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Old 09-09-2023, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by GATORBILL66 View Post
Actually, wood frame home are 6 times stronger than block. It takes 6 times the wind strength to break a 2X4 as per a cinder block. But the siding they put on the frame homes will rip off. Cedar siding on a frame home is the best.

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Huh? How are you defining wind strength? If frame houses were 6 times stronger than block houses, they would easily survive a tornado, but they obviously don't.