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Do they design gas station overhangs specifically to make damage look bad in storms?
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:06 pm
Just saw on the news that there was storm damage in Port Allen. Sure enough, part of it looked like it was from one of those gas station canopies.
What is it with those things that they are always damaged in every storm?
What is it with those things that they are always damaged in every storm?
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Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:08 pm to Methuselah
They're cheaply built because they're not structural?
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:08 pm to Methuselah
They made of recycled coke cans man.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:09 pm to PrivatePublic
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They're cheaply built because they're not structural?
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:10 pm to Methuselah
Well, they are basically flimsy, giant sails, so it doesn't take much wind to lift one off of it's anchors.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:11 pm to Methuselah
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Do they design gas station overhangs specifically to make damage look bad in storms?
no, they design them to get the customers under them wet. Especially if you're on the end. storm damage is just an extra.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:13 pm to tigerinthebueche
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no, they design them to get the customers under them wet. Especially if you're on the end. storm damage is just an extra.
That, and I've found pumping gas in the cold feels 20 degrees colder under those things
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:15 pm to IAmNERD
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Well, they are basically flimsy, giant sails
This is a sail. Ball park, center field. Was put up about a year ago.
Less then a 1/2 mile from my house.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:15 pm to Methuselah
They’re strictly there to shield you from the rain. Literally sheet metal and lighting.
I could fart and blow it away.
I could fart and blow it away.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:15 pm to Methuselah
I had an uncle that got his head cut off by one during a strong windstorm. His family sued and got $3.50. The price per gallon of gas at the time. But seriously, their lawyer was the Loch Ness Monster.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:16 pm to Methuselah
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Do they design gas station overhangs specifically to make damage look bad in storms?
Yes! That's exactly what they do.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:17 pm to Langland
Uncle gets beheaded, clowns around
This post was edited on 4/23/20 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:25 pm to Methuselah
Think of it like a piece of paper being blown around in the wind: That open air flat canopy with a much larger surface area than the bottom of the posts bolted to it and the ground catches a gust of wind and it's game over.
Aerodynamically speaking, they're like the fletching on an arrow used in archery, and just like an arrow being released like a ball bearing in a slingshot, as soon as those anchor bolts that hold the whole thing together shear off and release that energy it's game over.
(And when it does, you'd better hope it doesn't shear off your face if you're in nearby car.)
Alternatively you can see why a monolithic dome design like in the pic below that took a direct hit by an EF4 or 5 survived intact because of the opposite reason. Its round design is very "not" aerodynamic. Think of it like a musket ball and how inaccurate those things were.
Here's a link to an article from where the pic came from if your interested. It's a link from monolithic.org. Don't expect to see suburbs popping up across the country with this fugly arse design (though some in central Mississippi and Alabama should probably consider it). roundhouses @ monolithic.org
Aerodynamically speaking, they're like the fletching on an arrow used in archery, and just like an arrow being released like a ball bearing in a slingshot, as soon as those anchor bolts that hold the whole thing together shear off and release that energy it's game over.
(And when it does, you'd better hope it doesn't shear off your face if you're in nearby car.)
Alternatively you can see why a monolithic dome design like in the pic below that took a direct hit by an EF4 or 5 survived intact because of the opposite reason. Its round design is very "not" aerodynamic. Think of it like a musket ball and how inaccurate those things were.
Here's a link to an article from where the pic came from if your interested. It's a link from monolithic.org. Don't expect to see suburbs popping up across the country with this fugly arse design (though some in central Mississippi and Alabama should probably consider it). roundhouses @ monolithic.org
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