I’ve heard a lot of non-American’s talk about how their houses would last because their brick, but on the contrary, most Europeans don’t experience the magnitude of weather we experience every year. There’s brick homes here, but nothing can stop anything that’s a category 5 or a tornado that’s an EF5.
specially built reinforced concrete dome structures survive EF5 tornadoes with ease. Which is why FEMA pays fully for such structures if a public building in tornado areas.
@@madisonwooden1083 wrong. Those are houses. They cost about the same to make as a wood-frame house but are invulnerable to just about everything but asteroid hits. Just search on "monolithic dome home"
What some people who aren't accustomed to hurricanes don't fully grasp is that, even though wind is how it's measured, that is not the biggest risk. It is the flooding that is caused by the wind pushing the ocean(known as storm surge.) That has many second-order effects as well such as diseases caused by ocean microbes pushed onto land, cars being pushed into buildings, as well as the obvious problems of wind and water. I grew up in Virginia and live in the Midwest now but, even though tornadoes worry me more due to the short notice you get and the time to prepare you don't get, hurricanes are infinitely worse and I'm glad to no longer have to deal with them.
I was going into my junior year of high school when Harvey hit us in here in Houston. I can still remember it vividly. It rained heavily for what felt like forever. We were the lucky ones. Water only got to halfway up our driveway. Others around us weren't as lucky. Most lost everything. Months and months afterwards it was just carnage. Whole neighborhoods flooded and huge piles of everything people owned were destroyed and placed in front of shells of homes. Lots of hours of volunteer work filled those days for me. Lots of rescuing farm animals around who were trapped in water. I will never forget it.
The guy who did this video, Sweigle Studios, does an incredible job with tornadoes. He does a great job at other stuff on his channel like hurricanes, volcanoes, space stuff, and all that stuff
A hurricane can hit as a category 2 (of 5 rating), that's just going to do some damage. The worst part is if it slows down. That's where the rain just keep coming, which leads to torrential flooding. Like a Hurricane Camille, and Agnes.
Hurricane Andrew was the first hurricane I experienced while living in Miami. I was like 7 or 8 years old. I still remember most of it and being without power for two weeks. Hurricane Helene, the storm that hit us last night, made a good part of Interstate 40 on the Tennessee/North Carolina state line collapse due to so much flooding. She's been creating a huge mess.
I remember Hurricane Andrew because I was just starting the 3rd grade, and the first few weeks of school being very wet and rainy. After it hit Florida it went into the gulf then hit New Orleans and north Texas area caught the tale end of the tropical storm or depression.
Another one to add to the list just happened: Helene went inland and destroyed towns, villages, and lakes. Affected electricity in more than 10 States. People dead and missing in places that never experience anything more from hurricanes than high wind, rain, and flooding in low places. Horrendous!
yeah because most of the older construction in Florida is cinder block, and it does a better job against wind, but doesn't do any better against flooding because it's still built at ground level. Homes along the southern coasts have to be built to hurricane code, but there's only so much any of that can do when you have sustained 150mph+ winds for hours and hours.
I’m glad Irma got an honorable mention. Born in raised in North Florida, I’ve never really had to worry about hurricanes but I moved to Central Florida in 2014, where it was a much bigger deal. Irma was the only one to frighten me as a teen, since we had to shelter in a church and the electricity had been knocked out. The wind made it sound like there were huge fist banging on the roof and that went on until about 2-4 in the morning. I didn’t sleep to well that night lol
Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane that made landfall in Homestead,Florida on August 24th. The reason it is stuck so firmly in my memory is that all that early morning,my mom,two brothers and I,spent a sleepless night, occasionally watching news coverage as we kept vigil at my dad’s bedside on the morning that he died. Though hundreds of miles away and safe,that devastation and turmoil seemed to mirror the inner struggles we were all experiencing as we waited for that last breath. Forever etched in my heart.
A lot of homes in states like Florida are CBS(concrete/block/stucco)for the reasons you guys talked about. A lot also have impact-resistant windows and doors and metal roofs.
My grandparents used to talk about Betsy and Camille all the time, both of which happened before I was born. I didn't realize how powerful these storms were till I lived through Katrina and Ida! I hear Andrew was pretty bad too, but I was stationed in South Dakota while serving in the Air Force.
Just because they say windspeeds are a certain number theres also the wind gust thise 175 speeds is the base number but wind gusts can get up to 180 to a hundred 190 miles per hour. Whole cement block buildings get wioed down to the slab. Just went through Helene. I lived in land two hours from landfall. We lost power but the whole west coast of Florida got smacked from the keys all the way to landfall. And its still reeking havoc all the way through the carolinas to Tennessee and Indiana
The only really bad hurricanes for me were Sandy in 2012 and Gloria in 1985. For Sandy my neighbors across the street almost had their roofs blown off. The number of trees that were uprooted and all over the roads were incredible. Power was off for days. Gloria - I was at university and they had everyone in the dormitory go sleep in the hallways because they were afraid the windows would shatter with flying debris. As we just saw, you pray for a quick moving hurricane. If its slow the water just piles up and the flood waters destroy everything in its path.
