did follow his own mind and found a solution that others might not have thought was viable/possible.
The other arguments are a different discussion altogether. But if that's your point, then just say that. There is no need to knock someone for implementing a successful solution to an immediate problem.
@@scratchpenny Mate, this wasn't some super hidden solution - this method was in use 10 years before this guy "found" it....
The ONLY constraint is money....You are putting 10k+, that insurance companies won't give you back if something goes wrong....
So you are basically all circle praising a guy having lots of money, that throwing 10k+ on this was nothing.......
You want a thinking man - let him build it himself....
Also the only reason his neighbors didn't do it - they are getting more out of the flood insurance, than their houses are worth....There is a reason people keep re-building houses of flood plains - the insurance is covered by the government and they are taking advantage of it to get free money....
That cement dome, home, I have seen in person. I went to a place in Idaho that was building them and got firsthand information and toured through a few. They are nothing short of amazing. And cooling as well as heating costs are nil. They maintain a constant temperature of about 62 degrees without adding heat or cooling. So, if you want it hotter you add a little heat. They just put an extra balloon in where they wanted a window or a door, so it was easy to make them as well. And yes, his neighbors all laughed at him. They even accused him of having an aluminum foil hat. lol But he did indeed get the last laugh when his heating bills were less than $25 a month and theirs were upwards of $250 a month.
Plot twist: he floods the town deflating that thing
No he will drain it into his yard and get karma
@Student Chia Nwachan don't be stupid? Why so rude? They were making a joke. Chill.
@@mr4648 Karma? What did he do?
@@that.ll_do_pig yeah they need to chill lol
@ The brick wall I'm not trying to be snarky, but you need to check your spelling before you post a message. That being said, it did make me laugh!
I think the “eye of the storm” dome house is beautiful.
Me too. Really loved it.
My grandfather’s house on the same island, withstood Hugo. In 1938, he dug down to the water table and put the pilings on creosote covered crosses before building the house. When the wind blows, the house rocks with the wind. He lost some shingles and screens. Our house across the street, and three others around him just blew/washed away.
@@morganfalkdesigns 😳
I think the same too! when I have enough budget, I want to change my house' model like that..
Not only is it beautiful and, as the video says, hurricane proof, but domed buildings also have higher energy-efficiency ratings. On top of that, curves are natural shapes in the wild and (something I learned only last year) but human psychology adjusts to natural shapes far quicker and easier than to straight edges and sharp angles, so this house would also be far better for your mental health. It literally is a win-win-win house.
Fortunately, my home sits high enough that if there ever was enough water that I needed to be concerned with, we'd be needing an ark.
Sure bro I build for you one send me your adress
Same
I Noah guy who could do that.
@@treeonahill3557 nice pun
My boat is parked by the back porch, fully fueled and ready to go. 👍👍
I work in the area of brazoria. The flooding was unbelievable. I've seen it now three different years. And I still find it completely amazing. Having gone through hurricane Harvey myself and the flooding that came with that, I could go the rest of my life without ever seeing it flood again
That last guy when a big storm comes: "welcome everyone! The StormBar is now open, can I get you some wine?” lol
It's fun until the flood overwhelms his little pump.
@@DarkNexarius you do realize the pumps are just to fill the Aqua Dam right? Could just use a water hose... but using cheap water pump will last, especially when just pumping water, not sewage or something that actually causes damage or clogs.
@@363.2McMasters I meant 21:50
Got a water tramp in the back with a boat tied up next too it too go water skiing 😂😂
@@DarkNexarius honestly though it looked like for the most part the area was water proof so it probably would take much to add a waterproof door that opens to the staircase. Then he wouldn't even have to worry about that
This definitely brightened up my day. Thx bois🙂
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I wish there was a channel like this but does not make their neighbors sound like villains when most people where probably preparing for the storm in their own ways rather then laughing.
Hope you're not their neighbor who's speaking your side
Exactly..
