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[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 99 points 3 months ago

The problem is almost never that the wind it blowing, its what the wind is blowing.

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 84 points 3 months ago

In this case, I expect it's going to be blowing those ratchet straps after they become unanchored, turning them into whips that'll cleave the roof in half.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 50 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The description for the picture says they are connected to big burried concrete blocks, so likely the house is gone before these straps get loose.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah but if a tree slams into the strap and breaks it

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Those straps aren’t going to break.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Look man I'm not a sciencologist but if a big ol tree smacks into that strap maybe the strap doesn't break but the metal tie downs? Idk man doesn't seem like it would work out well for the house or straps

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

A 2" wide straps is supposed to fail at about 10,000 pounds/4500kg of static load. The nylon strap will fail long before the metal hardware does, and the roof is going to fail before either of those do. If a large enough object fell on the strap, the most probable scenario is that the strap would end up acting like a wire cutter to the roof.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago
[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It sounded kinda like the "welcome to Costco, I love you" from Idiocracy and that character has the best vibe.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

You could use those straps to lift a large tree up in the air with a crane

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I need an after picture of this house stat

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

It'll trampoline off into the neighbor's house.

[-] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It might break the roof. Those straps are nearly as wide as that truck's brake lights, i don't see them snapping so easily.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

homie these straps are probably rated for a tree falling on it lol

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Ok but what about 20 trees and a lot of debris?

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

ur house is probably part of the debris by then lmao

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

unanchored

whips

schrodingers whip. How is it both unanchored and a whip at the same time.

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

if one of them goes, the other is pretty likely to go as well. Unless you just didn't secure it properly, in which case skill issue.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

Hurricanes rip poorly built roofs off all the time. Builders get lazy and install the hurricane anchor things wrong. At least the local home inspector on Reddit used to say

[-] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

i would trust that redditor seeing how homes are often built lmao

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That particular redditor had a long history of weekly posts with the shitty home builder work they inspected, but I hear the argument, I have no evidence other than hearsay and didn't research it myself.

[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

They call me.. Tater-Salad.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

If your ass gets hit by a Volvo...

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

it's* what the wind is blowing.

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