Who's laughing now!?

[Thor's Hammer]

Some amazing pics from here -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sidents-build-homemade-dams-saves-houses.html

I love the forethought and ingenuity.

 

[NeTree]

 

[MasterBlaster]

We have a guy here that's done the same thing, but his levee is only about two feet; you don't even notice it. In the flood prone area where he lives, he says it's saved his house twice. COOL!

 

[SoonerFan]

Ingenuity - yes. Access to large earth moving equipment at a moments notice - yes.

Forethought - ummm, that would have been building the home at a higher elevation to begin with.

 

[sawinredneck]

And what happens if it rains hard again? Seems like a soup bowl to me, just waiting to get filled up! But some impressive work to save property for sure!

 

[RIVERRAT]

Andy it could turn into soup bowl. But a lot of these folks have pumps.

 

[gf beranek]

There's a lot of people on the Russian river flood plain that can take some lessons here. The insurance companies canceled polices there because the people are stupid enough to live in a flood plain in the first place.

Now I always figured a floating house on piers would be as good and less expensive. to each their own.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Just do like we do.

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Problemo solved. Well, your vehicles might need to be parked on a barge.

 

[gf beranek]

right on. The rest of the civilized world should be so smart.

 

[NeTree]

We are; we don't build houses on flood plains.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Then there are the ones that choose to live in tornado alleys...if you call that livin'.

 

[Al Smith]

I've seen them elevated like the photo if they were in flood planes .

Over the last 200 years they've levied up the Mississippi to the point it's running higher than the natural banks .That water has to go some place .

 

[sawinredneck]

Then there are the ones that choose to live in tornado alleys...if you call that livin'.

And others yet live on a fault line with big earthquakes, if you call that living.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Mmmmm....hot springs!

 

[NeTree]

All things considered; I'd say a couple months of snow and cold ain't so freaking bad, eh?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Except for those weird tornado's in central MA every couple of generations Or a really good NorEaster that buries ya.

 

[NeTree]

Tornados aren't a bad thing for a tree guy. Let it snow; if I can't move it with the F350... I don't need to get there bad enough.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Just make sure the pantry is full

 

[NeTree]

 

[Tree Reb]

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Problemo solved. Well, your vehicles might need to be parked on a barge.

They used to build them like that up north, called the Queenslander. Now they put them on concrete slabs and winge when it floods.

They were nice houses, and cool.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Having a house up high like that must be good for air circulation, keep the wood underneath from rotting and ant infestation.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Only if it's well insulated. W/O that, the floors will warp and buckle throughout the season.

 

[OTGBOSTON]

All things considered; I'd say a couple months of snow and cold ain't so freaking bad, eh?

And we have basements!

 

[NeTree]

aka "Man Caves"

 

[OTGBOSTON]

Mine is now 'kid stuff storage'....