Material for Making Buildings Survive a Quake, Storm, Etc.

[Cbsteffen]

Can you imagine any public building or private residence made of any matter strong enough to keep from collapsing from a hurricane, storm, or quake? I sometimes think of that because of the severe damage that bad weather does. The only disadvantage would be that the building would probably be close to impossible to tear down when nobody has lived or worked there for a while because whatever the building would be made of could hardly break if at all!

[annadote]

You might have a point there. But in all honesty, I don't think there is a material that could withstand all mother nature has to dish out that wouldn't be incredibly expensive (coming from a lifetime of experience in Tornado Alley).

[BATISTAGIRL663]

I myself would love to have a building like that if I lived in a hurricane state we have had so much Devastation this year with hurricane that I think a building like that would be a dream come true for a lot of people

[teenangel]

I agree with you on that. But I don't think that there are materials that can withstand any storms. I seen a lot of office buildings still destroyed even though most of them are made with steel

[Skyisbluetoday]

          Historical points would be cool if they would stay where they were built. I would think that if you needed to reconstruct a building to suit other people, it would be easier to do this the way people have built these structures.           

[bshee58]

It would be expensive to make buildings withstand sever weather conditions, that's why some people make them unsafe using material not good enough to hold up.

[sfreeman8]

I noticed in Hurricane Michael that the older homes, those around 100 years old or older, seemed to withstand the storm. What was the difference between those homes and the newer ones?

The patent and trademark attorney I did all kinds of legal work about 20 years ago, a local window company came up with a hurricane-proof window. The glass could sustain winds up to s high amount (can't remember the amount) and even debris without breaking. They were called the Hurricane Windows or something like that.

[sdenimandlace1]

My house was built in 1907, the have been storms come through here and my house is still standing.

[debidoo]

I don't know about a material that will survive a bad hurricane but there is supposedly a method of building that will -It is a dome house and there is one in Pensacola and I wish I could find out if it truly survived Michael.  Would be interesting to know although I believe I read several years ago that it was expensive to build.

[vickysue]

So many homes are made from substandard  material any more, Back in the early days  homes  were made with dried  wood, and  they were a true 1", 2 " and so on material, Now the wood is green and within days aftr being taken out of a bundle.  All of the real good wood goes to Japan.  Even the cement  blocks are  are made with substandard cement not like they were back then.

[bigfoot951]

First off, the financial investment would not be worth it even if it was possible.  And the material alone wouldn't be enough.  You would have to have the foundation deep below the ground otherwise the water could still wash out the dirt under the house and it would collapse.

[sherryfan]

Should invent house that is moveable.  If early notice we can evacuated

[ancmetro]

   My personal opinion is: 'Design and materials' can influence if the structure will survive
and protect occupants and others in case of a natural disaster.

[ancmetro]

   Making buildings to withstand natural disasters is the answer.

[dogsleash]

If the storm or disaster is bad enough nothing can survive.