Helene completely destroyed blowing rock, NC and huge portions of Asheville, and surrounding areas. The flooding is the biggest danger with hurricanes. Side note but nobody outside of NC seems to be aware of how bad it is in western NC right now.
the eastern half of a hurricane is the “bad side” and the western half is the “good side”. Due to its rotation the eastern half brings all the storm surge and the most energy overall. If on the east coast the northern half would be the “bad side”
We went through Camille and Katrina. What killed us was the water. We had a 30 foot surge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the east portion of Biloxi was demolished by that! The Gulf went OVER the city, and the bay merged with the Gulf. So, we had Gators in the Gulf and sharks in the Bay. However, the city of Waveland was completely destroyed! We asked the National Guard about the news and they told us it was GONE! Katrina was the first huhurricane we've ever left and went to Atlanta. When we returned, we wanted to see the beach. Talked my way into going down there! It was terrible. 3 and 4 cars piled up between houses. Barges moved on Top of Houses, miles away from where they were docked! And, because of the devastation a lot of our Elderly residents passed away, because there was no hope left. Truly tragic. Helene is still doing major damage in N.Carolina and Tennessee. Simply amazing!
Hurricanes are just a part of life on the gulf coast. While there are usually at least a couple of real bad ones every year, they don’t always hit your location or sometimes they just swipe you. We’ve gotten pretty good at heeding the warnings and staying prepared. An approaching hurricane usually doesn’t stress me out too much, granted I’m 60 miles from the coast. The people right on the coast have it the worst.
Mortar used with brick dissolves under water pressure. Modern construction in hurricane zones does not use brick for this reason. Foundations have rebar laid in to tie into walls, walls are built from cinder block with rebar tied to the foundation. Then a concrete beam is pour down into the wall and across the top with interlaced rebar that is sticking out the top to tie down the roof trusses. Many European people feel that wood doesn't hold up, but your buildings don't face the battery of hurricanes and tornadoes. Wood frame isn't as good as concrete block homes, but you shouldn't discount its strength in modern construction. You don't know how it works. Wood framing is designed to take over 1000MPH wind - provided it is properly secured to the foundation. However, a lot of the devastation you see isn't due to the wood framing itself - it's because the framed building is pushed off the foundation (due to poor laws about foundation and roofing). Tornadoes often pull off poor roofing panels, hurricanes typically pull buildings off foundations. If either or both happen, no building - no matter what it's made from - will stay intact. The very nature of construction deals with making a mostly indestructible box - inside and out. You see sticks where houses top and bottom were destroyed. Brick and stone would suffer the same fates.
Water is cooler on the coast of Africa except the equatorial region, storms that start there are typically just tropical storms (not minimizing that, but compared to typhoons on the other side...).
Our current one Helene was 500 mikes wide when it hit Floridia and has reached all the ay up to North Carolina and now coming to where I am. There was a weather guy doing one of his news feeds and had to stop to rescue a woman stuck in her car. Female names use to be for those that were in the Atlantic and Male names for those in the Pacific, I think now they just mix they up, not sure.
During hurricane Ian instruments at my house recorded 145 mph sustained winds for 3 hours. Fortunately I bought a newer home that is built to withstand even higher wind speeds so had no damage to speak of. European homes would have been destroyed. Brick homes there are not designed for that wind load. (274 kilos per square meter of wall surface)
Bricks will be an hopeful chance but it’s doubtful it’ll do much against a hurricane or a tornado. There have been stories of winds being so powerful it’s thrown wooden boards through the trunks of trees and through the metal of cars
Generally speaking a built up area(urban) will take a decade to fully "recover" (economically, population and infrastructure wise) from a direct hit of a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane.
All the concrete and asphalt funnel the water and blows out bridges. I live next to Athens and the wind got one building that 2 trees fell on and 4 other trees went down. We have plenty of fire wood!
Helene was category 4, ita killed 44 people already. wonder where it will rank. My shed is destroyed, a separate garage that’s completely smashed and both my bro in laws parents cars are totaled. All from trees falling. Power is gonna be out for a week. From upstate SC btw.
