[TheForge] yurt glorified tent ( was Re: Is anyone on-line ? OT: Washed away? )

[Bruce .]

Might work.  Also, wheels could be supplemented with pontoons -- to
bring these "yurts" across the bay to the shore -- should that prove
more expedient.

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:12 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
> hello bruce;
>
> what is needed is a basic yurt. which is as you said a glorified tent.
> with proper help can be erected in one to two days and taken down in the
> same number of days. the the advanced warnings now available plenty of
> time to take down the yurt and move to higher ground.
>
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Bruce . wrote:
>
>> Don't need antigravity.  Use wheels.  Modular homes, each section of
>> which is mobile.  This would be ONE sort of construction that might
>> actually make sense in areas of risk -- with the proviso that they
>> WILL be moved before storms, etc., come through.  Expensive, but all
>> such construction is expensive.
>>
>> Meanwhile, I have an interesting observation:  Sand dunes WORKED in
>> Ocean Grove and Bradley Beach.  The first line of houses behind the
>> beach -- about 100 feet behind the boardwalk and maybe 150 feet behind
>> the dunes -- still stands with little obvious damage.  There WAS
>> flooding, some of it pretty bad, but the force of the surge was broken
>> by the dunes.
>>
>> (I cant GET to some other communities to check on them, but IIRC,
>> Belmar and Spring Lake didn't have much in the way of dunes.  (Spring
>> lake had low sand "bluffs" behind the ferro-concrete board walk.  That
>> boardwalk always takes a beating, and photos I've seen show it GONE
>> this time.)
>>
>> Furthermore, at the north end of Ocean Grove, there's a beach access
>> point (between board walk and beach, through the dunes) with some sort
>> of woven mat -- not very thick or tight -- laid over the sand.  This
>> mat is largely intact and apparently functioned like dune grass on the
>> dunes.
>>
>> In other words, the way to resist storms is to have flexibility in the
>> structure.  Imagine a beach home that is effectively a glorified tent.
>> That could be lovely for summer use, and could be designed to be
>> removable before a storm.  Maybe it could consist of some central
>> struts holding up the roof, with cables from those to give some
>> structure to roof and walls.  It could even be designed to retain
>> warmth for cold-weather use.  Properly designed, I assert such a
>> structure might better resist a storm than a standard wood-framed
>> house.
>>
>
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> terry l. ridder ><>
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Bruce
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