/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1778602
>brick and mortar would crumble at once.

but brick and reinforced concrete or all reinforced concrete wont, that combo outperforms everything.

>>1647764
>It doesn't matter WHAT the material of choice is, tornado comes through? you're building is dead.

oh it does and you know it. you know you are bullshiting if you try to claim that its same for a tornado to go trough:
1. OSB gluehouse
2. proper wood house
3. RC frame house

While a proper wood house is a good choice as well (which you stopped doing and are doing only gluehouses right now), RC is your best choice for durability. And stop for 100th time calling gluehouses woodhouse.

>>1558016
>>1558125
>>1558333
Here's an ICF (reinforced concrete) home after a hurricane surrounded by remains of stick frame houses.

There are also ways of securing non-wooden houses for earthquakes.