Helena destroyed one of our building and 4 trees. The building is full of my STUFF! The beautuful huge rocking horse my husband made our son is in that building. Thats the one thing we hope we can save. We need to get our Insurance People out here to take photos. The highchair, rocking horse and potty chairs that my husband made are all in that building. The rocking horse is huge and beautiful and I'm sure it's going to be destroyed. It could of been so much worse. Our electricity only went out a little over a hour so my full freezer was spared. The weird thing is I live next to Athens Georgia and over 300 hundred miles from the ocean. South Georgia got torn up bad and this is the worst hurricane to hit Georgia in years if not ever.
They only recently starting to use men's names. I forgot how many 'Canes I've been through (Starting with Angus - from then til mid 80's was in a good chunk from NJ to FL, Drove a caravan (UK term) through Kate & a moving van through Erin. From the mid 80's til today was in a decent chunk in FL fortunately missed Andrew. I Normally don't put up the shutters for anything under a Cat 3 (Not complacent, I know the structure & the way they play in the area). The worse part of the Canes is 'The Eye' passing over - cuz the winds come from the south (Counter clockwise) then after the eye passes the winds shift & come from the north - ripping away at weakened structures. If the eye doesn't pass over you don't get the reverse winds which will really save your bacon. Its not just the middle of the storm that gets it - these storms are huge can cover the entire state. The slow moving ones are the worse - the winds just stay and blow - dumping walls of water. Been in Cat 1 & 2 Canes that dropped more water than the more powerful ones. I wouldn't have wood structure (Yes, I've seen the studies and all that - but have also seen it fail - its only as good as the contractor and as strong as the inspector), Brick is porous and held in place with mortar - might look good but there's a reason you don't see a lot of it in FL. CBS is decent (IF the blocks are filled) but I prefer poured cement over everything else. Homes in FL are being built to 'Miami-Dade specs. everything has to be strapped together - straps tying the rafters to the walls & that kinda thing. Really strong.. Dont forget 'Canes contain tornado's. (Saw a twister take my neighbors cabana).
In Texas I wouldn't put my roots anywhere near the gulf of Mexico. I would move further inland. That spot is always getting Hurricane hits or remnants of one. They're places I would visit, not live.
We got hit hard by Sandy's 17 foot high storm surge which completely flooded our entire barrier beach island where the highest point is maybe 10 feet above sea level . Five years later houses were still being repaired or torn down and rebuilt here .We had no electricity, no water and no heat here for the entire month of November after the storm hit on Oct. 29 . There was also no gasoline because the pumps wouldn't operate without electricity . You had to drive 15-20 miles inland to wait on long lines to get gas .For many years , hurricanes were ONLY given female names . Joke asks why hurricanes are like women ---- Because they come into your life all wild , hot , and wet and when they leave your house and car are gone .
The problem is the homes are built to CODE. That's the bear minimum according to regulations. If they over build by a little there wouldn't be as much damage. I can build a home that no weather system will hurt the home.
The origin video has a lot of sloppy facts. Like 10:42 The Saskatchewan River DOES NOT run through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. That would be the Susquehanna River. That’s like confusing Arizona with El Salvador. How stupid.
There were a few primitive weather satellites in 1969 during Hurricane Camille. They tell meteorologists where a storm is. But it's today's supercomputers that predict where a storm will go. Computers back then simply could not do this. My grandparents lived through the 1938 New England Hurricane (they hadn't begun naming the storms). The U.S. Weather Bureau wasn't even aware of the hurricane's existence until it was near Puerto Rico. It approached New England more quickly and with greater strength than was expected. The first warning was issued just several hours before the storm hit. Nearly 700 people in New York and the New England states lost their lives. The death toll of 2975 in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria is an educated guess based on statistical analysis. The exact number will never be known.
Your homes are built of brick only because you don't have sustainable forest growth. You simply don't have enough forests. Building everything out of brick and concrete is not cost effective. Believe me, if you had the forests to sustain growth, you'd be building homes like we do.
The most common form of wind damage from hurricanes and tornadoes is loss of the roof and I'd be willing to bet UK houses are not built with the roof tied to the frame and foundation to a degree that would meet modern building codes in Florida and other hurricane-prone areas. And once the roof is gone, if the walls don't go--and they often do--everything inside the house would be ruined.
@@BTinSFNo, roofs in the UK are designed to withstand wind. Roofs are pitched at an angle >35 degree and fixed to the house in order for it to be legal to even live in a home. They are rated at 85mph in South of England to 135mph in the North of Scotland. They also need to be constructed from an impact resistant material to maintain shape if struck by debris. UK homes are the most protected against wind in Europe considering it’s one of the windiest countries in the world.
