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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2435961" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Post tension basically causes major problems of going in floor. After the concrete is cured the cables are tensioned to give it strength. At the same time releasing that tension causes stuff to go bad real quick. The concrete can almost literally explode.</p><p></p><p>Most of the time you will have a little advance warning on bad storms and you just make plans as a family ahead of time that when the storms are around you stay close and be ready to move. Going the ten feet from your living room to a shelter outside isn't a whole lot different than ten feet to something inside just that you have a little more rain with it and even then building next to a porch can solve most of that.</p><p></p><p>I grew up with basements and it was always be downstairs and in a protected corner and most of the time while in Lawton I had a huge basement to go to with a large concrete structure above it. Where I am at now I just sit in my chair and wait. . . no use trying to out run what will probably get me anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you can find the show "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Detonators_%28TV_series%29" target="_blank">The Detonators</a>" I believe episode 3 talks about a building that was post tensioned and how they originally attempted to take down a post cable tensioned building with machinery and someone got hurt from the flying debris and they ended up having to implode it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2435961, member: 29706"] Post tension basically causes major problems of going in floor. After the concrete is cured the cables are tensioned to give it strength. At the same time releasing that tension causes stuff to go bad real quick. The concrete can almost literally explode. Most of the time you will have a little advance warning on bad storms and you just make plans as a family ahead of time that when the storms are around you stay close and be ready to move. Going the ten feet from your living room to a shelter outside isn't a whole lot different than ten feet to something inside just that you have a little more rain with it and even then building next to a porch can solve most of that. I grew up with basements and it was always be downstairs and in a protected corner and most of the time while in Lawton I had a huge basement to go to with a large concrete structure above it. Where I am at now I just sit in my chair and wait. . . no use trying to out run what will probably get me anyway. If you can find the show "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Detonators_%28TV_series%29"]The Detonators[/URL]" I believe episode 3 talks about a building that was post tensioned and how they originally attempted to take down a post cable tensioned building with machinery and someone got hurt from the flying debris and they ended up having to implode it. [/QUOTE]
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