hmmm

The problem is almost never that the wind it blowing, its what the wind is blowing.

In this case, I expect it's going to be blowing those ratchet straps after they become unanchored, turning them into whips that'll cleave the roof in half.
- The description for the picture says they are connected to big burried concrete blocks, so likely the house is gone before these straps get loose.
- unanchored
  whips
  schrodingers whip. How is it both unanchored and a whip at the same time.
Hurricanes rip poorly built roofs off all the time. Builders get lazy and install the hurricane anchor things wrong. At least the local home inspector on Reddit used to say
- I trust reddit posts too.
Ron White, is that you!?
- They call me.. Tater-Salad.
it's* what the wind is blowing.

I wonder what the vibration frequency of those straps is, once the wind is blowing through them.

Will they vibrate the roof into mush before they pull out of the ground and become metal ended whips?

As someone who straps, I felt this in my soul. God I hate that noise(I use tarp clamps for dampeners).
- I've used a twist in the strap and that seems to help a lot.

That ain't going anywhere.

plucks ratchet strap as it's tightening - "Bb...B, C...Db, D, D, D...Yeah'p. At'll git er."
until the ground it's anchored to is converted into grassy diarrhea by the flooding
At least until Milton casually tosses a tree at it.
- I appreciate your optimism by using the singular…

As long as someone is shredding death metal guitar on the roof throughout the storm, I approve.

Technically you're not allowed to have a storm before there's a dude shredding death metal on a rooftop.

slaps tightened straps "That's not going anywhere"

Those are the magical words that make it happen. The straps are just for show.

If this homeowner is as good at tying down his house as the yokels around here are at tying down their cargo, then the odds are this house is somehow going to end up hitting my windshield.

Just tie some rope around it, that'll hold!

omg it's real

Uploaded 3 hours ago!
I seriously want to know how it goes with his house. I give him props for trying.
- This is like congratulating Don Quixote for killing all the dragons.

Apparently, he's not the first, and it might actually have a chance of working.

Jesus Diaz was afraid the roof would blow off. And while the straps are gone, the roof stayed put. His home didn’t sustain damage, either.
Meanwhile the row of houses a street over that got raked with his modern-day chain shot are ravaged

Worth a try. If it does not work, it did not cost a fortune, if it does, good for the owner.

Someone remind us of this works after Milton goes through this house.

For a 2k investment I'm willing to try it to save my home.

pats roof

That ain't going nowhere

This baby'll hold a family of three

Seems like a plausible strategy. If the roof is lashed down it can't catch the wind and therefore is less likely to weaken over time and go flying. Certainly better than doing nothing.

It's not helping, but somehow I like the look of it.

Holy shit all this time I thought The Picard Maneuver was an entire sub and thanks to that meme earlier I see you're an actual person. Finally clued in..

Good stuff too!

Also this seems like an idea worth trying. Cheap, maybe might work? Idk. I'm not inside hurricanes ever.

This is extremely stupid. I was happy to see that most people here seem to immediately understand this.

it depends. It would only really be stupid if this wasn't permitted/inspected. If the law says it's good then fuck it, it's good.
You can bet your ass if it hasn't been inspected yet, it's about to be.

Hold the house down into the storm surge until it learns its lesson

Waterboard that bitch til it talks

Optimistic

They should have anchored it to that Toyota truck.

I hate that my first thought is insurance will use this as a way to avoid paying out

Anyone claiming this is going to work has no idea how houses are constructed or how hurricanes cause damage.

It would prevent flat winds from removing the roof, for at least a little bit.
- Anywhere there's wind strong enough to lift the ceiling off, is going to be debris flying around and smashing the roof into pieces.
  Any pieces of the house which would stay grounded thanks to the straps would need to be replaced anyway.
  The straps are probably tight enough that the roof needs to be refurbished after, even if the hurricane didn't cause any damage.
  That's not even considering the likelihood of severe flooding.
  House is fukked fam.
Tornados took the roofs off of many houses today across Florida.
- I like to imagine them all getting shifted one house to the left.

Cope rope

This is actually not a bad idea

Lol it's a terrible idea. The wind would get a hold of those and they would essentially grind the roof away.
- Better a damaged roof still attached to the house than a roof strewn a mile and a half downwind.
- If it's anchored into concert blocks, it's not much different than internal hurricane straps that hold a roof on. They won't move, or damage the roof, you don't know that your talking about.

I don’t know if this stupid or genius. Now I’m curious.

They missed the 25-foot waterproof wall, for the actual damage, the storm surge...

Just put down some moisture absorbers, it'll be fine.
- Just stick it in some rice. Good as new.

ok so. This isn't going to stop a tree, or a large rock from flying through the side of you wall, but if you home isn't mounted to the foundation (common in old homes) or very well mounted, or just not very wind load capable, this could actually be beneficial.

You could still experience "wall buckling" but since the roof is relatively secured, you're acting from a separate point of leverage. Which is essentially going to be in the middle of the wall, rather than at the top of the wall.

This is all assuming that these anchor points are as strong or stronger than the straps and mounting hardware. And the fact that your home doesn't disintegrate between the staps.