• The Environment

    (Re)Building a Better Town

    By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes Posted on 9.8.2008 18 Comments

    On May 4, 2007, a two-mile-wide F5 tornado destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, Kansas, leaving two thirds of the town’s 1,500 inhabitants homeless. Many thought the town was finished. But in fact, the townspeople decided to rebuild using the greenest, most forward-thinking materials and construction methods possible.

    10.28.2008 at 05:08pm - Comment by althepal6

    Andrew Nobody is looking at the two main factors of this. One: THE PRICE Two: THE WORTH IT SPECTRUM Some of the houses that actually are worth it cost about 1.5 mill. this is unreasonable and the ones that are reasonably price are cramped. The whole point of buying one of these is the tornado thing but can you imagine your friends coming to your home and laughing at you. You have the queerest looking house in the neighborhood and you have to live with it for the next ten years till you find out if it was worth it or not. And believe it or not that only 1 out of every hundred are not the sheep. I personally suggest cement basements and then the normal. For the people that do like the look's it may be worth it. I can't tell you that it's the worst thing ever, because I have not tried it. If I was going to live in a house temporarily for like 10yrs I would definitely take the dome (if I were to move somewhere where it was tornado prone). If I stayed somewhere else I would still check those out. If I was though, going to buy a permanent house. I like the square house hands down.

  • The Environment

    (Re)Building a Better Town

    By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes Posted on 9.8.2008 18 Comments

    On May 4, 2007, a two-mile-wide F5 tornado destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, Kansas, leaving two thirds of the town’s 1,500 inhabitants homeless. Many thought the town was finished. But in fact, the townspeople decided to rebuild using the greenest, most forward-thinking materials and construction methods possible.

    10.28.2008 at 05:07pm - Comment by althepal6

    Andrew Nobody is looking at the two main factors of this. One: THE PRICE Two: THE WORTH IT SPECTRUM Some of the houses that actually are worth it cost about 1.5 mill. this is unreasonable and the ones that are reasonably price are cramped. The whole point of buying one of these is the tornado thing but can you imagine your friends coming to your home and laughing at you. You have the queerest looking house in the neighborhood and you have to live with it for the next ten years till you find out if it was worth it or not. And believe it or not that only 1 out of every hundred are not the sheep. I personally suggest cement basements and then the normal. For the people that do like the look's it may be worth it. I can't tell you that it's the worst thing ever, because I have not tried it. If I was going to live in a house temporarily for like 10yrs I would definitely take the dome (if I were to move somewhere where it was tornado prone). If I stayed somewhere else I would still check those out. If I was though, going to buy a permanent house. I would pick the square house hands down.



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