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

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.

People continue to call them 'trailers' long after they have been parked
in their final resting place. Thus the term 'trailer parks'. Some even
leave the axles on in case they want to move again.

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.

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.
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