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


"Joe Zitzelberger" <joe_zitzelberger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:joe_zitzelberger-14F221.22240129082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <11h6opo2546d146@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Rick Smith" <ricksmith@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > "Joe Zitzelberger" <joe_zitzelberger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:joe_zitzelberger-4DD9C9.17304328082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [snip]
> > > 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.

I was mistaken, the standard is 120 mph.

> People continue to call them 'trailers' long after they have been parked
> in their final resting place. Thus the term 'trailer parks'.

Some people, including myself, do not always know
how or when definitions change. Where lot rents are involved,
"trailer park" or "mobile home park" may be appropriate;
but I own the lot and live in a manufactured home community.
Nonetheless, a manufactured home in a "trailer park" is still
a manufactured home and not a trailer.

> Some even
> leave the axles on in case they want to move again.

I am not aware of axles being removable.

> Even if they are properly anchored, then cannot stand up to the types of
> storms that hit Florida annually. When was the last year that they did
> NOT get winds in excess of 125 somewhere in the state? I can't recall
> one.

Tornados occur every year and exceed 125 mph. There
are years when no hurricanes hit Florida and most that do
are not major hurricanes (cat 3 or higher).
< http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/paststate.shtml >

> Of course, many are not anchored at all, or are improperly anchored.
>
> A mere cat 1 (just fun and games for weather buffs) will gust enough to
> take out unanchored or improperly anchored trailers. A cat 2 will trash
> the properly anchored ones.

< http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml >
Category Two Hurricane:
Winds 96-110 mph (83-95 kt or 154-177 km/hr).



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