Yep! And I wish they would stop making videos like these where there's a narrator stretching the story out to such great lengths, using photos that don't go with the presented story, like the laughing man in the red bow tie and the flood pics from other published floods. Ugh. Laughing bow tie man and other photos are added nonsense for more drama, and all told like Aesops Fable. The people behind this video are laughing at viewers as they count their proceeds.
I agree with everyone here about stretching the story out & adding hurtful comments about his neighbors who are scared outta their minds their gunna lose everything they worked there whole lives to build what they have! I love the concrete round house on concrete beams! Wooden piers don't have a chance against raging water! We live in San Antonio, Texas & when I was 19 my family & I saw canoes wrapped around the treetops 1000 ft in the air, along with a fridge in the treetop with it's door open. The way climate change is changing our world - we will take many trips to whatever state we think we might like to move to... We will probably live "Off The Grid"! Thank Y'all for the wonderful information!
It's all tongue in the cheek, don't take it so seriously, common sense will tell you nobody laughed, I did not think for one moment anyone laughed at their neighbours. It's more a Noah and the ark reference.
*The neighborhood was in the midst of a terrible storm, but the only thing louder than the booming thunder, was the roar of laughter erupting from all the neighbors in unison.*
His home owners insurance should give him a discount
Wow 486 likes. That is the most I’ve ever gotten. thank you!!
They should reimburse him the cost of the dam!
This is the equivalent of Allstate safe driving. My mans need his rebate check 😂😂
I agree
Lmao this is insurance we're talking about here rip off! ;) but yeah I agree
Yeah lol
I wouldn’t judge that hurricane house. That looks like some futuristic home that I would want to live in
Reminds me of the Hall of Doom from the Super Friends (but also of Darth Stewie’s helmet in Family Guy: Blue Harvest/Star Wars movies)
Looks straight out of Dragonball lol.
A neighbor of his posted and said nobody laughed at him etc and thought it was great
Me too. 👍
The Lift House was hands down the coolest one. That man is a genius!
That is my uncle! Haha
This idea is not new and have been used in Netherlands to build new floating concrete houses. I can't put a web link, but look up the businessinsider article about it.
Yes!! I really hope the idea took off, since it was also an affordable project, which spared a lot of damage expenses, in time. 👍👍👏
@@floridagirl9064 Was this a joke, or for real? 🤔
@@dyawr No, it's real. I am the uncle.
I know someone in Arkansas that built a geodesic dome house. It was awesome. Great for living in Tornado country.
Yep, it's like Noah's ark where his neighbors and friends laughed at him, but he still built the ark.
Just what I thought, our modern day Noah👏👏👏
Yeah and he got all the animals in the world I could see it now the kangaroos and koalas swimming to more or less modern day Afghanistan 😇🦘🌊
Lil' modern Noah
But no god😔
Haha! They got karma 😂😂😂
The house that goes up like an elevator when there's a flood is a genius idea.
I wonder how the plumbing and electrical work?
It’s dumb
@@retro889 I’m sure you’re an engineer
@@SoulKingBK 😂👌
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I have a ton of respect for that LIFT company, they deserve a ton of credit, I’m going to look into seeing if they build homes like that in the United States which I doubt
Nothing but respect for that design. Love that he was inspired to aid.low income individuals.
This worked for our home also. We were so tired of sandbags. We had 6 ml plastic tubbing, filled it with water and put a cap on each end that my husband made. No more flooded garage or worry.
hello how are you doing 😊
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I think that "Eye of the Storm" home looks amazing.
Smart man. They laughed at Noah too and we know none of them even made it out alive. It's good to listen to the voice of reason no matter how crazy.
Yeah, Harry Potter too
@@HisMajestyDD much funny
The lift house had to be the best one, seeing how its ce cost efficient for most low income families. The storm wine cellar? It's funny and brilliant!
I agree!! It's brilliant
I was so confused at the lift house until I saw what it did
I was Randy’s neighbor, no one laughed at him or called him crazy.
