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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 04:21 PM
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Wow!.

http://www.wral.com/news/video/13291429/

(I'd link it, but the forum software is being a ^%$#&^$.
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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Crappy construction if it blew down that easy. Looks like the bottom/base structure wasn't strong enough.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 06:22 AM
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Lucky no one was working at the time.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 07:06 PM
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Wow!
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 01:39 AM
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If the windows were in, it most likely wouldn't have happened.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 05:08 AM
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"WOAH NOOOOO, LOOK AT THAT!"

LOL, am I the only person that played it like 30 times, laughing at that line?

Looked like a giant game of Jenga... the pieces just went flying everywhere like they weren't even secured down!
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 07:01 AM
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I will say I'm relatively unimpressed with the way houses/buildings are built here. Seems like they throw them up far too quickly. I live in a "nice" neighborhood and my house is very cheaply built.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 07:03 AM
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mine too...only 6 years old and I already have a leaky ceiling
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 08:02 AM
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They don't make 'em like they used to.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 10:11 AM
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You guys should come take a look at how they build the houses around me! They are going up all the time. Pretty amazing actually. Foundation walls are pre-formed(and foam backed) and lowered into place like Tetris. The roof I just saw get put in one house and had a crane bringing over the A pieces one by one. It was amazing. Once framed, enclosed etc they spray foam the exterior like one of those foam coolers! They even spray the roof so there is no insulation batting above the ceiling.
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