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Beach home in Mexico Beach, FL survives Hurricane Michael "nearly untouched"
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:03 pm
Whoever designed (sounds like it was the owner himself) the extra structural additions that kept this home, not just intact, but practically undamaged, deserves a structural engineering award. Most homes that are built "hurricane proof" still can't withstand a Category 4 or 5 hurricane.
SIAP, there have been a lot of Michael threads, so it is hard to know what has and hasn't been posted.
LINK
SIAP, there have been a lot of Michael threads, so it is hard to know what has and hasn't been posted.
LINK
This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 12:05 pm
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Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:04 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
The chairs didn’t even get blown off the deck. Kudos to that baw.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:05 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:05 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
"Hey brah lemme buy you a beer" - guy who owns the house behind him
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:07 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
they are going to shite all over that area with more condos and it will end up being a tourist trap area, compared to hidden gems the area from mexico beach to cape san blas were.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:09 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Not really hard to do, if you're willing to spend the extra money.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:10 pm to OysterPoBoy
I have been waiting for this thread because I'm very interested in the building/engineering techniques that allow a private beach-front residence to withstand a Hurricane Michael.
I hope that some folks can chime in and educate us a bit in this area.
I hope that some folks can chime in and educate us a bit in this area.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:10 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
He could rent that as a private beach vacation for some $$$ this winter.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:12 pm to elposter
Wonder if he built that out of concrete like the one i saw in da parish after katrina?
ETA: Guess i should have read.
newly built concrete home
ETA: Guess i should have read.
newly built concrete home
This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:12 pm to SeeeeK
quote:
they are going to shite all over that area with more condos and it will end up being a tourist trap area, compared to hidden gems the area from mexico beach to cape san blas were.
Pretty sure there are actually rules against it there.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:14 pm to elposter
quote:
He could rent that as a private beach vacation for some $$$ this winter.
Nothing says "beach vacation" quite like the sound of construction all around you
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:16 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
That is pretty impressive! I am a structural engineer in the Charleston, SC area and read a more in depth article about that home yesterday. That home was designed to 250 mph wind forces and took Michael head-on beachfront like it was a summer breeze. The local builders like to whine and complain about the requirements here on the Carolina coast for 150 mph winds. I get it for the ones inland a half mile or more...but if you are investing in beachfront this is the way to go these days.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:17 pm to Tiger Prawn
Making small accommodations as they went, he said they often "went one step further" beyond the building codes, like when they added 1-foot thick concrete walls as well as steel cables to hold the roof steady.
They also built the ground floor out of tall pilings, with the house elevated above it, to create a ground floor structure intended to give way with massive storm surge if necessary -- and "sure enough it did
They also built the ground floor out of tall pilings, with the house elevated above it, to create a ground floor structure intended to give way with massive storm surge if necessary -- and "sure enough it did
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:17 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
hope that dude has a generator for that house. would suck to have the only standing home and no power to it.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:18 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
quote:
"Hey brah lemme buy you a beer" - guy who owns the house behind him
This.
Also, Mexico beach is nice but its basically like Navarre Beach but further away for most people and even less to do.
I don't see Mexico Beach ever getting super popular just because of the distance it is to most people.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:18 pm to MorbidTheClown
still, what did he win for being the last guy standing. his neighborhood is shite for the next decade.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:18 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
The exterior walls of the home are made of reinforced concrete?
The metal roof is secured to the foundation by steel cables. That was in the article and is a great idea.
I know that the pilings are deep and made of reinforced concrete.
The concrete truck brought all of that concrete to use on the home.
The metal roof is secured to the foundation by steel cables. That was in the article and is a great idea.
I know that the pilings are deep and made of reinforced concrete.
The concrete truck brought all of that concrete to use on the home.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:19 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
They just built it last year too, insane.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:20 pm to Champagne
oh, you're "concrete truck" guy? gotcha
This post was edited on 10/16/18 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 10/16/18 at 12:21 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
still, what did he win for being the last guy standing.
Beachfront property with no neighbors.
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