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re: frugal storm shelters?
4 may 2000
jeepers! wrote:
>if a tornado can pull pavement from a road... i assure you, you don't
>want to leave it above ground, period.
so you are expecting windspeeds greater than 346 mph, ie 100 mph
faster than the highest recorded windspeed in north america?
>i'll take a septic tank, empty or full, anytime over a ""1500 gallons,"
>5' tall x 6' wide x 12' long, with a lid with a 2' hole made of reinforced
>5000 psi concrete, about 3" thick and $600, delivered..."
that is a septic tank, fool. you might feel safer in the upside-down
version well-lashed to deadmen under the 22 55-gallon water drums.
that brings the weight up to 14 tons, and you might berm 3' of earth
around it for streamlining.
the drums would also raise the time constant to 56 days, so
it would only cool from 70 f to 65 f over a cloudy 30 f week :-)
nick
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