The lady said that she doesn't understand why homes fall apart??? I know why!!! Because they are made of CARDBOARD AND WOODEN STICKS!!!!!!

even that plant hanging on the porch was tornado proof.

homes are built differently depending on which part of the country you are in. Midwest - large brick, sheetrock, slab foundation.

If people built cement houses, none of these people would have jobs LOL.

1:19 No wonder everybody thinks Americans are uneducated, if they let people like her talk on television. What is not to understand about a wooden building that gets torn apart by strong winds?

Now...if the home that collapsed had been positioned to collide with the "better constructed" home, would the better built home survive both the high winds and the collision from all that weight? My point may seem silly but homes are in subdivisions and if one home comes apart the pieces are likely to collide with homes in the debree path.

question everything, i was raised to believe that you have to open windows to relieve pressure on your house to keep it from blowing apart. but that is 100% false keep doors and windows closed because if u open them the air flows thru the house and blows the walls and roof off destroying your house quicker then if u keep them shut!!!

When that lady said they didn't know why the structures failed I LOL'ed. It's made of mostly wood. Wood < 100 mph winds.

The problem is after the window is broken all your factors change with the difference in pressure/wind speed. Good luck with that!

Base housing on Andersen AFB was poured concrete including a poured concrete roof. Made it though 2 typhoons with zero damage. They can now pour concrete houses using 3D printing.

2:07 EF4 WINDS ARE 165-199 MPH EF5 WINDS ARE 200+ CAN YOU NOT EVEN DO SIMPLE RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE WINDS OF AN EF4 ARE?

They also fail to realize wind is not the only enemy its what the wind carries. Once windows of a home are broken the window goes inside and no matter what the house is made of once those wind speeds are in there its over.

…And in 2023, homes are still being flattened by tornadoes. Prayers for Mississippi.

You guys build your houses out of wood over there? We use brick in the UK

I'm sure both homes were made of wood, an excellent building material, but it needs to be reinforced as was the house that was not destroyed. The 100 mile an hour wind is a low category tornado/hurricane. I believe this is the information that they are trying to convey.

Wait... freese The test was in a Weather Channel special, the winds were only 120 miles an hour, and both houses were made to code, with one of the houses rigged to have its door to swing open to show the damage it can do

Seems like a good investment.

I dont know why tornado prone areas have houses still made of wood? Why not concrete houses with metal reinforcement? I live in a tropical island with constant typhoons every year and my house is made of concrete, even the roof over head. It made me feel safe for 20 years.

Foundation reinforced concrete six feet to the ground, the inner structure is made of a yellow brick exterior granite stone ,it costs a lot of money, but at least I'm sure my house will not fly .Windows and doors have their steel scarfs which automatically drop in critical situations .

It should be required by code to have a small closet like tornado proof storm shelter in every house in tornado alley. The whole house does not be have to be tornado proof. It could be done afford-ably.

If I built my house like a concrete dome it would take the winds of Neptune to destroy it.

Reason why is because midwest homes are made to crap specifications and only cost slightly less than concrete block double strap well built homes. For example midwest homes are built to tolerate 90 mph winds. Many Florida homes after 2008 were built for 150 MPH winds.

Lol. This is my local news channel. I missed this one when it aired years ago.

The video raises more questions than answers. In the home that was destroyed, it appears that there are no anchor bolts, ties and hold downs that would be required in a standard residence. This is why the home "slides" off the subfloor - one could assume the other has some type of anchoring system. I also question the way the siding is ripped off the demo home, yet stays intact on the "fortified" home. How is this accomplished - 'IF' all things are equal.

Imagine just sitting in the house that's getting a short and literally the freaking house collapses that would have been so funny 😂😂😂😂😂

Can outstand an EF 4 Tornado. EF 5 heads for the station Him: U kidding now

5k to tornado proof a house? I guarantee you that those upgrades would save you some money on utilities.

The other house was like: YOU WERE NOT MEANT TO SEE THIS

What they don't tell you is this can't withstand a flying 100 Mph tractor trailer, just another money grab!🤔

take an example to the netherlands. not that we need tornado proof houses, but our houses are built with concrete walls and floors and are finished with brick facades and double glass windows. im sure they would withstand a tornado. maybe just some roofs would fly off. and dont plant big trees near your house!

