Tornado vs Mobile Home
30.March, 2009
A Fox 2 Fox File report that takes a look at the real numbers when it comes to mobile homes being hit by tornadoes. …
Duration : 0:3:58
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A Fox 2 Fox File report that takes a look at the real numbers when it comes to mobile homes being hit by tornadoes. …
Duration : 0:3:58
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
Dammit, i read …
Dammit, i read Tornado vs Mobile phone, and i get tricked into watching this crap.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
i live in a mobile …
i live in a mobile home in ohio. your more likely to die in your car. then in any home. house or not.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
if they had been …
if they had been actually hit by a tornado, they would not be standing or at least intact.
Fact is that a house will do better in a tornado than a moble home.
I live in Miss. and when huricane Katrina hit, moble homes definently got the worst end of it. My neighbors entire ceiling collasped from a medium sized limb that hit their roof. My house was hit with several limbs and recieved very little damage.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
I live in north …
I live in north Texas and there are several older mobile homes in m community that have been threw several tornados, all of them are still standing. The media and uneducated people always try to make mobile homes seem poorly constructed, when the truth is most mobile homes beat federal building codes and have fewer repairs needed over time than a traditional house.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
I survived a …
I survived a tornado in a mobile home I used to own….these stories are VERY misleading..its the lack of or variability of foundations and anchoring that in the end determines what happens, more than ANY other single thing. Mine was very firmly supported and anchored properly and NOTHING structurally was damaged..only siding, windows, and skirting, Nearby “regular site built” homes suffered the same exact damage as my mobile home..and it was 120MPH winds
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
Its not fake at all …
Its not fake at all……what a stupid comment..geez….WHY is it fake…??
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
Its not fake.
Its not fake.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
This video is …
This video is sooooo fake….
Watch the bit where it pans from the damaged house, and garden on the right to the perfect house and garden on the left!!!!! FAKE….
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
It’s simple many …
It’s simple many homes are built under to have strength for I’d say 100 mph winds or a hurricane though if it’s the cylone body of a tornadoes nothing can withstand it if its in it’s path it will be destroyed no matter what at these days.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
any home built to …
any home built to withstand strong winds will survive, its USUALLY always older poorly made MOBILE HOMES that are destroyed or damaged badly as usual americans dont take the time to research or understand things. Regular HOMES, are destroyed just as easily UNLESS they are built hurricane resistant.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
Well said, …
Well said, JRodriguez, and I agree 100%. Mobile homes are the better value AND there is much you can do to make them even safer. Also, tornadoes do not care what you live in, they don’t discriminate, they just destroy whatever and whenever they want.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
I live in florida …
I live in florida too and honestly, I love mobile homes better than real homes. Folks out here are paying 250,000+ for a small 2 bedroom 1 bath house, yet I can get a 4 bedroom 2 bath for 40,000. I’ll take the latter thank you.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
Even a “real” home …
Even a “real” home would have been destroyed by the tornado, especially if they are in its path. This news story is still misleading. I’ve lived in Florida for 12 years, been though 3 hurricanes, and our mobile home is still standing strong. Obviously there will be destruction in a tornado- regardless of what kind of home it is. I think the media likes to exploit the working class with these types of stories.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
I live in Florida. …
I live in Florida. The sad truth here is that the only affordable homes left are mobile homes. Average working folks just cannot touch regular houses because the prices have gotten so out of sight. Housing values here have more than tripled in the last few years, but unfortunately, our incomes have stayed about the same.
30.March, 2009 um 6:38 pm
I survied a tornado …
I survied a tornado in a 1999 Cavalier single wide manufactured home. I purchased my home with a Wind Zone II Package, and had extra anchors - the cost was 11.28 more a month, but the only damage was from other manufactured homes in my community slamming up against mine.