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Re:What Does It Take to Build a Disaster-Proof House? by 8bitsrule on Saturday November 13, 2021 @12:15PM (#29211381)
Disaster comes in many forms. There's a region in Oregon that just got 10" of rain in 2 days. On this date in 1985 a town in Colombia was wiped out by a lahar from a nearby volcano.
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Re:What Does It Take to Build a Disaster-Proof House? by generalizations on Saturday November 13, 2021 @03:40PM (#29213000)
That house isn't designed to withstand a lahar, or the glass doors wouldn't be at ground level. And there's plenty of houses that can easily withstand heavy rainfall...but again, a door that close to ground level isn't a great design.

I'm not really sure what kind of disaster this is good for - sure, the metal can probably survives, but as I said before, it sure doesn't look ready to protect the inside.

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