The problem is almost never that the wind it blowing, its what the wind is blowing.
In this case, I expect it’s going to be blowing those ratchet straps after they become unanchored, turning them into whips that’ll cleave the roof in half.
The description for the picture says they are connected to big burried concrete blocks, so likely the house is gone before these straps get loose.
Yeah but if a tree slams into the strap and breaks it
It’ll trampoline off into the neighbor’s house.
Those straps aren’t going to break.
It might break the roof. Those straps are nearly as wide as that truck’s brake lights, i don’t see them snapping so easily.
Hurricanes rip poorly built roofs off all the time. Builders get lazy and install the hurricane anchor things wrong. At least the local home inspector on Reddit used to say
I trust reddit posts too.
i would trust that redditor seeing how homes are often built lmao
That particular redditor had a long history of weekly posts with the shitty home builder work they inspected, but I hear the argument, I have no evidence other than hearsay and didn’t research it myself.
Ron White, is that you!?
If your ass gets hit by a Volvo…
it’s* what the wind is blowing.
I wonder what the vibration frequency of those straps is, once the wind is blowing through them.
Will they vibrate the roof into mush before they pull out of the ground and become metal ended whips?
As someone who straps, I felt this in my soul. God I hate that noise(I use tarp clamps for dampeners).
I’ve used a twist in the strap and that seems to help a lot.
Gotta be careful though, twist in the strap can ruin the strength limit of the strap if it’s under load
Someone tested this and found it to be basically not true. https://youtu.be/ifyJjQXOttE
This is how I was trained, yeah. No twists!!
Apparently this is a bit of a myth https://youtu.be/ifyJjQXOttE
Interesting. I was under the impression that the vibrations could be a problem if not twisted — apparently it’s a hotly debated topic, who knew! https://dccargo.com/blogs/strap-chat/to-twist-or-not-to-twist-cargo-straps
That ain’t going anywhere.
- plucks ratchet strap as it’s tightening - “Bb…B, C…Db, D, D, D…Yeah’p. At’ll git er.”
until the ground it’s anchored to is converted into grassy diarrhea by the flooding
Concrete blocks 8ft into the ground
pats the front door with my hands
At least until Milton casually tosses a tree at it.
I appreciate your optimism by using the singular…
I saw the documentary once. The order is Tree, Cow, Tractor, and finally another House.
You forgot fuel truck
Dang it. I always forget one.
Ha! I thought that sounded like a “Twister” movie reference.
Isn’t that the tornado safety video everyone got in high school?
As long as someone is shredding death metal guitar on the roof throughout the storm, I approve.
If this homeowner is as good at tying down his house as the yokels around here are at tying down their cargo, then the odds are this house is somehow going to end up hitting my windshield.
Just tie some rope around it, that’ll hold!
slaps tightened straps “That’s not going anywhere”
pats roof
That ain’t going nowhere
This baby’ll hold a family of three
It’s not helping, but somehow I like the look of it.
Uploaded 3 hours ago!
I seriously want to know how it goes with his house. I give him props for trying.This is like congratulating Don Quixote for killing all the dragons.
If it keeps the roof on maybe it’s not so dumb.
That’s exactly what the owner said it’s for in the video interview I saw
No, it’s dumb.
Hold the house down into the storm surge until it learns its lesson
Waterboard that bitch til it talks
They should have anchored it to that Toyota truck.
Those vehicles and other debris will be flying into those straps.
Optimistic
Someone remind us of this works after Milton goes through this house.
For a 2k investment I’m willing to try it to save my home.
I think this one’s a joke, sure some would say it’s no time for humor but I think it’s funny.