@@RRaymer I imagine roofs in most developed countries withstand some degree of wind. But in South Florida the wind speed rating depends on the roof construction materials. Metal panels are wind-rated up to 140 mph sustained winds, with the ability to withstand gusts up to 180 mph! Tile roofs are wind-rated up to 125 mph sustained winds. Shingles are wind-rated to hold strong in 110-mph winds. More and more Florida roofs are now of the screwed down metal panel variety. And, of course, the framing is tied to the framing for the rest of the structure with metal fasteners at the joints. This is for homes. Critical buildings like hospitals must be able to withstand 185 mph wind speeds. This idea that US homes are flimsy because they aren't masonry is just wrong. Also, generally speaking more hurricane damage comes from flooding than from wind so masonry construction offers no protection from that.
Many homes ARE built out of cement and brick in Florida and the south, we're talking Hurricanes here, don't think you fully grasp the forces involved G.
We should pass a law that storms can’t be racial. If they persist, the SPLC should file a lawsuit against the weather patterns. That’ll teach them a lesson.
Building codes have changed a lot over the years. When you see houses blown apart it's because it has been grandfathered in as it already existed before codes were updated. New builds have to be up to code. When storms hit in areas that haven't been touched in decades you will see places blown apart because of this.
Galveston, Texas isn't a nice place? Really? I'm sure this is news to people that live there. I recently visited Galveston and it seemed just fine to me. It's weird to me to see how Brits are obsessed by American weather storms and gun culture. It's just weird.
@@kevinprzy4539 No he didn't. He didn't make a distinction. He said Galveston. Doesn't matter if he mentioned gun culture. This is something I've noticed British people are obsessed with in regards to America. The same can be said for American weather storms as well. Maybe next time watch the video before you make a ridiculous comment.
@@MrLcarter24I think Kev misheard which was very easy to do given their accent Daz said “not when I went” (so basically early 2000’s) and I assume Kev thought Daz said “Not where I went” even then he’s not wrong, Galveston has a poverty rate higher than the national average and a violent crime rate higher than the national and Texas state average and it was worse in the early 2000’s as well
@@SerFentanylFloyd You're right in the sense that Galveston has a higher crime rate and higher poverty rate than the national average but so does Nashville. I bring up Nashville because they actually went to Nashville last year and they thought it was a fantastic city. In fact, Nashville has a higher crime rate and poverty rate than Galveston. So going by those metrics Galveston is the better city.
I’ve heard a lot of non-American’s talk about how their houses would last because their brick, but on the contrary, most Europeans don’t experience the magnitude of weather we experience every year. There’s brick homes here, but nothing can stop anything that’s a category 5 or a tornado that’s an EF5.
specially built reinforced concrete dome structures survive EF5 tornadoes with ease. Which is why FEMA pays fully for such structures if a public building in tornado areas.
@@Marcus-p5i5s yeah those aren’t houses my guy 😂 you’re talking about tornado shelters?
@@madisonwooden1083 wrong. Those are houses. They cost about the same to make as a wood-frame house but are invulnerable to just about everything but asteroid hits. Just search on "monolithic dome home"
The worst damage from hurricanes isn't caused by the wind , it is flooding by the storm surge and the accompanying heavy rain .
@@rodney-m7g yup. A 175mph wind exerts ~80 lbs./sq ft. against a wall. A wave of water exerts MUCH more pressure
What some people who aren't accustomed to hurricanes don't fully grasp is that, even though wind is how it's measured, that is not the biggest risk. It is the flooding that is caused by the wind pushing the ocean(known as storm surge.) That has many second-order effects as well such as diseases caused by ocean microbes pushed onto land, cars being pushed into buildings, as well as the obvious problems of wind and water. I grew up in Virginia and live in the Midwest now but, even though tornadoes worry me more due to the short notice you get and the time to prepare you don't get, hurricanes are infinitely worse and I'm glad to no longer have to deal with them.
I was going into my junior year of high school when Harvey hit us in here in Houston. I can still remember it vividly. It rained heavily for what felt like forever. We were the lucky ones. Water only got to halfway up our driveway. Others around us weren't as lucky. Most lost everything. Months and months afterwards it was just carnage. Whole neighborhoods flooded and huge piles of everything people owned were destroyed and placed in front of shells of homes. Lots of hours of volunteer work filled those days for me. Lots of rescuing farm animals around who were trapped in water. I will never forget it.
I’ve never seen this guys videos but he’s great at journalism
The guy who did this video, Sweigle Studios, does an incredible job with tornadoes. He does a great job at other stuff on his channel like hurricanes, volcanoes, space stuff, and all that stuff
I love Galveston!! I know it ain’t pretty but being from Houston, Galveston will always have a place in my heart
On Day 4 without power or internet here in Upstate South Carolina. Thanks Helene!