😂🤣
Did u pay the price of the floods?.
No shit!!!
People are crazy.
His barrier also looked nothing like the click bait Photo Shopped picture that led into this story, which per usual for this channel's videos, is 99% nothing to do with the subject in the title.
I hate annoying videos clickbait junk story filled with made up neighbors laughing at this guy. They did not laugh at him at all. Just another channel to block.
8:30 that's beautiful.
He made it seem like it was ugly I love it
Ye, i jst hope stealers couldn't come in 👀
I love the way the "eye of the storm" house looks. It's a beautiful design. I looks like it's from the future.
A friend of mine jacked his house up 4 feet and filled in the area below the house as well as the rest of his property. For a couple of years people asked why he did it and he told them about his grandpa talking about a flood some 60 years earlier. Then suddenly the area flooded and his house was the only one around there that was spared. You need to listen to those old stories when you hear them.
Similar to the 3/11 tsunami that hit NE Japan in 2011. That seems to happen every 30-50 years and there are engraved stones on mountainsides warning people not to live below them. Of course, humans don't listen. Those that didn't listen are the ones that died. And will continue to as it will happen again.
"You need to listen to those old stories when you hear them."
Well yes, especially if those stories are natural disaster related.
@@TwinShards
*Yep. Definitely👌!*
reminds me of a dam built in the 50's that broke 5 years after it was finished in France (Malpasset Dam)
it was built to get drinkable and irriguation water to a nearby city but the river overflowed way more than they expected and the dam broke (resulting in more than 400 deaths)
now the ancient wisdom: romans were already established in this city and had the same water problem ... but they knew this river wasn't suited for it so they got the water from another more suitable location ...
@@KaosKrusher Yeah but we (french) are better than romans ... (thing i heard sometime ... forgot what city had an old roman bridge, the city did another lower and when flooded, only the roman one resisted)
Just for the joke, nuclear powerplants need water, did you know the protections are calculated on the average flood and not the maximum measured? xD
"neighbours called him crazy.. They didn't know he was planning how to hide the bodies in the hole"
😂
“He had the last laugh”
“In his hole” 😏
@@qopkornz ok...
The “Dome Home” was actually pretty cool IMO, and a genius idea
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@@zurajanaikatsurada5114 8:16
The house is from Dragonball series capsule corporation.
What happens when u dump the water out
@Aziz Abdul yea it’s crazy looking. But a genius idea
I was Randy's neighbor... I laughed... I remember walking by and saying, I quote "There is no way such a ridiculous plan could work in the face of such record breaking rainfall. "
I am embarrassed and ashamed. Sorry randy...
Yea u better be! Look who's laughing now! Ahahahahaha!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahha
Thought least one would of ridiculed the idea :) That goes for new ideas....
So many people near me use aqua damns. They are re usable and last the whole hurricane season. I have one that pops up when water hits it bc I live on a lake. It’s saved my home two hurricane seasons And we’re ready to go for this one
The Lift House has transformative potential. It’s an amazing concept.
Ikr! 👏👍
Nobody laughed
@@charleslee1960 What?
@@dyawr This vid informed us that people laughed with no proof and only for the views. It's not a big deal for me personally but yeah it's still an obvious lie.
@@spectralquill1810 Ah, I see.
I takes a lot to keep going when everyone thinks you're crazy...Believe me.
Oh I do, and I know the feeling 😊
Especially because you could also fail.
Thanks!
Nobody: laughing
Everyone: evacuating not giving a shit about dams or egg houses
Narrator:they all laughed!
3:15
3:21
Who needs a virtual hug??🥺
Everyone
I could use one :3 *h u g*
Me
Can I please?
*hug* I hope everyone has a fantastic day/night because you are amazing
The eye of the storm is very beautiful as a design, the only reason that caused a reaction I can imagine us that it probably stands out and disturbs the image of the neighborhood. But as a building I find it very cute
I lived on this beach during “eye of the storms” construction. There wasn’t any laughing.