Just saying this now it's not going to just be the structural materials but the house has a lot of indented corners or just really weird aerodynamics that could also come into account

The buildings on mt Washington summit in New Hampshire can hold up against 200mph plus wind. And they were built in the 60s. So its not a lack of material or engineering not being advanced enough its all about the money

one easy question: why don't u use bricks or rocks instead of wood sticks to build?

The title says the secret tornado-proof building. This video doesn't reveal the secret. what's the secret?

Do curved and round shaped earthbags/ superadobe houses can be the solution?

The 'research' was from a Weather Channel Documentary debunking the myths of opening windows during tornadic force winds.

At least the camera was in a metal box.

The wind proof house: y’all hear sum?

Hi KC, MO!! Love you, Gary!! X💖

Doesn't the triangle shape of roofs also create lift?

Pro tip: Use stones, cement and eventually steel instead of wood

My house makes me nervous. It has got to be so unsafe. I live in an "older" house. It was built in the 80's. So this is a little smaller ground area and then a little taller than most houses. Just think, this is a tall house made out of little pieces of wood. That's scary. And we only have a 4 foot block basement. Not very safe.

Where I live in Europe we got 100mph winds annually in the recent decades and nothing ever happened apart from some minor roof damage… just don’t build your homes from cardboard and wood…

As far as I know it is not just the wind but all the material flying through the air at destroys everything. I do not see that in the animation.

As a contractor why homes dont withstand is corners are cut when building a home the cheapest materials are bought.my opinion

I have my own theory for a tornado proof house. Let me know if you think it will work? simple one ridge roofline house. 20 foot wide and X feet long. Whatever length you desire. Stairs on both ends of the house down to the basement. Dual sump pumps with backup generators/batteries. The basement has two layers of cement block. The outer layer supports the main house. The inner layer supports steel plate spanning the basement. Bolt it down with anchors in the concrete filled concrete block. All the bedrooms are in the basement with everything valuable in the basement. Everything above the steel plate is designed to break away and be replaceable. If you have concrete walls above the steel plate, like ICF, then it is more difficult to rebuild. Sleep safe knowing your family is safe. Insurance would not need to pay as much to rebuild the house. The one problem I worry about is negative pressure popping the steel plate off.

I couldnt feel save in a wooden house, here in germany we only have stone houses.

wow, little did they know what would show up to Joplin the next summer.

There is another way. I will tell you now. After you build your "normal" box house you then build a curved circular masonry wall around the outside of the house with space between the house and the wall, You can plant shrubs around the wall to visually break up the look. The wall will need to be 6 feet high if possible. You are trying to keep the wind from grabbing the corners of the structure. This can be tested also in a wind tunnel test. The wind must be similar to what a tornado would be. Remember my name. I do not have the money to protect my idea.

Looks like the insurance companies are controlling the weather wink wink

Can a metal container house withstand a 150mph tornado ?

I mean these types of structures can withstand at least a good amount of mother nature’s normal power but once it gets severe weather who knows

And today that would be $40000

Well you just did I seen the house not move. You all have figured out somthing.

Yikes. My mobile home withstood sustained winds of 75 mph without damage and that house just blew away...Something about that makes little sense. Maybe because they did not anchor the home in any way. Of course we were not IN the home at the time because we will not count on a mobile home for shelter just because it survived once or twice. I live in Florida and we evacuate to either a cbs home rated for a cat3 or if higher than that we would leave the area.

I hope you' know a tornado is a concentrated wall of wind and a hurricane is large spread of wind I don't care if it's a armored house a tornado is going to tear it apart

that's a shame they really look like nice houses somebody can live in

Build dome shape houses. It won’t look pretty, but it’s better than losing my home.

