Tornado vs Mobile Home

[TheNuckingfut]

Of course the doublewide is not going to be as damaged as the singlewide ya fuckin tards report on something you know about like weather or if ya got an extra minute go fuck yourselfs!!

[craigenputtock]

I also survived a tornado. I was swept up into it and I started spining around and almost reached the top when the wind gave out. I though i was going to die but I fell into a lake and was all right.

[googlewhores]

Would you ever consider living in a mobile home again?

No not at all

I wouldnt even consider it

[lionshand]

I'm Team Mobile Home.

[kevintomb]

Why they ran outside is totally stupid. Okay if it can destroy a multithousand pound house, and trees and debree are flying in the air, why in the hell would you go outside INTO a tornado.>>?????

[kevintomb]

a lot of clueless people. A regular wood frame home is not built any stronger its only that its attatched to a basement. A well made mobile home properly anchored its able to withstand about the same winds a frame house is.

Only the really really old ones from the 60s and 70s are built quite a bit different. Many mobile homes actually have steel anchors on sidewalls and from sidewall to roof trusses as shown in this video. Sorry but the people in this video needed anchors. Its called clueless.

[dragonridley]

Um...

Andrew was in '92, not '93.

[paramount301]

I responded to this video over a year ago and it still shocks me that it is still on here. This family (although sorry for their loss) are not the brightest bunch in the world. If there home would have been anchored it more than likely been standing there today. It is tru that older mobile homes were not built the best (however you will see plenty of them in your nearest mobile home park). It is no different that a traditional home if the wood was not secured to the concrete it would blow away.

[MrShannon888]

Well Mobile homes are light weight,and cheaper made than most site build houses, If I could, or I would build a small basement for such an incident, shouldn't cost too much to build a 14ft x 14ft block basement, underneath, or near by. A lot of Hand digging though, but you could take your time..about $400 for the block, then the cement...less than a $1000 dollars save about 250 a month if possible,and in 4 months you could build one..

[kevintomb]

@MrShannon888 Thats actually not true.

Its true of really old ones, yes but modern ones from the 90s onwards are built quite the same as any regular wood framed regular house. Most people dont understand how manufactured homes are made and it shows reading most of these comments. Most of the ones destroyed in storms or tornadoes were NOT tied down or were from the very early days when they had practically no building standards for "trailers". Read up some about wall construction and so on.

[jessejmorris2nd]

I live in a mobile home and if I heard that there is a tornado in my area or a couple citys I would get out and go some where else safer like a store or even a ditch

[bravecat100]

It's like a three little pigs straw house.

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

Where did you hear that???

[arridedry]

the alabama manufactured housing commission is crooked, they take bribes. write your senator to shut them down!!!

[brandonya1990]

Hey that Ford Truck behind that guy in like 1:30 was the same as ours.

[Mommy0fTwo]

Dammit, i read Tornado vs Mobile phone, and i get tricked into watching this crap.

[Usernameinvalid16]

HAHA

[sonamy55]

@Mommy0fTwo LOL you funny you shit head and the shit head tornado

[beinebeine01]

i live in a mobile home in ohio. your more likely to die in your car. then in any home. house or not.

[paramount301]

I live in north Texas and there are several older mobile homes in m community that have been threw several tornados, all of them are still standing. The media and uneducated people always try to make mobile homes seem poorly constructed, when the truth is most mobile homes beat federal building codes and have fewer repairs needed over time than a traditional house.

[39325dlee]

if they had been actually hit by a tornado, they would not be standing or at least intact.

Fact is that a house will do better in a tornado than a moble home.

I live in Miss. and when huricane Katrina hit, moble homes definently got the worst end of it. My neighbors entire ceiling collasped from a medium sized limb that hit their roof. My house was hit with several limbs and recieved very little damage.

[thehilitereel]

It really depends on the situation too, if a tornado directly his anything it will obviously tear it apart or send it airborne. The direction of the wind is very important for a MH too, if its impacting the entire side it could be in danger of tipping over, it would be more logically sound and intact if it was blowing on the end portion.

[gulfcoastdude]

I've seen many mobile homes go through hurricanes, the newer zone II models (after '94) are seldom damaged, it's the older 60's and 70's models that get torn up.

[kevintomb]

@gulfcoastdude Ya, totally agree. Most dont understand the myth of mobile homes being made lighter than a regualr house. Its simply not true. Most modern mobile homes use 2x6 wall studs, plywood outer sheating on all walls and rood and for all intents are pretty much the same build as a typical wooden framed home. In fact the mobile home has many metal anchors attatching the walls and roof together that regular homes dont have. Have you seen homes with roofs ripped off?>

[Livinggreen100]

@kevintomb So True.

The important thing about a video like this is that it is the ANCHORing system a home has and NOT that it is a mobile home, that makes the difference.

You could live in a site built home that doesn't have a firm foundation and experience serious damage.

Builders and the Realtors Associations have been trying to create a negative image of "manufactured" homes, when in fact, site built homes are made from the same materials. Its Irronic compared to 30 or 40 yrs ago.

[kevintomb]

I survived a tornado in a mobile home I used to own....these stories are VERY misleading..its the lack of or variability of foundations and anchoring that in the end determines what happens, more than ANY other single thing. Mine was very firmly supported and anchored properly and NOTHING structurally was damaged..only siding, windows, and skirting, Nearby "regular site built" homes suffered the same exact damage as my mobile home..and it was 120MPH winds

[sedici]

This video is sooooo fake....

Watch the bit where it pans from the damaged house, and garden on the right to the perfect house and garden on the left!!!!! FAKE....

[shawna0484]

Its not fake.

[kevintomb]

Its not fake at all......what a stupid comment..geez....WHY is it fake...??

[david1st7]

It's simple many homes are built under to have strength for I'd say 100 mph winds or a hurricane though if it's the cylone body of a tornadoes nothing can withstand it if its in it's path it will be destroyed no matter what at these days.

[kevintomb]

any home built to withstand strong winds will survive, its USUALLY always older poorly made MOBILE HOMES that are destroyed or damaged badly as usual americans dont take the time to research or understand things. Regular HOMES, are destroyed just as easily UNLESS they are built hurricane resistant.

[JRodriguez757]

Even a "real" home would have been destroyed by the tornado, especially if they are in its path. This news story is still misleading. I've lived in Florida for 12 years, been though 3 hurricanes, and our mobile home is still standing strong. Obviously there will be destruction in a tornado- regardless of what kind of home it is. I think the media likes to exploit the working class with these types of stories.

[Cadillacjack01]

Well said, JRodriguez, and I agree 100%. Mobile homes are the better value AND there is much you can do to make them even safer. Also, tornadoes do not care what you live in, they don't discriminate, they just destroy whatever and whenever they want.

[Cadillacjack01]

I live in Florida. The sad truth here is that the only affordable homes left are mobile homes. Average working folks just cannot touch regular houses because the prices have gotten so out of sight. Housing values here have more than tripled in the last few years, but unfortunately, our incomes have stayed about the same.

[JRodriguez757]

I live in florida too and honestly, I love mobile homes better than real homes. Folks out here are paying 250,000+ for a small 2 bedroom 1 bath house, yet I can get a 4 bedroom 2 bath for 40,000. I'll take the latter thank you.

[paulblackstone]

I survied a tornado in a 1999 Cavalier single wide manufactured home. I purchased my home with a Wind Zone II Package, and had extra anchors - the cost was 11.28 more a month, but the only damage was from other manufactured homes in my community slamming up against mine.