A hurricane can hit as a category 2 (of 5 rating), that's just going to do some damage. The worst part is if it slows down. That's where the rain just keep coming, which leads to torrential flooding. Like a Hurricane Camille, and Agnes.
I’m from Lake Charles Louisiana and Hurricane Laura was a big deal for us, it rocked our city and changed the landscape
Hurricane Andrew was the first hurricane I experienced while living in Miami. I was like 7 or 8 years old. I still remember most of it and being without power for two weeks.
Hurricane Helene, the storm that hit us last night, made a good part of Interstate 40 on the Tennessee/North Carolina state line collapse due to so much flooding. She's been creating a huge mess.
I remember Hurricane Andrew because I was just starting the 3rd grade, and the first few weeks of school being very wet and rainy. After it hit Florida it went into the gulf then hit New Orleans and north Texas area caught the tale end of the tropical storm or depression.
Another one to add to the list just happened: Helene went inland and destroyed towns, villages, and lakes. Affected electricity in more than 10 States. People dead and missing in places that never experience anything more from hurricanes than high wind, rain, and flooding in low places. Horrendous!
When a hurricane goes over Lake Okeechobee in Florida, it will pick up power because the lake is warm water.
17:35 im from Gulfport on that map. Katrina was insane. I'm surprised to not see Hurricane Andrew on this list.
Nope. Brick isn't going to stop any of this.
yeah because most of the older construction in Florida is cinder block, and it does a better job against wind, but doesn't do any better against flooding because it's still built at ground level.
Homes along the southern coasts have to be built to hurricane code, but there's only so much any of that can do when you have sustained 150mph+ winds for hours and hours.
@@blakett88Not to mention, you have a higher chance of surviving a piece of wood being flung at you than a brick.
I’m glad Irma got an honorable mention. Born in raised in North Florida, I’ve never really had to worry about hurricanes but I moved to Central Florida in 2014, where it was a much bigger deal. Irma was the only one to frighten me as a teen, since we had to shelter in a church and the electricity had been knocked out. The wind made it sound like there were huge fist banging on the roof and that went on until about 2-4 in the morning. I didn’t sleep to well that night lol
I currently live in Jacksonville FL and ian was bad so was mathew and irma. Helene luckily didnt do much damage where i live.
Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane that made landfall in Homestead,Florida on August 24th. The reason it is stuck so firmly in my memory is that all that early morning,my mom,two brothers and I,spent a sleepless night, occasionally watching news coverage as we kept vigil at my dad’s bedside on the morning that he died. Though hundreds of miles away and safe,that devastation and turmoil seemed to mirror the inner struggles we were all experiencing as we waited for that last breath. Forever etched in my heart.
A lot of homes in states like Florida are CBS(concrete/block/stucco)for the reasons you guys talked about.
A lot also have impact-resistant windows and doors and metal roofs.
It's been 19 years since Katrina and there are still boarded up, abandoned houses in the New Orleans area.
I live in KY and felt the wrath of Hurricane Helen. Just now got power back after like 40 hours, cell service went out. Neighbors fence is destroyed.
My grandparents used to talk about Betsy and Camille all the time, both of which happened before I was born. I didn't realize how powerful these storms were till I lived through Katrina and Ida! I hear Andrew was pretty bad too, but I was stationed in South Dakota while serving in the Air Force.
They need to update this list
We might be able to add the recent Hurricane Helene to that list, especially in western North Carolina and the big bend of Florida.
Just because they say windspeeds are a certain number theres also the wind gust thise 175 speeds is the base number but wind gusts can get up to 180 to a hundred 190 miles per hour. Whole cement block buildings get wioed down to the slab. Just went through Helene. I lived in land two hours from landfall. We lost power but the whole west coast of Florida got smacked from the keys all the way to landfall. And its still reeking havoc all the way through the carolinas to Tennessee and Indiana
Sandy also hit Long Island, NY.
The only really bad hurricanes for me were Sandy in 2012 and Gloria in 1985. For Sandy my neighbors across the street almost had their roofs blown off. The number of trees that were uprooted and all over the roads were incredible. Power was off for days. Gloria - I was at university and they had everyone in the dormitory go sleep in the hallways because they were afraid the windows would shatter with flying debris. As we just saw, you pray for a quick moving hurricane. If its slow the water just piles up and the flood waters destroy everything in its path.
Helene completely destroyed blowing rock, NC and huge portions of Asheville, and surrounding areas. The flooding is the biggest danger with hurricanes. Side note but nobody outside of NC seems to be aware of how bad it is in western NC right now.
the eastern half of a hurricane is the “bad side” and the western half is the “good side”. Due to its rotation the eastern half brings all the storm surge and the most energy overall. If on the east coast the northern half would be the “bad side”
We went through Camille and Katrina. What killed us was the water. We had a 30 foot surge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the east portion of Biloxi was demolished by that! The Gulf went OVER the city, and the bay merged with the Gulf. So, we had Gators in the Gulf and sharks in the Bay.