@@deereman70 haters gonna hate 😉
Or maybe it didn't cause any reactions at all, but that wouldn't get people to watch these videos, now, would it? So they invent stupid neighbors just to get the viewers to react.
@@Ketutar there are ALWAYS people to react, believe me
Agreed, Θανάση μου.
Im Randy's neighbour. Hes a nice man and he always provided food to the society. Greetings from Mumbai India 🙏
The "Lift House" concept is amazing. Well done.
It's really good to have home owners tearing their pockets to save their properties and loved ones. If your thought out ideas come to fruition, those calling you crazy, they're done for. And if your house isn't saved, well, you still have insurance... 😔😔
The third house... The eye of storm is actually derived from a once famous Japanese architect who designed houses to be ergonomically correct. The home owner you saw designing his house was his own design, but based on the Japanese architect's idea. Strictly speaking what is the only insect that can survive any disaster thrown at it? A cockroach. The house design is built just like an exoskeleton, both on the outside and the inside. If one was to puncture a cockroach with a thick needle the cockroach would explode because of the enormous pressure its body builds. Which is why people who have either stepped on one or pounded on one with their fist, thinks they're dead until they start to move. The house is based off a cockroach's body both internally and externally. Although the house doesn't look like an insect, its inner structure and outer structure works like one. It's protected against wind power, water power, earth movement, hurricanes, fires, tornadoes,. and typhoons, which all have the same effect. To destroy. Yet a cockroach can survive in the most extreme conditions thrown at it and can still live. Ironically, the first house of that kind that was built was also tested underwater in Japan of fifty feet above the roof. A diver using an oxygen tank dove in to capture people including the designer inside waving at him from a window. It is by far the most efficient house design on the planet using very little material, almost no wood and no toxic chemicals. And its cheaper to build per square foot rather than a default house made of both wood and brick that's square. A wise man once said, that anything square cannot stand. And he was right. Four corners puts an extreme amount of atmosphere pressure to every wall of a home, yet it still sinks over time. The eye of the storm, doesn't sink or move or shift even during a tectonic movement. A house like that costs around sixty one dollars a square foot to build. A default square home of wood is about ninety seven dollars a square foot. And it can be destroyed in seconds in a hurricane. I know where my next house is coming from.
This is possibly more interesting than the video itself so thanks for sharing this insight.
Is there a paragraph somewhere?
That Japanese architect is a millionaire
Wow very interesting details. Thanks for sharing. It is a shame that this design hasn't become mainstream as it certainly makes sense.
@@lahawk2931 DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M THAT JAPANESE ARCHITECT!
The gentleman here in Texas was smart for buying the rubber tubing and filling it like he did, I bet those neighbors are sorry that they laughed at him. There is a man and his family living in Florida who happens to live in a monolithic dome home. Some people are intelligent enough to think ahead and take precautions against losing their homes.
No one laughed at him. It's a clickbait video - stop believing everything you hear on youtube....Most people's reaction was curiosity and support for the guy.
Also it's not about being smart - it's about having 10k to throw around on a project that might not have worked.
Cause insurance will pay for the house dmg, but not those 10k.
@@cl1cka yeah we heard you the first ten times on multiple comments. sure, the insurance may not have covered the tube money, but it won't recover memories either. and memories are some of the main things that define us.
@@cl1cka also not everyone has insurance
@@kyraflick75 Memories are you own - they are not tied to objects.
Again the guys who live in flood areas have insurance. The insurance covers MORE than their house is worth, since it's a SPECIAL kind of insurance - it's guaranteed by the government, not companies.
The neighbors actually made money....
@@cl1cka while that first part may be true, sometimes they can be somewhat tied to objects. for instance say someone has had a traumatic experience with an object, and then sometimes, when they look at that item in a certain way, they may remember that experience. or if someone sees a certain item and remembers that one night they hung out with their friend or something.
now the flood wipes away those items and to most people, it takes the memory(ies) with it/them.
