People Who Built On Texas Sand Dunes Might Be Unable To Replace Hurricane Ike Damaged Homes On Eroded Beaches

[Acer]

"The beach" is dynamic, and has been for the last couple of billion years or so. Ignore this fact at your (financial) peril.

[Marc Anthony]

MacMagus, I've never heard of a "Bucky house", but Carnos Jax got my reference; the home he pictured withstood Hurricane Ivan. These homes are naturally storm resistant and can be further reinforced. Although not as elaborate as is pictured, there are a bunch of these homes, part of the "monolithic dome institute", about an hour outside of Dallas.

http://static.monolithic.com/disaster_re...index.html

[lafinfil]

Marc Anthony wrote:
MacMagus, I've never heard of a "Bucky house" ....

Buckminster Fuller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

Geodesic dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome

[Racer X]

We have people here in Seattle who are forced to move because the clay hillside (it's a glacial silt morrain you morans!) slides and wipes out houses, and they aren't allowed to rebuild.

[modelamac]

Unfortunately there is a need to protect some people from themselves. It is actually to protect the rest of us from having to bail them out with higher premiums on our "safe" property, providing temporary shelter when the inevitable does happen, etc.

[Speedy]

Reinforced concrete structures built high enough (above any possible storm surge) on a solid foundation will withstand most any storm. Spendy though.

[OWC Jamie]

Do these wonderful storm resistant houses hover over the open ocean when the land is gone ?

[Carnos Jax]

In the example I posted, they drove pilings 17 feet into the sand (the top of the pilings were level with the sand).

[kj4btkljv]

billb wrote:
Do these wonderful storm resistant houses hover over the open ocean when the land is gone ?

The land will NEVER be gone! It can't ever leave the planet.

It will just be picked up and moved to somewhere else here on Earth...



Jeff

[OWC Jamie]

kj4btkljv wrote:
[quote=billb]
Do these wonderful storm resistant houses hover over the open ocean when the land is gone ?

The land will NEVER be gone! It can't ever leave the planet.

It will just be picked up and moved to somewhere else here on Earth...



Jeff
I have no desire to live in Hudson Canyon.
I doubt too many others do, either. :-)