• Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You don’t know what you are talking about.

    No other place on earth has more tornadoes (over 200 MPH/320 KPH air speeds) than the US.

    Europe gets about 200 to 300 a year.

    The US gets about 1200.

    Europe gets about 2 hurricanes each year (wind speeds of about 130 MPH/210 KPH).

    The US gets about 12 each year.

    If you think any regular home structure can survive a direct 200 MPH hit, you are delirious. And for most other storms, having a structure that has some level of flexibility is far superior to some brittle structure made of brick or concrete that doesn’t flex. That wood structure will take a hit and bounce back, while brick, clay or concrete will crack and collapse. Neither is a great situation, but we also have vast forests to cut down for lumber, while Europe, not so much.