The Bamboo house the rises in the flood is AMAZING... they should make more of them
Ancient problems: fight fire with fire 🔥
Modern solutions: fight water with water 💦
Lol
Lmao
The 8.300 $ cost this guy ones, but the water could come few times, so he doesnt ruin his fortune every time...😀😃smart guy...👍👍
Having worked with aquadams these things are huge, and suck to roll back up. Most are one time use
Insurance should cover his costs, they're way better off paying for this device than a whole house.
Ok
@@Jrockjeff Or, alternately...deflate it, roll out a tarp over it, bury it everywhere except the inlets, and set up a driveway bridge over that part of it...And then the next inevitable flood...reinflate it.
18:20 “Take it up with the fire Karen” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Those water dams have been around for a LONG time. Pretty cool things. They also have better dams that don’t even require water. It’s a specially shaped sorta “ramp” that uses the floods own water pressure to hold the dams in place. There are cool videos on UA-cam of people putting them up in fast moving streams and they instantly work.
Aquadam has been around for 1980 to be exact
The same concept can be used on land near bodies of water to prevent or even reduce the chances of huge and strong water waves from causing floods.
Cool
This is basically “Laugh now, cry later.”
I prefer cry now laugh later
Like don’t change the comment it’s just a jke
The Eye of the Storm actually is looking cool and unique.
A brilliant resilient home indeed. I'd be in like Flynn.
That LIFT house looks like a great idea! I love it!
That air dome house looks like something straight out of Star Trek / Star Wars.
I love it! I wouldn't mind having one like that.
If should be mandatory for houses too be built to make we then last as long as possible. Not how they are built now.
Or Dragon Ball Z
I have seen that before, there are plenty of videos right here on UA-cam
Monolithic dome homes
I feel like most of these probably didn’t get laughed at because everyone knew something was coming and was also trying to prepare...
11:44 it protected all of the houses directly behind it. Lmao.
You know I was in that Hurricane man we went to see Mexico beach and it was completely destroyed and I saw that exact house and I was like wow it protected those houses behind it (there were over 32 deaths) we went without power for a month when the night before the hurricane it was a catagory 2 hurricane then a snow storm came and strengthened it to a cat 5 destroyed schools and house dead animals everywhere trees every power lines that were still alive killed many it was very foggy and loud man that day October 18 2018 I was in 6th grade and it was the scariest shit I’ve ever been in and it was my first hurricane the hurricane got worse when the winds switched direction that was scary we hold to hold our doors closed but I felt bad for the residents of Mexico beach I mean many house,jobs, and schools were destroyed even the Tendal airforce base was damaged a whole lot even sweet bay got damaged and those house were just built and finished so that’s my story of this hurricane
@@americantank8831 so you got florida manned by a hurricane?
@@dbongoloid9541 no I Florida manned it
The only thing that amounts to more overkill than Randy's protective barrier, *are the amount of words you use to*
*describe what happened.* Good grief man; just tell us/show us what happened w/o his giving their whole lifes history.
Dudes just trynna milk out as much as he can to make the vid longer lol
THIS!!!
Agree!
That's how clickbait scam channels work
Just said the same fkg thing, it’s maddening, we got more things to waste our time on & can’t dedicate a half freakin hour to this 5 minute story😤
I love the fact that at 4:17 they were like; "We can't fit the trampoline in the bounds of the aqua dam so we are just gonna ratchet strap it to the aqua dam.
Heh, I didn't think it was a trampoline, I thought it was one of those big circular inflatable rafts. If they went to that effort, I think they could have spent the time to break the trampoline down.
Lol it’s a good idea. When I was a kid we had to tie the trampoline to the porch when we had flooding, sometimes even anchor it to the Ground as an extra percaution😂
The insurance company looking at his area, “Is this guy not using his insurance?”
The "eye of the storm" house looks amazing!!!