However, the city of Waveland was completely destroyed! We asked the National Guard about the news and they told us it was GONE!
Katrina was the first huhurricane we've ever left and went to Atlanta. When we returned, we wanted to see the beach. Talked my way into going down there! It was terrible. 3 and 4 cars piled up between houses. Barges moved on Top of Houses, miles away from where they were docked! And, because of the devastation a lot of our Elderly residents passed away, because there was no hope left.
Truly tragic.
Helene is still doing major damage in N.Carolina and Tennessee. Simply amazing!
Hurricanes are just a part of life on the gulf coast. While there are usually at least a couple of real bad ones every year, they don’t always hit your location or sometimes they just swipe you. We’ve gotten pretty good at heeding the warnings and staying prepared. An approaching hurricane usually doesn’t stress me out too much, granted I’m 60 miles from the coast. The people right on the coast have it the worst.
Hurricane Camille is a featured element of the movie, Forrest Gump… That’s the hurricane they were caught in, when Lieutenant Dan is yelling at God…
I lived through hurricane Harvey in Victoria Texas you seen our city on the map. We had generators thank goodness
Watching this after sheltering from Helene in Athens. The eye was right next to us. 😂 great vid!
Growing up in Houston I've had my share of big hurricanes.
Mortar used with brick dissolves under water pressure. Modern construction in hurricane zones does not use brick for this reason. Foundations have rebar laid in to tie into walls, walls are built from cinder block with rebar tied to the foundation. Then a concrete beam is pour down into the wall and across the top with interlaced rebar that is sticking out the top to tie down the roof trusses. Many European people feel that wood doesn't hold up, but your buildings don't face the battery of hurricanes and tornadoes. Wood frame isn't as good as concrete block homes, but you shouldn't discount its strength in modern construction. You don't know how it works. Wood framing is designed to take over 1000MPH wind - provided it is properly secured to the foundation. However, a lot of the devastation you see isn't due to the wood framing itself - it's because the framed building is pushed off the foundation (due to poor laws about foundation and roofing). Tornadoes often pull off poor roofing panels, hurricanes typically pull buildings off foundations. If either or both happen, no building - no matter what it's made from - will stay intact. The very nature of construction deals with making a mostly indestructible box - inside and out. You see sticks where houses top and bottom were destroyed. Brick and stone would suffer the same fates.
Does building out of brick actually help with flooding? If there's enough water, it's just going to come in through the doors and windows.
no
Water is cooler on the coast of Africa except the equatorial region, storms that start there are typically just tropical storms (not minimizing that, but compared to typhoons on the other side...).
Our current one Helene was 500 mikes wide when it hit Floridia and has reached all the ay up to North Carolina and now coming to where I am. There was a weather guy doing one of his news feeds and had to stop to rescue a woman stuck in her car. Female names use to be for those that were in the Atlantic and Male names for those in the Pacific, I think now they just mix they up, not sure.
During hurricane Ian instruments at my house recorded 145 mph sustained winds for 3 hours. Fortunately I bought a newer home that is built to withstand even higher wind speeds so had no damage to speak of. European homes would have been destroyed. Brick homes there are not designed for that wind load. (274 kilos per square meter of wall surface)
In terms of tornados . Y'all gotta check out Peckos Hank. He's got beautifully filmed videos of crazy ones
Bricks will be an hopeful chance but it’s doubtful it’ll do much against a hurricane or a tornado. There have been stories of winds being so powerful it’s thrown wooden boards through the trunks of trees and through the metal of cars
Generally speaking a built up area(urban) will take a decade to fully "recover" (economically, population and infrastructure wise) from a direct hit of a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane.
Did He Say $117M in Damage for Hurricane Ian? I Think He Meant To Say 117B?
Jim Cantore 😂 best weatherman EVER
He loves it and it's great to watch 😅❤
If you see Jim in your area, you’re screwed. There’s literally a “Tracking Jim Cantore” site.
I’m in Georgia. My city was supposed to get hit by this most recent hurricane pretty bad. But luckily we didn’t
What part are you in? Because I have heard that a lot of Georgia got historic flooding.
@@HistoryNerd808 Stone Mountain.
All the concrete and asphalt funnel the water and blows out bridges. I live next to Athens and the wind got one building that 2 trees fell on and 4 other trees went down. We have plenty of fire wood!
I need to get the hell out of Florida.
Helene was category 4, ita killed 44 people already. wonder where it will rank. My shed is destroyed, a separate garage that’s completely smashed and both my bro in laws parents cars are totaled. All from trees falling. Power is gonna be out for a week. From upstate SC btw.
