Still_Small_Voice Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Watch the twenty second footage showing partially completed North Carolina condominiums collapse from high winds:Stunning Footage Shows North Carolina Condo Collapse From High Winds | Video | TheBlaze.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_Small_Voice Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Eighty-six mile per hour winds are high velocity, but not enough to do damage like this in my opinion. Something was not built right if the whole structure fell under these conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Saw it on the news......amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Still under construction. Looks like much of the plywood on the lower level was not yet put up. Such construction depends on the plywood sheeting to provide lateral stabilization. Don't know why so much plywood was put on up top but not at the bottom, but my guess is that that did the thing in. No lower plywood sheets + lots of plywood up top to catch the wind like a sail = news footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Eighty-six mile per hour winds are high velocity, but not enough to do damage like this in my opinion. Something was not built right if the whole structure fell under these conditions.It wasn't finished. Nothing in that structure was completed enough to live in let alone withstand weather conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 My garbage can was blown over this morning. I was grossed out because I had to scoop half-frozen used dinner remnants up with my bare hands. No video though, sorry. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 My garbage can was blown over this morning. I was grossed out because I had to scoop half-frozen used dinner remnants up with my bare hands. No video though, sorry. :)Now that would have been a video to watch. Lol!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 · Hidden Hidden My garbage can was blown over this morning. I was grossed out because I had to scoop half-frozen used dinner remnants up with my bare hands. No video though, sorry. :)LM's trash can -- . Link to comment
RipplecutBuddha Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Aw, come on....nobody grabbed the 'house built upon the sand' opportunity?? buncha slackers....hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexviper Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Yeah that's more toward the coast than inland. We (I live in North Carolina) rarely get anything like that this far into the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlimac Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Ah oh! Somebody's not gonna be happy about that. I hope it was insured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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