Noah’s Arc was the one with the biggest comeback 👊🏻
@@paroxysm6437 he is
@@paroxysm6437 You just have to "believe"
@@paroxysm6437 because round earthers have evidence
The floods are 1000% terrible. But how these homes were saved is awesome.
*Wow, huge shoutout to the Texan who did an amazing job saving his property from flood damage. I bet that his neighbors never laughed at his solutions again.*
AMAZING how BE AMAZED can turn 3 minutes of information into a 23 minute video.
Looks at thumbnail: How can he even have neighbors if he’s in the middle of nowhere?
Our house here was built in 1978-79. It was built by a contractor who built custom homes. When it came to something he didn't like about the current codes, he improved on them. Mae the county inspector mad every time he came out as nothing ever matched the drawings. As a result, our home was still in decent shape even after Andrew did its worst. When the USACE, county, insurance company, and FEMA looked at it, they learned why it held up so well. Much of what they found, ended up in the new S FL Building Code. People laughed when they saw 2x4s bolted on edge into our garage doors on every panel level. We still have one of those doors and the only reason the other was replaced a few years back was because of rot. Not because of what a 155MPH Hurricane attempted to do.
You said it. Thank you for doing what you did. The rest of Florida needs to follow suit with the building codes of So. Florida. If Hurricane Andrew and the shoddy built homes did not send enough of a message I do not know what will change builders minds.
@@meladdison9315 Thanks. After Andrew our house was beefed up even more. Our shutters on the second floor were ones designed and approved for ten or more story high rise apartment buildings and at the time were not even rated by the county. The manufacturer told us if they did not pass the new tests, they would replace them for free. Needless to say, they are still in place and have gone thru a number of storms already. Irma being the last one where the total damage to our place was estimated at $1500. Which means we have to absorb the costs ourselves as an insurance policy won't kick in until there is about $50,000 in damages.
A year later, Harvey would hit. This man got his money worth.
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I serviced a mosquito system at a house that had that device 2018 we had some threatening storm and he was paranoid with good reason. Saw it in Lake Jackson
There's so much laughter in flood zones. It's worth the tradeoff.
Overkill is always good
I bet this comment will get likes
Agreed.
Omg
@it's an evil world we live in yeah
Pretty great band too.
The LiftHouse is an amazing idea! Bamboo grows crazy fast....what, a few feet in a single day?...so it is easy to get and afford, and recycling all that plastic is a big plus.
I'm guessing that none of these houses were actually laughed at.
😂thinking the same
Glad he had the ability to protect his home. I imagine many don’t have that kind of cash laying around even if it is a great idea
these people that saved their houses: WE HAVE THE HIGH GROUND NEIGBORS
Well they kinda have the low ground now because of the water flood
ITS OVER FLOOD. WE HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!
@@Person-mk7tk YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY TSUNAMI POWER
@@zombiegamer80001 DON’T TRY IT
Lift house is pure genius. Hats off to the designer.
Be amazed: exists
UA-cam: *I CAN MILK YOU*
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excuse me?
This is a copy of one of his old video :(
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@Jival Roopnarian AHHHHH INAPROPRIATE!!!!!!
It's cool that there are comments claiming to be his neighbors and admitting that they never laughed at him or called him crazy
Yes, I like that some people are setting the record straight. In fairness, it could be that SOME people laughed at him, if not all, and if not these neighbors. But laughing at someone trying to save something is not very supportive. The better thing is to wish them the best, even if one can’t help a healthy amount of skepticism, and see how it actually turns out.
It’s amazing how companies can make videos like this ten times as long as they could be.
It’s because he needs to make fun of people for clickbait
@@shivenpatel7288 agreed
It's all those fictitious neighbours laughing naively. So many neighbours, so much laughter.