Helena destroyed one of our building and 4 trees. The building is full of my STUFF! The beautuful huge rocking horse my husband made our son is in that building. Thats the one thing we hope we can save. We need to get our Insurance People out here to take photos. The highchair, rocking horse and potty chairs that my husband made are all in that building. The rocking horse is huge and beautiful and I'm sure it's going to be destroyed. It could of been so much worse. Our electricity only went out a little over a hour so my full freezer was spared. The weird thing is I live next to Athens Georgia and over 300 hundred miles from the ocean. South Georgia got torn up bad and this is the worst hurricane to hit Georgia in years if not ever.
And now, say howdy to Milton :(
Time to do a video on earthquakes: 1906, 1964, 1984, 1989 and so on.
They only recently starting to use men's names.
I forgot how many 'Canes I've been through (Starting with Angus - from then til mid 80's was in a good chunk from NJ to FL, Drove a caravan (UK term) through Kate & a moving van through Erin. From the mid 80's til today was in a decent chunk in FL fortunately missed Andrew.
I Normally don't put up the shutters for anything under a Cat 3 (Not complacent, I know the structure & the way they play in the area). The worse part of the Canes is 'The Eye' passing over - cuz the winds come from the south (Counter clockwise) then after the eye passes the winds shift & come from the north - ripping away at weakened structures. If the eye doesn't pass over you don't get the reverse winds which will really save your bacon. Its not just the middle of the storm that gets it - these storms are huge can cover the entire state.
The slow moving ones are the worse - the winds just stay and blow - dumping walls of water. Been in Cat 1 & 2 Canes that dropped more water than the more powerful ones.
I wouldn't have wood structure (Yes, I've seen the studies and all that - but have also seen it fail - its only as good as the contractor and as strong as the inspector), Brick is porous and held in place with mortar - might look good but there's a reason you don't see a lot of it in FL. CBS is decent (IF the blocks are filled) but I prefer poured cement over everything else.
Homes in FL are being built to 'Miami-Dade specs. everything has to be strapped together - straps tying the rafters to the walls & that kinda thing. Really strong.. Dont forget 'Canes contain tornado's. (Saw a twister take my neighbors cabana).
They originally only used women's names because the men in the military who were naming them named them after their wives & girlfriends back home.
@@Joker938 Thanks for that tidbit!
In Texas I wouldn't put my roots anywhere near the gulf of Mexico. I would move further inland. That spot is always getting Hurricane hits or remnants of one. They're places I would visit, not live.
We got hit hard by Sandy's 17 foot high storm surge which completely flooded our entire barrier beach island where the highest point is maybe 10 feet above sea level . Five years later houses were still being repaired or torn down and rebuilt here .We had no electricity, no water and no heat here for the entire month of November after the storm hit on Oct. 29 . There was also no gasoline because the pumps wouldn't operate without electricity . You had to drive 15-20 miles inland to wait on long lines to get gas .For many years , hurricanes were ONLY given female names . Joke asks why hurricanes are like women ---- Because they come into your life all wild , hot , and wet and when they leave your house and car are gone .
“Have you noticed all the worst ones are female names” “yeah that’s the point” i’m dead lol 😂
You should see the latest ones
What did he call the river in Harrisburg, PA? Saskatchewan?!?!?
That's what he called it! 😂😂😂
Shout out to those of us that have been through 3+ irl 😅😂
Many are alarmed by tornadoes but hurricanes are just as bad.
The long island is Cuba
Hurricane Ian cause 117 billion, not million in damage.
For the first one he meant 117 billion lol
The problem is the homes are built to CODE. That's the bear minimum according to regulations. If they over build by a little there wouldn't be as much damage. I can build a home that no weather system will hurt the home.
God. My wife and I are moving to the Gulf Coast. I've already lost sleep over this shit.
Tampa usually gets skirted by hurricanes, at least since 1926.
The origin video has a lot of sloppy facts. Like 10:42 The Saskatchewan River DOES NOT run through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. That would be the Susquehanna River. That’s like confusing Arizona with El Salvador. How stupid.
There were a few primitive weather satellites in 1969 during Hurricane Camille. They tell meteorologists where a storm is. But it's today's supercomputers that predict where a storm will go. Computers back then simply could not do this.
My grandparents lived through the 1938 New England Hurricane (they hadn't begun naming the storms). The U.S. Weather Bureau wasn't even aware of the hurricane's existence until it was near Puerto Rico. It approached New England more quickly and with greater strength than was expected. The first warning was issued just several hours before the storm hit. Nearly 700 people in New York and the New England states lost their lives.
