Re: [OT] Hurricane prep (Was: OT: Traffic Signals in New Mexico)


"Joe Zitzelberger" <joe_zitzelberger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:joe_zitzelberger-4DD9C9.17304328082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> The entire "manufactured housing" industry in the southeast is still
> working overtime to catch up on the replacement trailers needed after
> last seasons Charlie, Francis and Ivan damage.

H'm, "replacement trailers"? Trailering is the means
by which manufactured homes are moved. They are
homes not trailers. After being trailered to a site, the
home is raised; pylons are placed under its frame;
its trailering wheels and tongue are removed; anchors
are driven into the ground and the home's anchor
straps are attached to those anchors; water, sewer,
and electrical connections are made; then skirting is
added to conceal the underside. These steps must be
reversed to render the home capable of being trailered
again.

A properly anchored and shuttered manufactured home
can withstand winds of at least 125 mph.



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