@Shiven Patel, did you even watch the entire video? While I agree with you that this form of clickbait making fun of his neighbors is not nice and not cool, most of the rest of the video really isn’t about that at all, but focuses on technology innovations and ideas to protect homes and buildings from natural disasters. I think overall it’s a fun and informative video, even if the title focuses on one small aspect of the video in a click-bait-y way. I also think the writer is using psychology to try to get more people to adopt some of these innovations by first getting them outraged, like : “Hey! I’m not stupid! I want to keep up with the Joneses (or get one over on my neighbors) and also make my house weather resistant like one of these!” So it is in this way like a big ad for several of these products and is a bit one-sided in not showing rigorous experimental testing of them or identifying any drawbacks. So it is more biased, advertorial and entertainment than science-y. But I still found it entertaining and informative. I may not rush right out and get one of these products BUT I’m happy to know they exist and are possible options for people.
The Lift House is an idea that should be implemented in all flood zones.
Here in the USA, that would be a LOT!
When I hear folks calling someone crazy. That's the guy I want to listen too!
Brilliant and beautiful. Acquaintance in Trinidad, an architect by trade, built his family a round house designed to withstand hurricane wind and rain. When a hurricane is forecast, his family plans a party.
Everyone of those people deserves a round of applause for their vision and efforts. Being ridiculed by neighbors they get the last laugh.
One time in history....they all laughed and ridiculed a family for taking precautions..they,
For approximately 100 years...prepared..the entire human race of the time drowned! All except for 8...something too think about...
@@martenkrueger8647 that is deep my friend.👍
No one laughed at him. It's a clickbait video - stop believing everything you hear on youtube....Most people's reaction was curiosity and support for the guy.
Also it's not about being smart - it's about having 10k to throw around on a project that might not have worked.
Cause insurance will pay for the house dmg, but not those 10k.
One of the neighbors commented and confirmed that they never laughed. And in fact they actually though the house was ‘cool’.
@@martenkrueger8647 I had said the same thing except I worded it as Remember, people laughed at Noah too. Great minds
Worth every penny. I thought it would be a lot more. Why does this vid remind me of the story of Noah? 🤣
Amazing stories😀👍
Calling that house named "eye of storm" unsightly is simply stupid. That house is beautiful, both in it's practicality and aesthetics
Yes it is contemporary and different so many would scoff at the unique design, but a home that holds up to Mother Nature should be a common house design!! I like a traditional style, but I would choose this for the peace of mind and cost savings.
Isnt the "eye of the storm" the most calm uneventful place to be in a hurricane?
@@cephalonplant4087 well yes but it's surrounded by the strongest part of the storm and if it's above you, you know you've got some real shit heading your way and it's a long way from over.
Bro said, as you can see it's stable enough to support his wife. Thank God something is 😂😂😂 savage
“He made the treacherous 500 mile trip”. Why is a road trip treacherous? They are fun as hell.
Until you've covered a few million miles or the kids drive so you don't have to stay sober.
I think it was treacherous because the goddamn storm was wrecking things up.
You obviously haven’t driven round my place
500 mile trip .. racing against the storm.. yeah. Not treacherous
Haha I see what you did there.
Noah's neighbors thought he was nuts when he built the ark too.
I always wondered where the 7 dwarfs lived before they met Snow White.
If someone was building a giant boat saying the world was gonna flood I'm pretty sure that would be the natural response so they weren't in the wrong and that story is just stupid
Noah's neighbors were evil.
@@simpleman283 Democrats one and all
@@banan9432 yeah. I'm sick of these over exaggerated, fantasised and even made up stories of crazy people succeeding. They almost always fail, but the rare cases of success get all the attention giving crazy people a tool to justify their craziness.
One thing I was taught whilst in the UK army is “Innovate, Adapt, Overcome”. If you can do all 3 anything is possible.
So you can make gold appear out of thing air then right cuz if anything is possible that should be no problem
@@chaoslord_6664 No, but you can make gold diggers appear with those 3 things.
@@chaoslord_6664 It might be possible to shit gold too.
I was one of Randy's neighbors. We used to laugh at him all the time. After the storm, he was laughing at us.