The death toll of 2975 in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria is an educated guess based on statistical analysis. The exact number will never be known.
Hurricane Andrew occurred on August 24, 1992, not in 1993 as mentioned on this video.
Did Andrew not make the list? Or did I miss it?
Your homes are built of brick only because you don't have sustainable forest growth. You simply don't have enough forests. Building everything out of brick and concrete is not cost effective. Believe me, if you had the forests to sustain growth, you'd be building homes like we do.
The most common form of wind damage from hurricanes and tornadoes is loss of the roof and I'd be willing to bet UK houses are not built with the roof tied to the frame and foundation to a degree that would meet modern building codes in Florida and other hurricane-prone areas. And once the roof is gone, if the walls don't go--and they often do--everything inside the house would be ruined.
@@BTinSFNo, roofs in the UK are designed to withstand wind. Roofs are pitched at an angle >35 degree and fixed to the house in order for it to be legal to even live in a home. They are rated at 85mph in South of England to 135mph in the North of Scotland. They also need to be constructed from an impact resistant material to maintain shape if struck by debris. UK homes are the most protected against wind in Europe considering it’s one of the windiest countries in the world.
@@RRaymer I imagine roofs in most developed countries withstand some degree of wind. But in South Florida the wind speed rating depends on the roof construction materials. Metal panels are wind-rated up to 140 mph sustained winds, with the ability to withstand gusts up to 180 mph! Tile roofs are wind-rated up to 125 mph sustained winds. Shingles are wind-rated to hold strong in 110-mph winds. More and more Florida roofs are now of the screwed down metal panel variety. And, of course, the framing is tied to the framing for the rest of the structure with metal fasteners at the joints.
This is for homes. Critical buildings like hospitals must be able to withstand 185 mph wind speeds.
This idea that US homes are flimsy because they aren't masonry is just wrong. Also, generally speaking more hurricane damage comes from flooding than from wind so masonry construction offers no protection from that.
@@BTinSF Roofs in the UK are crap. Like toothpicks.
117 Billion for #10 Ian.
He said million by mistake.
A lot of incorrect information in that video. Dude needs some serious fact checking.
Originally, *all* hurricanes were female named (so yes, until that changed...)
15:09 she said the worst hurricanes have female names, that’s not entirely true because of Hurricane Andrew.
And Milton
Many homes ARE built out of cement and brick in Florida and the south, we're talking Hurricanes here, don't think you fully grasp the forces involved G.
We should pass a law that storms can’t be racial. If they persist, the SPLC should file a lawsuit against the weather patterns. That’ll teach them a lesson.
WHAT???😮
there's always one
Where is Sophi?
I ONLY watch this channel for Sophi!
She hasn't been on for like a year lol
I think they said she's working in the U.S.
Building codes have changed a lot over the years. When you see houses blown apart it's because it has been grandfathered in as it already existed before codes were updated. New builds have to be up to code. When storms hit in areas that haven't been touched in decades you will see places blown apart because of this.
20:38, racial ? A storm was racial ? I’ll be damn.
he never said the storm was racial, he said there are racial issues in connection to the storm...
@@PieXP , uh, okay.
Bro forgot hurricane Helena
How many more life’s could be saved if building codes change to make houses out of brick.
Until 1978, hurricanes only had a female name, and they were usually named after the meteorologist' wifes. 😂
Galveston, Texas isn't a nice place? Really? I'm sure this is news to people that live there. I recently visited Galveston and it seemed just fine to me. It's weird to me to see how Brits are obsessed by American weather storms and gun culture. It's just weird.
He said the part of Galveston he was in wasn't nice and nobody mentioned anything about gun culture in this video what are you on about.
They used to live in the US for a long time, and still go back to visit regularly. It's okay, people are allowed to be into things
@@kevinprzy4539 No he didn't. He didn't make a distinction. He said Galveston. Doesn't matter if he mentioned gun culture. This is something I've noticed British people are obsessed with in regards to America. The same can be said for American weather storms as well. Maybe next time watch the video before you make a ridiculous comment.
@@MrLcarter24I think Kev misheard which was very easy to do given their accent Daz said “not when I went” (so basically early 2000’s) and I assume Kev thought Daz said “Not where I went” even then he’s not wrong, Galveston has a poverty rate higher than the national average and a violent crime rate higher than the national and Texas state average and it was worse in the early 2000’s as well
@@SerFentanylFloyd You're right in the sense that Galveston has a higher crime rate and higher poverty rate than the national average but so does Nashville. I bring up Nashville because they actually went to Nashville last year and they thought it was a fantastic city. In fact, Nashville has a higher crime rate and poverty rate than Galveston. So going by those metrics Galveston is the better city.
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