fuggin hurricane shutter asshats
05-03-2006, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='817346' date='May 3 2006, 05:51 PM
they dont have hurricanes there? they must have something! BIG mosquitos probably, or BATS!
they are below the hurricane belt, well puerto viejo where we are buying is anyhow. latitude 9.5, aruba and places like that are below it as well. they have earthquakes in most of the region.
05-03-2006, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' post='817403' date='May 3 2006, 09:17 PM
you need a hurricane to blow the dust out of costa rica!
only a New Yorker could be amazed that dirt roads are dusty.........
05-04-2006, 08:56 AM
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We'd be screwed if a "real" hurricane hit us. I'd have to board up windows from the inside, or rent a cherry picker, some of our windows are pretty high off the ground. And we're surrounded by pine trees.
Usually they diminish by the time we get hit, or they don't hit us directly. This house was built in '80 I think, still no hurricane damage.
Usually they diminish by the time we get hit, or they don't hit us directly. This house was built in '80 I think, still no hurricane damage.
05-04-2006, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Baldy' post='817482' date='May 4 2006, 09:56 AM
We'd be screwed if a "real" hurricane hit us. I'd have to board up windows from the inside, or rent a cherry picker, some of our windows are pretty high off the ground. And we're surrounded by pine trees.
Usually they diminish by the time we get hit, or they don't hit us directly. This house was built in '80 I think, still no hurricane damage.
having a direct hit from 3 hurricanes here in the past 2 years I have seen a lot of people that don't board up and never seen a broken window. If you are going to stay behind it can be pretty dangerous not putting shutters up. Of course if you do loose a window you are going to have a shitload of water inside.
You have a two story house or something?
05-04-2006, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='817484' date='May 4 2006, 11:13 AM
You have a two story house or something?
05-04-2006, 10:22 AM
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built on a hill man, obviously you aren't in the "real" florida j/k
If you were built on a hill in south florida it means it used to be a garbage dump
and i know of maybe 4 or 5 two story houses here.
If you were built on a hill in south florida it means it used to be a garbage dump
and i know of maybe 4 or 5 two story houses here.
05-04-2006, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='817486' date='May 4 2006, 11:22 AM
built on a hill man, obviously you aren't in the "real" florida j/k
If you were built on a hill in south florida it means it used to be a garbage dump
and i know of maybe 4 or 5 two story houses here.
The geography here is mainly rolling hills, which is unusual among the major cities of Florida. South of the city, the land levels out to the more normal terrain of the Florida Peninsula.
05-04-2006, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='817484' date='May 4 2006, 08:13 AM
having a direct hit from 3 hurricanes here in the past 2 years I have seen a lot of people that don't board up and never seen a broken window. If you are going to stay behind it can be pretty dangerous not putting shutters up. Of course if you do loose a window you are going to have a shitload of water inside.
You have a two story house or something?
you need some sort of aerodynamic duct work, either around, or as part of the house
