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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, under ideal conditions. But shrapnel creating cuts, lateral forces from debris, cars rolling over them, etc. I see them loosening quickly at best.

But yeah, besides the whole risk of making barbed hurricane whips, it doesn't seem quite as stupid as it looks. If they're really lucky and only fight the wind itself, perpendicular to the roof, they might actually help.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Some friends of ours strapped down their roof for Hurricane Georges. They lived in a wood frame house on a hill and knew better than to just trust that everything would be ok.

Anyway, they still had a roof after the hurricane, but the winds were still strong enough to lift the roof up, damaging the joints between the rafters and the main posts holding the roof up. This damage I saw with my own eyes.

Wind shear can be remarkably strong at 140 mph, blowing across a roof like that. It would be a shame to lose the house because you didn't take two hours to put some straps over it.