View from your house, your office or a friend's place

[TobyLaRohne]

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v315/dukeofhazza...

view from my old apartment, see if you can guess where it is, clue at the end of the video!

[Ali2202]

Evening shot from the Balcony......

[King Herald]

waffles said:

King Herald said:

Doh! How could I miss that one???

I might try it next time I'm home, and have a full bladder. It'll take some serious pressure I reckon.

I think your original idea is the way to go, half a dozen beers and from the roof.

And pictures. I'll need to take pictures.

[Highway Star]

This is the view from the balcony of our apartment in Ames, Iowa, late one Saturday afternoon when we lived there in October 2005.



We, erm, went down to the shelter pretty soon after that when it started heading closer our way.

This is what it did to Woodward, which was nearby - killed two people



Though we now have a nice view out over a valley in North Oxfordshire, we don't get too many tornadoes there.

Edited by Highway Star on Tuesday 16th October 14:27

[King Herald]

Nice/scary picture there Mr Star, but I've never understood why the people in Tornado Alley build lightweight stick homes, from 2 x 4 and drywall.

If it were me I'd build just like we did in our current house: solid concrete and steel, walls, floors, ceilings.

[shirt]

TobyLaRohne said:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v315/dukeofhazza...

view from my old apartment, see if you can guess where it is, clue at the end of the video!

camelot?

[TobyLaRohne]

shirt said:

camelot?

HAHAHA!

[Highway Star]

King Herald said:

Nice/scary picture there Mr Star, but I've never understood why the people in Tornado Alley build lightweight stick homes, from 2 x 4 and drywall.

If it were me I'd build just like we did in our current house: solid concrete and steel, walls, floors, ceilings.

I guess because a tornado would rip through pretty much anything anyway and getting hit by flying flimsy stuff is going to hurt less/do less damage than flying concrete?

[okie592]

XJSJohn said:

Balestier Road?

close, sinaran drive

[anonymous-user]

Silvs said:

The dreaded Tax office.

Like a giant concrete middle-finger extended to the city.

[King Herald]

Highway Star said:

I guess because a tornado would rip through pretty much anything anyway and getting hit by flying flimsy stuff is going to hurt less/do less damage than flying concrete?

Surely it is possible to build a house structure that 150mph winds won't tear apart? When I see the sheer tonnage of concrete and steel in our maison I find it hard to believe a wind could knock it down.

Unless said wind was carrying the detritus and debris of a hundred stick houses, of course.....

[Ayahuasca]

King Herald said:

Highway Star said:

I guess because a tornado would rip through pretty much anything anyway and getting hit by flying flimsy stuff is going to hurt less/do less damage than flying concrete?

Surely it is possible to build a house structure that 150mph winds won't tear apart? When I see the sheer tonnage of concrete and steel in our maison I find it hard to believe a wind could knock it down.

Unless said wind was carrying the detritus and debris of a hundred stick houses, of course.....

I think the vast majority of USA houses are built of wood, or wood frames with a brick 'veneer'. As well as being blown over by strong winds, they are also lethal in fires.

I guess the lesson of The Three Little Pigs isn't heeded much over there.

[GetCarter]

From the house, Monday (click on it for full size):

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

From the house, Monday (click on it for full size)

You bd

[King Herald]

Yes, I hate that guy. Seriously, I do.

[so called]

View from my balloon the other day before I jumped

[Geoff Stilwell]

Sunset from my Balcony

Morning View from the other balcony

[Matt Harper]

OK, Geoff, we get the idea.

[Jw Vw]

Matt Harper said:

OK, Geoff, we get the idea.

Stunning views. Didn't need it posted three times though

[NickXX]

View from my place in Wapping: