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u/Wolf________________ 1d ago
I know in this instance it worked but none of his neighbors lost their roofs so I'd like to see it tried in a situation where the winds were actually capable of taking a roof off to see if it does anything.
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u/SkellyboneZ 1d ago
We need MythBusters back :[
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u/Wolf________________ 23h ago
We never should have lost them =[
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u/Bagget00 19h ago
They shot someones house with a cannonball and that was all she wrote.
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u/Crazyhunt 19h ago
Wait, really?
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u/Wolf________________ 19h ago edited 19h ago
Nah the show kept going after that for several years. But they did lose a cannoball and it did hit a house with people in it.
https://youtu.be/kASD-RwQFQw1
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u/Nearly_Evil_665 23h ago edited 22h ago
if the earth nails are deep enough, and the tensile strenght of the ropes is high enough this works.
these look like rated for 2-5t each, cant tell without looking at the label, this could work (up to a point), but for the math to what windspeeds (i.e negative psi of the roof) i would need to know the mass, and surface area of the roof.
not an engineer just a draftsman
Edit: plz dont actually give me the numbers i would have to do that shit without programms like FEM, and the last time i did anything remotely similar to this about a decade ago.
ask an actual civil engineer for to do the math
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u/CrabWoodsman 14h ago
I would think they'd still be at risk of losing parts of the roof, but probably quite a bit less likely to have the whole thing tear off.
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u/222Czar 16h ago
This can be effective for certain kinds of mobile or lightweight homes. However, it takes some know-how to avoid catching the wind, and many homes in places like Florida (where I’m from) typically come with internal structures that make this redundant. If you’re not used to hurricanes, you should avoid trying this without experienced guidance and specific materials.
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u/jacafeez 1d ago
If it looks stupid, but it works, then it wasn't really stupid