They need to build these homes like how they do down here in South Florida concrete block and steel they don't blow over they don't even get scratched as long as you got your windows sealed up you're perfectly fine you can withstand up to 200 mile an hour winds you'll get a little shaken up but there wouldn't be no severe damage to the house

You all should stop worrying about what it cost to make a house with stand and EF4 or EF5 tornado what matters is saving lives like I said are you guys care about money and don’t care about saving lives you care about what it cost to make a house or a building to a standard tornado.. Now you guys should start making houses with stand tornadoes and hurricanes I mean there a circle houses out there

If there were some strategically placed steel beams and floor joists, and the wood was screwed together, instead of nailed, a structure might hold up a tad better. I know I have a harder time removing a screw than a nail, so it just seems to make sense. But the extra few seconds per screw(which could lead into hours, for an entire structure) would probably jack the price up, astronomically, in the end. Not to mention screws would cost more. I'm not a handy woman. I'm lucky to be able to paint a wall! But if I was able, I'd build my own house, and use metal and screws, to hold it together. But I'd also have a storm shelter, because I don't know for sure my logic is based on sound evidence.

How bout DOME-HOUSES?

The house that stood is made of flex tape

Microbursts are no joke.

Looks like the house being pulled away in poltergeist

Build from concrete and steel like in Europe nobody build with plywood like in the US

I live in a house built in 1946. It's made of big-block concrete. Only the roof is wood.

People act like brick and concrete isnt used in the USA, which it is. Not even concrete can survive an ef5

The news anchor indicated he noticed both houses eventually got the doors opened, yet that video shows only one door opened. And if the IBHS let it open, they are framing the viewer.-Ernie Moore Jr.

What about when a tornado makes direct contact and just not wind (which this is just a wind tunnel they using)

Build tornado proof homes in tornado prone areas... Build flood proof homes in floor areas. Build hurricane proof homes in hurricane areas. Trees dont grow fast enough.

It’s all about structural hardware baby. No doubt. Epoxy, strapping, tie-downs etc

The secret to a tornado proof building is to build it below ground

What if you build concrete House,s?

really? only 100mph winds were used to test the durability of a house? ef5 tornadoes can go over 200 can't they? try testing with THAT power before saying it can withstand tornadoes.

You guys should start testing houses that can withstand an EF6 tornado they have been predicting that it will happen eventually not sure what year or what time. But you guys should start testing houses that can with stand EF6 tornadoes that’s basically Stronger winds than an ear five

They didn’t know what was coming next...

This will never work. Unless your building that house to withstand tress, flying cars, other homes and such...good luck

Wouldn't a quantum leap be a ludicrously tiny leap?

And this is what inspired flex glue took it to the next level

it is possible to make a cement building or house so the tornado cant destroy

Why am I here?

Yeah, can we have those in hurricane locals?

I don't know why but I LOVE seeing huge buildings fail. Dunno why...

There are SO many things wrong in this video (incorrect EF rating, that stupid ass “we don’t know why they fall apart!” comment, etc) but let’s just focus on the fact that to simulate a tornado, they literally just had some heavy wind in a tunnel and called it a day. I don’t know if this is breaking news, but tornadoes ROTATE. It is the very definition; a column of violently rotating wind. And debris - you know, the *deadliest* part?

Ah, Johnson County. Great place

Step one have a lot of money....

I need specifics please...

Amazing

@ 1:16 She needs to learn the story of Three little pigs.

Yeah

Like in a wildfire , why some homes escape tornado

Build round homes with a smooth sealed exterior.

Unfortunately strong tornado winds will come with debris that will pound houses, that house will be useless.

Ironic that this aired not long before the 2011 season

ICF is the way to go for many reasons

US homes look pretty but flimsy. If you build that here termites will eat it in months (even if you treat it first).

1:16 "Until we can figure out why structures come apart" That's easy to answer.... it was the 2 ton truck coming through the front door followed by the neighbours roof and a few 200 ft trees smashing down on the roof.... Has nobody thought of why the Native Americans lived a nomadic life and lived in tipi's. It wasn't only to follow the buffalo but because these tornado's have been around well before the America's were discovered...

The house is shaped like a cube. of course its going to collapse. a more aerodynamic shape would allow the winds to flow around instead of through the house.

I think they should just build homes to commercial codes.