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Tornados are known to be one of nature’s strongest forces that create havoc and destruction. The national oceanic and administration has quoted an astounding fact that tornados leave about 70 people dead and over 1500 severely injured every year. They also destroy hundreds of houses leaving survivors homeless. Tornados can occur anywhere in the United States based on the weather pattern. With tornados becoming more common, tornado shelters are built and people are evacuated when a tornado hits. However that does not save their belongings. A house is built and designed for people to live; they are not built to withstand extreme weather conditions. As it is next to impossible to predict tornados well in advance, it is a wise decision to build tornado proof homes to safeguard your family from the wind’s wrath. Most houses in the US don’t stand a chance of surviving the power of a tornado. Houses are built to withstand a maximum of 90 miles per hour whereas a tornado of EF1 intensity travels at over 110 miles per hour. A tornado with intensity of EF1 is good enough to create massive damage and destruction. The after math of higher intensity tornados is appalling. To build tornado proof homes, the walls, roofs, windows and doors should be able to resist winds of 250 mph pressure. It is also necessary to build connections for long span roofs to be able to transfer the loads of such a strong wind. These connections will have to be over 71/2 times stronger than used for a normal house. Building a tornado home is an expensive affair, If your budget does not allow you to build a tornado safe home there are a few factors that you can concentrate on to make your house be able to withstand strong winds. Start with improvising most vulnerable parts of your hose like the garage door, which would be the first to fall apart in case of a strong wind that will lead to high pressure within the house. Invest in a strong and sturdy garage door. You can also give strength to your roof with strong roof shingles. New technologies are incorporated in order to build tornado proof homes. One such technology is adding concrete filled foam blocks between home walls and roofs to protect against strongest of winds. This is a good concept and is strong enough to resist windbourne debris from entering the house. For those who already have houses, it does not make sense to rebuild. Such people may add a safe room. The best protection from tornados is the basement but you also can build a room and line it with plywood which will act as a safe room in high risk areas. Adding a small safe room to your property does not burn a hole in your purse and at the same time, safeguards your family in case of a tornado. It is possible to renovate your house and make it more wind resistant by making these few changes, and thus save yourself and your family from a catastrophe like the tornado. For more information about home improvements or extensions such as a sunroom, orangery conservatory or outbuilding, visit our site at www.orangeryconservatoryhq.com
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